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.
Salsa Chicken Recipe,
4 chicken breasts (we usually use six so we have left overs)
1 can rinsed black beans
1 bag frozen corn (we use use two cans of canned corn)
1 jar salsa (we use more, enough to cover)
Mix all together in crockpot and cook 8-9 hours on low. Shred chicken w/ 2 forks, but really as soon as you pick it up or mix it, it just falls apart and shreds apart itself. You can eat it in tortillas with shredded cheese on top or over rice.
The original recipe says to put it on for 8 hours on low, but we have found that it dries out the chicken so we have started putting on for a shorter time. We have started putting it on for 6 1/2 hours on low and it comes out great!
Enjoy!
Beckie, that sounds really good! Are you starting with the big boneless skinless FROZEN chicken breasts? Or thawed?
Elizabeth
This recipe sounds really good. I think I’m going to have to try it.
I’ve made a version of that salsa chicken, too. It’s so good! Use boneless skinless breasts. You can throw them in frozen, that’s what my friend does. Then her recipe calls for cream cheese melted on top at the very end. I usually just put some grated cheddar on top.
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That sounds so good! Slow Cookers are great and so handy when the weather gets really hot. I use boneless, skinless chicken breasts, also.
the recipe is good, seems to be nutritious and easy to prepare, thanks for this, i have something to add to my recipe book again.
Anna-thanks for letting me know I can start with the chicken frozen. Aldi sells 3 lb bags of b/s chicken breast for $3.99 so I always have at least one in the freezer!
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Seems to be a delicious dish, i am looking forward to prepare this later for dinner, I log in the net in search of a good dish to prepare later and I thankful to find your recipe, easy to prepare and looks ravishing…
good recipe and very nice site.
thanks a lot….
this looks delicious. I would serve it with thai rice instead of mashed potatoes during the hot months. That makes it a bit lighter and more exotic.
Sounds simply succulent! It has made me feel very, very hungry all of the sudden and I’ve just had my lunch!
How spicy does it end up? Would you advise adding a little more chilli – even proper chilli peppers or do you think that would spoil the taste?
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Those do sound good! Thanks for sharing the recipe.
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Thanks for sharing this recipe! Sounds yummy. Now if I hadn’t dropped frozen chicken in my slow cooker and shattered it….. I’ll have to get down the roaster, it doubles as a slow cooker.
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