Easy Crock Pot Chicken w/ Roasted Rutabaga Fries & Clean Ketchup

Initially I was planning to make mashed rutabagas to accompany the chicken, but decided after stumbling across a recipe for rutabaga fries that I wanted to give that a try.  I changed up the recipe just a bit from Epicurvegan this is the original recipe - http://epicurvegan.com/2011/02/22/rutabaga-fries/  My hubby ended up loving the rutabaga fries more than sweet potato fries.  I enjoyed them equally they are both pretty amazing & hit the spot! ;) 

Chicken will need to be started in the crock pot 6-8hrs prior to the time you want to eat it.

Rutabaga recipe serves 3-4

Crock Pot Chicken Ingredients:

1 Whole Pastured Chicken

1/2c Homemade Chicken Broth or Filtered Water

1T Celtic Sea Salt

1/2t Black Pepper

1t Italian Seasonings

Rutabaga Fry Ingredients: 

3 Rutabagas - Peeled & Cut into fries
1T - Garlic Powder

1T Onion Powder

1/2-1T Smoked Paprika

1/2t Fresh Ground Black Pepper

1/2t Celtic Sea Salt

1t Italian Seasonings

1/2-1t Chipotle Powder (optional - adds Heat - might not be good for lil ones)

2T Melted Virgin Palm Oil

Clean Ketchup Ingredients:

1t Onion Powder

1t Garlic Powder

1 6oz can Organic Tomato Paste - No Salt Added

1/2-1t Celtic Sea Salt

1t Smoked Paprika (optional - omit if you don't like a slightly smokey flavor in your ketchup)

3T Raw Unfiltered Apple Cider Vinegar

1/4t Ground Mustard Seed

1/4-1/2t Raw Honey (optional)

1/4-1/2c Filtered Water

Directions for Chicken:

• Put chicken ingredients into crockpot
• Cover 
• Turn on High Heat and cook for 6-8 hrs

Finished Chicken after cooking 7 hrs on High Heat

Directions for Rutabaga Fries:

• Turn oven onto 425F
• Peel & slice rutabaga into fries (like shown below) 

• Melt virgin palm oil - Set aside
• Add garlic & onion powder, paprika, black pepper, celtic sea salt, italian seasonings, chipotle powder and toss w/ fries
• Pour melted palm oil into bowl
• Evenly coat each fry w/ the spices & oil (Palm Oil has a orange tint - it's loaded with beta carotene)

• Place into Oven and bake for 20 min
• Start preparing ketchup 
• Put all ingredients from ketchup list into a small pot over medium-low heat
• Cook for 10-15 min - stirring so it doesn't burn or stick to the pan
• Set aside - Allow to cool before serving

• Once 20 min are up on the fries - remove from oven and flip all fries
• Cook for an additional 15-20 min  - check half way to ensure they don't burn
• Remove from Oven and Allow to cool down a bit

• Once ready assemble your plate with chicken, fries & ketchup.  
• Enjoy! 

I found out today that I will be getting a new fancy camera as a gift.  It should be coming in 4-6 weeks..really looking forward to taking better photos of my food.  Right now I am using an iphone to capture all of these. 

Thanks for reading my blog! 

Ciao,

Chrissy B