Sweet n Tangy Slow Cooker Chicken
It’s WAY too hot to be turning the oven on, so I’m looking for slow cooker recipes that do the work without heating the kitchen. I’ll serve this with instant mashed potatoes (which take just a minute on the stovetop) and a salad.
Sweet n Tangy Slow Cooker Chicken
INGREDIENTS:
* 1 medium onion, chopped
* 1-1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
* 1 broiler/fryer chicken (3 pounds), cut up and skin removed
* 2/3 cup ketchup
* 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
* 1 tablespoon chili powder
* 1 tablespoon lemon juice
* 1 teaspoon dried basil
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 teaspoon pepper
* 1/8 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
* 2 tablespoons cornstarch
* 3 tablespoons cold water
DIRECTIONS:
In a 3-qt. slow cooker, combine onion and garlic; top with chicken. In a small bowl, combine the ketchup, brown sugar, chili powder, lemon juice, basil, salt, pepper and pepper sauce; pour over chicken.
Cover and cook on low for 4-1/2 to 5 hours or until chicken juices run clear. Remove chicken and keep warm.
Transfer cooking juices to a saucepan. Combine cornstarch and water until smooth; stir into juices. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Serve with chicken. Yield: 4 servings.
Bacon Cheese Dogs
Makes 6
INGREDIENTS:
6 OSCAR MAYER Beef Franks
6 hot dog buns
6 KRAFT Singles, cut diagonally in half
6 slices OSCAR MAYER Bacon, cooked
1/4 cup CLAUSSEN Sweet Pickle Relish (optional)
DIRECTIONS:
Cook hot dogs according to package directions. I like to steam them in a little water until they plump up, then fry them in a dab of butter so the outsides get crunchy!
Open up the hot dog buns and put down two cheese triangles and a slice of cooked bacon, then a hot dog. Top with ketchup, mustard, onions, relish, or whatever you like!
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Herb & Garlic Tuna Wrap
Try this sandwich for lunch at home or take it on your next picnic!
Herb & Garlic Tuna Wrap
Ingredients:
1 (5oz.) pouch StarKist Creations™ Herb & Garlic Tuna
1/2 cup diced tomatoes
1/2 cup shredded carrots
3 Tbsp. light Italian dressing
1 cup shredded lettuce
4 oz. Mozzarella shredded cheese
3 basil leaves, sliced into strips
2 flour tortillas
Directions:
Mix together tuna, carrots, basil, and 2 tbsp. Italian dressing. Place 1/2 the lettuce, tomatoes, tuna mixture, Mozzarella cheese, and 1/2 tbsp. Italian dressing in the center of each tortilla. Gold the end of the tortilla over the ingredients and toll tightly. Cut in half, diagonally and serve.
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Savory Grilled Steak
My husband requested steak for Father’s Day, so this is the recipe I’m using:
1/2 cup A.1. Original Steak Sauce
1/2 cup KRAFT Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing
2 small cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp. dried oregano leaves
2 beef rib-eye steaks (1 lb.)
MIX all ingredients except steaks; reserve 1/4 cup. Pour remaining steak sauce mixture over steaks in resealable plastic bag; seal bag. Turn over to coat both sides of steak with sauce. Refrigerate 30 min. to marinate.
HEAT grill to medium-high heat. Remove steak with marinade; discard bag and marinade.
GRILL steak 4 to 5 min. on each side or until done (160°F.) Serve topped with reserved dressing mixture.
I’m serving it with corn on the cob, tossed salad, and ice cream cake for dessert.
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Four Foods on Friday 79
Here are this week’s questions from Val at Fun, Crafts and Recipes:
#1. Kelly’s question. What is your favorite memory associated with the smell of a certain food? As in, you smell it, close your eyes and are instantly drawn back to a magical moment in time….
I associate foods themselves with memories, not the smell. For example, I always get fried clams at Red Lobster because when I was a kid, we would eat at Howard Johnson’s and I always had fried clams there.
#2. Name something red that is in your cabinets.
Tomato sauce, tomato paste, diced tomatoes
#3. Ice. Do you have an ice maker, use ice cube trays or buy by the bag?
We use ice cube trays most of the year, in the summer we buy ice by the bag. But, soon I’ll be getting a new fridge with a built-in ice cube maker and I can’t wait!
#4. Pepper. What kind do you use most often? Is it in a grinder or a shaker?
We use ground pepper in a shaker at the table, and I keep a grinder with my spices.
Play along in the comments!
