{"id":7854,"date":"2026-09-25T21:58:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T21:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=7854"},"modified":"2026-09-25T21:58:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T21:58:54","slug":"slow-cooker-cranberry-chicken-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/25\/slow-cooker-cranberry-chicken-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow Cooker Cranberry Chicken"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Slow Cooker Cranberry Chicken<\/h1>\n<p>This Slow Cooker Cranberry Chicken is a delicious sweet-and-tangy dinner that takes just 5 minutes to prepare. Tender, juicy chicken slowly cooked in a rich cranberry sauce makes this an easy and comforting meal for the holidays or any weeknight dinner.<\/p>\n<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts<\/li>\n<li>1 can (14 oz \/ 400 g) whole berry cranberry sauce<\/li>\n<li>1 packet onion soup mix<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup French dressing or Catalina dressing<\/li>\n<li>Cooked rice, mashed potatoes, or pasta, for serving<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Instructions<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Place the chicken breasts in the bottom of a slow cooker.<\/li>\n<li>In a medium bowl, combine the cranberry sauce, onion soup mix, and French or Catalina dressing. Stir until well combined.<\/li>\n<li>Pour the cranberry mixture evenly over the chicken.<\/li>\n<li>Cover the slow cooker and cook on LOW for about 6 hours or on HIGH for 3\u20134 hours, until the chicken is fully cooked and tender.<\/li>\n<li>Serve the chicken over cooked rice, mashed potatoes, or pasta.<\/li>\n<li>Spoon plenty of the cranberry sauce over the chicken before serving.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Tips<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>For extra flavor, sear the chicken breasts in a skillet for a few minutes before adding them to the slow cooker.<\/li>\n<li>If the chicken breasts are very thick, they can be cut in half horizontally for more even cooking.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165\u00b0F (74\u00b0C).<\/li>\n<li>The cranberry sauce is naturally sweet and tangy, while the dressing adds richness and extra flavor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Serving Suggestion<\/h2>\n<p>Serve this tender cranberry chicken with mashed potatoes, rice, or pasta and spoon the sweet cranberry sauce generously over the top.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slow Cooker Cranberry Chicken This Slow Cooker Cranberry Chicken is a delicious sweet-and-tangy dinner that takes just 5 minutes to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7856,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7854\/revisions\/7856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}