Crockpot and Easy Meals "Index post 372"

[Parksfamily5]

This is a great one I got online a couple months back and my family loves it!

Salsa Chicken

4 Boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 packet taco seasoning
1 cup salsa
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 cup sour cream


put chicken in slow cooker, sprinkle seasoning on top. Add soup and salsa and cook on low 6 hours. Add sour cream after cooked and stir together. Serve over white rice.

* I have cooked on high for less time MOST times I have made it, and works out just fine. It has become my quick meal in a pinch. Also I use the cream of mushroom- Healthy Request, and I use only a half packet of seasoning to cut the sodium, and the taste is still great! ENJOY!

I made this recipe last night for dinner. It was delicious! It was also a great recipe to make on game night. I fed the little ones before my dd's basketball game and then she was able to have something hot and good after her game. Dh won't try anything with sour cream so I made him blt's. Anyway.... Thanks for the recipe. I will definitely do this one again.

 

[lukenick1]

Making the chicken marsala today . Does anyone know if the Marsala wine should be refrigerated after opening???

 

[Priorityonecb]

Hi all! We tried the chicken, salsa, black bean, corn, mushroom soup recipe last night and it was a hit by everyone in the house!!! Great thread!

 

[disneyfan2kids]

Making the chicken marsala today . Does anyone know if the Marsala wine should be refrigerated after opening???

I made the marsala last night. It was good. Not great...but good. I found that one can of soup was definitely not enough. I ended up adding an entire second can of soup about an hour before it was done...because there wasn't enough in there. (Cooked soup in microwave for a bit before adding.)

 

[lonegirl]

Our favorite chicken fajitas (and we live in Houston, where Mexican restaurants rule--these are better than all those)

4 chicken breasts (can be frozen)
1 pkt. fajita seasoning
3 limes
1 can ro-tel (diced tomatoes/chiles)

Put chicken in crockpot. In a small bowl, make a paste of lime juice and fajita seasoning. Spread over meat. Dump can of rotel, plus some water (eyeball--usually have of the rotel can) just enough to cover. I cook on low 3-4 hours. Shred meat and return to sauce. Serve on flour tortillas. Leftovers make great nachos.

 

[wdw_dine_junkie]

This is a great thread! I am particularly interested in recipes which don't use canned or powdered soup as there is too much MSG, sodium and artificial ingredients for my family. Keep them coming!

Has anyone made split pea soup in the crockpot?

 

[lukenick1]

This is a great thread! I am particularly interested in recipes which don't use canned or powdered soup as there is too much MSG, sodium and artificial ingredients for my family. Keep them coming!

Has anyone made split pea soup in the crockpot?

I agree!!!! I could swear I saw a split pea soup recipe as one of the first post on this thread...go back and see.

 

[Jsme]

Chicken and Long Grain and Wild Rice Soup

1 lb of chicken breast cubed
2 boxes of Long Grain and Wild Rice
2 Tsp of Thyme
2 Tsp of Crushed red pepper flakes
5 1/2 Cups Chicken Broth

Cube your uncooked chicken (1 lb) place in crockpot

Pour chicken broth into crockpot

Add the thyme and red pepper flakes

Make sure you buy the boxed kit for the long grain and wild rice. Do not buy one that has everything included with the rice. The one I bought had the long grain rice seperate and the wild rice with the seasoning packet. I washed the seasoning off of the wild rice and then added that into my crockpot. Sorry I do not remember the name brand. But I remember it was a 4.2 oz box.

I have found my crockpots cook differently. I eye how long I cook things due to this. I cooked this on high for 3 hours. You have to be careful how long you cook this recipe or the rice will fall apart.

Over all it is an easy recipe. We like things very tasty so I added more red pepper flakes. I also added 2 cloves of chopped garlic.

 

[jkjjhuddle]

Newbie question here but why don't we want the meat to touch the edge? I've never worried about that before but rarely use my crockpot. Is that just with this dish or is it a general guideline for all recipes?

It is really for just that dish. Since it is a meat loaf it will dry out on the parts that touch the edge.

 

[jkjjhuddle]

This is in my crock pot now. I did add bread crumbs to firm up the loaf, looking forward to dinner it's a cold day hear in cental Texas.
Thanks

Yea.. I kinda forgot to add a full box of shake and bake to that one. I edited it so it is correct now. Bread crumbs will obviously work just fine.

 

[minnie1012]

I have a recipe that calls for frozen chicken. Since I didn't clean it before I froze it I have to use defrosted chicken. How much should I adjust the cooking time? It calls for 5 to 7 hours on low for the frozen?

 

[laracroft]

I have a "crock pot area" in my pantry. They are all at easy levels to get to. You never know what size you'll need! One Christmas, I had 13 crock pots all going. We had to get power strips for enough outlets

OMG this seriously made me snicker! I love my crockpots but not enough power outlets!!! I love it!!

 

[disney4us2002]

I was very excited to try a few of these recipes but my 20 yr old Rival crockpot has passed on, lol. Any recommendations for a new crock? I'm leaning toward a programmable kind this time.

 

[TruBlu]

You guys made me hungry! I went out and bought a roast. It's in the crock pot right now!

 

[krcit]

Making the chicken marsala today . Does anyone know if the Marsala wine should be refrigerated after opening???

I never refrigerate it.

 

[Praise2Him]

Baked Potato Soup

6 large potatoes, peeled and cut up
1 med. onion, chopped
3 cans chicken broth
1/4 c. butter
2 1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/4 tsp. pepper
1 c. heavy (whipping) cream
1 c. shredded cheese

Put first 6 ingredients in crockpot and cook on high 4 hours or low 8 hours. Mash potatoes (if you wish - I like them chunky). Add last 2 ingredients. Serve.

Definitely not low calorie, but delicious!

 

[RooRach0906]

subbing

 

[PixiePlanner]

8 cups diced potatoes

1/3 cup onion, chopped

3 (14 1/2 ounce) cans chicken broth

1 (10 3/4 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, cubed, softened

1/2 lb bacon, cooked and crumbled

chives

Directions
1. Combine potatoes, onion, broth, and cream of chicken soup in crock pot.
2. Cover and cook on low 8-10 hours or until potatoes are tender.
3. Add cream cheese and blend.
4. Top with bacon and chives before serving.

*** I served this and put bacon & shredded cheddar cheese on the table to pass. I always cook a full pound of bacon too.

*** I use yellow/gold potatoes. They are supposed to be less starchy. 8 cups cubed is just under 5lbs. If you use all 5lbs, your soup will just be thicker.

*** In step 3, I use an electric hand mixer to make my soup more creamy. YUM!

 

[ceecee]

You guys made me hungry! I went out and bought a roast. It's in the crock pot right now!

I'm making the Chicken & Dumplings tonight!

 

[ski_mom]

I also made this Chicken and Dumpling recipe the other day and it was amazing!

Slow Cooker Chicken N Dumplings
3-4 chicken breasts (I use Perdue fit n easy with all fat trimmed off)
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/4 cup onion diced or you can use minced onion (about 2 tbsp)
1 chicken bullion cube
1 and 1/4 cup water
1 large can of homestyle biscuits

Combine everything (except biscuits) into slow cooker and cook on low for 5-6 hours
30 minutes before serving tear biscuit dough into pieces and add to cooker. I usually up the heat to high for the last 30 minutes.
It is absolutely tender and delicious! Almost as good as Cracker Barrel.

This is probably a dumb question, but do you cut the chicken into bite sized pieces before you cook it or anything? My family loves chicken & dumplings, but I've never tried making it, but this sounds like something even I could tackle.