Dear Home Ec 101,
What can I put in the crock pot with some chicken breasts? I’m not wanting to dump a hunk of cream of salt and fat, Ummmm I mean cream of chicken in on top.. other suggestions for something a bit different.
~Starving in Stirling
Heather says:
If you’re looking for a change of Pace, why not try salsa? Put the chicken in the crock, add about a cup of your favorite salsa. (Don’t worry about measuring it, just dump a little in). Cook until tender, then shred with forks and serve in tacos, chimichangas, or burritos.
To stretch the meat, add a can of black beans after shredding and heat through.
Stumble it!
8 responses so far ↓
1 Bramble // Oct 2, 2007 at 3:19 pm
if you’ve got bone-in meat, try red wine and mushrooms. Mmmm. Cooking sherry works too in a pinch.
For an italian twist how about tomato sauce?
The glory of the crockpot- Meat Liquid = FOOD
2 Summer // Oct 2, 2007 at 3:56 pm
I did some not long ago with a can of crushed pineapple, soy sauce, brown sugar and ginger. Yummy over steamed rice!!!
3 jaz // Oct 2, 2007 at 4:21 pm
Yum!
4 Heather // Oct 2, 2007 at 5:07 pm
My favorite…. Italian dressing and chicken broth. Once cooked through throw some cheese tortellini in there and let that cook for a few. YUMMY!!
5 Samantha // Oct 2, 2007 at 8:52 pm
I’m so glad I asked! It was FAB! I used some Pace chunky chipole salsa with roasted jalopenas.. It had an awesome flavor. I put 3/4 of the jar in:) I then got some burrito tortillas, heated them in the microwave a few seconds, shredded the chicken, put it in the middle, put some mexican cheese on top, melted it in the microwave, wrapped and then, the best part, I dipped out some of the “salsa broth” from the bottom of the crock…put it on top.. can you say YUMMMY.. Now, since I’m having a minor surgery tomrrow and won’t be up to cooking, I’m simply removing the bones from the chicken, leaving everything else in the crock, adding some black beans, corn, and maybe a tad of taco seasoning and making some “taco chicken soup” for tomorrow night. Thanks Heather for a great suggestion!
6 Connie // Oct 3, 2007 at 8:01 am
Punny little jokes are the best.
7 Margo // Oct 3, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Oh wow, I LOVE crockpot season and all these suggestions sound really really delicious. I’m especially drawn to the tortellini one. . .
8 Rachel // Oct 3, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Ooh, can we get tons more crockpot recipes? I’m about to break mine out for the winter.
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