Crockpot Sweet Dijon Chicken

My aim to make healthy nutritious meals like crockpot sweet Dijon chicken, while saving me on time. I love the idea of a freezer crockpot meal. This helps a lot on the days where you are running around a lot with kids’ activities and not much time to cook. You prepare ahead and throw it in the freezer. When I am short on time, I go to my freezer crockpot meals in the freezer. This helps with the stress level and the exhaustion.

Crockpot Sweet Dijon Chicken

Crockpot Sweet Dijon Chicken
Crockpot Sweet Dijon Chicken

Ingredients:

1-2 lbs of drumstick

1/4 – 1/2 cup of maple syrup

1/4 – 1/2 cup of Dijon mustard

salt and pepper

Instructions:

Freezer Preparation:

  1. In a bowl, add maple syrup, Dijon mustard, salt, and pepper.
  2. Add the chicken. Allow the sauce to coat all over the chicken.
  3. Place in a freezer bag.

Cook:

  1. Allow the items to thaw overnight.
  2. Pour the content out of the bag into the slow cooker.
  3. Cook 6 – 8 hours on low or 4 – 5 hours on high.

How to Save on Time

If you have some time, do some food preparations ahead:

  • Peel and chop carrots and place in Ziploc bag
  • Cut zucchini into chunks and place in Ziploc in the fridge (do use within 2 – 3 days)
  • Making a dish, if you need onions, prepare a day ahead of time. Prepare a day before to save on time.
  • Take the spiralizer to make vegetable noodles and store in the freezer

Food Item not store well

Certain foods do not freeze well. Eggs and dairy don’t freeze well. Items with lots of water do not store well. Lettuce, cucumber, and tomato do not freeze well. Avocado becomes brown. Uncooked potatoes do change the texture making it soft. The freezer does a lot of things but not everything can be frozen. Do try this crockpot sweet Dijon chicken.

If interested in crockpot meals, please take a look at my post about crockpot honey garlic chicken.

I would love to try a crockpot pork roast recipe.