Showing posts with label slow cooker mexican southwest chicken. Show all posts
Showing posts with label slow cooker mexican southwest chicken. Show all posts

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Update...

Collage of some of this week's eats...photos by Kristin
Earlier this week I picked up a few slow cooker cook books at the library. I really had to sort through them to come up with some ideas of my own on how to use one(I will not use condensed cream of mushroom soup). The chicken from the last post turned out well. It fell right off the bone and shredded nicely for some chicken tacos--the "oops" photo. I forgot to take photos before we finished them off. We got three more meals out of some of the leftover chicken. I used it to make a tamale loaf if you will. Basically one giant tamale and no corn husks to wrap--you just slice and serve. That was really delicious.
I'm trying to decide what should be next up for the slow cooker...it's almost soup weather so maybe something along those lines.
The last two photos are from today's breakfast, but this dish is great anytime, even cold and uses up leftover bits in the fridge. It's a fried rice inspired frittata. I basically dump in a bowl: veggies, leftover rice or pasta, sesame oil and soy sauce and a few eggs to hold it together. Then I spread it out in a pan, cook, flip, cook and eat.

That's it for tonight!



Sunday, September 13, 2009

Let's see how it goes


I'm posting a head of time to make sure that I do in fact mention the inaugural slow cooker meal. I prepped everything tonight and it's marinading in the fridge overnight--ready to be plugged in in the morning to cook all day. What's in the pot? A chicken(skinned and separated) with Mexican/Southwest flavorings. There is: garlic, pepper, lime juice, oregano, smoked paprika, cumin, tomato paste, two different kinds of dried chilies, a bottle of beer and some chicken stock. I'll let you know how it goes!