Crock Pot Orange-Curry Chicken With Sweet Potato Pilaf - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Sweetpotato Pilaf
4 cups diced sweet potatoes
1 cup long-grain rice, uncooked
1/2 onion, chopped
1 small orange, juice of
3 tablespoons butter, melted
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1/4 teaspoon celery seed
1 teaspoon cumin
1 -2 tablespoon curry powder (to taste)
1 cup chicken stock
Chickens
2 chicken
2 small oranges, quartered or 1 large orange, cut in 8 chunks
1 onion, quartered
2 pinches celery seeds
2 pinches cumin
1 teaspoon curry powder (to taste)

Preparation

Toss together all the pilaf ingredients except the chicken stock.
Spread the pilaf in the bottom of a 6 qt, oval crock pot.
Stuff the chicken cavities with 4 orange chunks and 2 onion quarters.
Place the chickens into the crock pot on top of the pilaf.
Sprinkle each chicken with a pinch of celery seed, a pinch of cumin, and 1/2tsp of curry powder.
Pour the chicken stock into the pot, being careful to not wash the seasoning off the chicken.
Since the crock pot will be very full, cook for 3-4 hours on high to get the middle heated quickly then turn down to low for another 4-5 hours.