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Garlic-Rosemary Slow Chicken

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Meats Not, Sent 8 Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 5 lb roasting chicken; skinless
2 5 inch sprigs rosemary
2 Celery stalks with leaves; cut in 4 pieces
2 sm Onions; quartered
16 Garlic cloves
1 tb Lemon juice
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Pepper
1/2 ts Paprika
Rosemary sprigs; optional
Lemon half; optional

INSTRUCTIONS

Remove and discard giblets and neck from chicken. Rinse chicken under cold
water; pat dry. Trim excess fat. Place rosemary, celery, 4 onion wedges,
and 4 garlic cloves in cavity of chicken; tie legs together with twine.
Place chicken, breast side up, in a 4-quart electric slow cooker; add
remaining onion and garlic to cooker. Drizzle lemon juice over chicken;
sprinkle with next 3 ingredients. Cover; cook on low-heat for 8 hours.
Discard rosemary. Serve chicken with vegetables and garlic. Garnish with
additional rosemary and lemons, if desired.
NOTES : Per serving: cals - 184 - 28%ff fat - 5.8g
Recipe by: Weight Watchers - Sept/Oct 1997 Recipe by Prevention's The
Healthy Cook (1997)
Posted to Digest eat-lf.v097.n298 by The Taillons <taillon@earthlink.net>
on Nov 23, 1997

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