I found a good sounding chix recipe and it's in the crock-pot right now. I'll let you know how it is later:
CrockPot Brown Sugar Chicken Recipe
It should be noted that this chicken has been named "Candy Chicken" in our house. I don't think my kids have ever eaten so much chicken in their lives. If you are bored with dried out, boring chicken, you must try this.
You simply must.
Go.
Now.
Go to the store and buy the ingredients.
go.
The Ingredients.
--12 boneless, skinless chicken thighs, or 6 boneless, skinless breast halves
--1 cup brown sugar (it's okay. you can brush your teeth after.)
--1/4 cup lemon-lime soda (stay with me...)
--2/3 cup vinegar (I used white wine, but think regular white would be fine)
--3 cloves smashed and chopped garlic
--2 T soy sauce (La Choy and Tamari wheat free are GF)
--1 tsp ground black pepper
The Directions.
Use a 5-6 quart crockpot for this recipe.
Plop the chicken into your crockpot. Cover with the brown sugar, pepper, chopped garlic, and soy sauce. Add the vinegar, and pour in the soda. It will bubble!
Cover and cook on low for 6-9 hours, or on high for 4-5. The chicken is done when it is cooked through and has reached desired consistency. The longer you cook it, the more tender it will be.
Serve over a bowl of white rice with a ladle full of the broth.
This sounds absolutely wonderful!

Does anyone know that if this would still turn out OK if I change the soda to diet, and the brown sugar to Splenda brown sugar?
I know that serving it with brown rice would be fine, I was just curious about the stability of the two "diet" items being cooked in the crockpot for this duration. Has anyone modified this, or a similar, recipe?
I have T2 diabetes and have only recently really buckled down (should have been all along as I was diagnosed a year ago but I guess the seriousness of it did not compute at first). I am now modifying recipes and changing how, and what, we eat. TIA!
