All right folks, I’ve finally gotten around to writing up one of my favorite dishes to both make and eat and I felt it would be appropriate to share it with everyone as the first recipe in a series of “Cookin’ With Craven” (name still in working progress).
As you may have all ready inferred from the titles, this recipe is going to be completely chicken and is extraordinarily simple to make.
Due to my strong advocating for flexible diets and allowing yourself to eat “junk” type foods while adhering to physique changing programs, a lot of people have this impression that I eat nothing but Chick-Fil-A for lunch and indulge on pints of Ben and Jerry’s ad libdium before bed each night.
While I do enjoy an occasional half dozen donuts and even some large meals out at restaurants, recipes like the crock pot chicken are what I’m actually eating more than 85% percent of the time. (And I didn’t just make up that percentage, I ran some analysis to get the number, which is 87.66% lol)
I’m strongly for making wholesome, nutritious foods for the foundation for everyone’s diet, no matter what their individual goals are.
Anyway, let’s delve into the meat and potatoes of this chicken recipe.
As you may have all ready inferred from the titles, this recipe is going to be completely chicken and is extraordinarily simple to make.
Due to my strong advocating for flexible diets and allowing yourself to eat “junk” type foods while adhering to physique changing programs, a lot of people have this impression that I eat nothing but Chick-Fil-A for lunch and indulge on pints of Ben and Jerry’s ad libdium before bed each night.
While I do enjoy an occasional half dozen donuts and even some large meals out at restaurants, recipes like the crock pot chicken are what I’m actually eating more than 85% percent of the time. (And I didn’t just make up that percentage, I ran some analysis to get the number, which is 87.66% lol)
I’m strongly for making wholesome, nutritious foods for the foundation for everyone’s diet, no matter what their individual goals are.
Anyway, let’s delve into the meat and potatoes of this chicken recipe.
The ingredients listed above are for this specifc style of flavor that I go for (think spicy Asian inspired accents), but the choices of seasonings are virtually limitless. If you prefer your chicken on the mild side, eliminate the Siracha hot sauce and substitute more tomato paste. You really can’t go wrong with this method of cooking |     |
I recoomend everyone should own one of these. If you don’t, stop what you’re doing and get yourself one at Target for $20. It will more than pay for itself after a handful of uses.
The steps involved aren't complex at all, but let’s walk through them.
First dump the chicken breasts into the crock pot and space it out as evenly as possible.
Next, chop up the boulion cubes into quarters and place them around the crockpot for an even distribution of flavoring throughout the chicken.
Add the garlic powder around the pot as evenly as possible.
Do the same with the onion powder and black pepper.
Evenly add the Siracha hot sauce over the chicken.
Evenly add the tomato paste throughout the pot.
Add the cabbage slices and diced cilantro on top of the chicken
First dump the chicken breasts into the crock pot and space it out as evenly as possible.
Next, chop up the boulion cubes into quarters and place them around the crockpot for an even distribution of flavoring throughout the chicken.
Add the garlic powder around the pot as evenly as possible.
Do the same with the onion powder and black pepper.
Evenly add the Siracha hot sauce over the chicken.
Evenly add the tomato paste throughout the pot.
Add the cabbage slices and diced cilantro on top of the chicken
The beauty of the crockpot/slowcooker is you can virtually ‘set it and forget it’.
I recommend cooking the chicken on the crock pots’ “low” setting, whether it’s fresh or frozen chicken.
If you decide to use frozen chicken, the cooking time will be roughly 6-8 hours until the chicken is completely ready to be removed.
If the chicken breasts is fresh, cooking time will normally be no longer than 6 hours.
It is the perfect way to have dinner waiting for you if you prepare the chicken in the morning before you leave the house for the day.
You can also prepare the pot before you go to bed in the evening and wake up to the aroma of spicy chicken in the morning. Eat your heart out Folger’s coffee.
I recommend cooking the chicken on the crock pots’ “low” setting, whether it’s fresh or frozen chicken.
If you decide to use frozen chicken, the cooking time will be roughly 6-8 hours until the chicken is completely ready to be removed.
If the chicken breasts is fresh, cooking time will normally be no longer than 6 hours.
It is the perfect way to have dinner waiting for you if you prepare the chicken in the morning before you leave the house for the day.
You can also prepare the pot before you go to bed in the evening and wake up to the aroma of spicy chicken in the morning. Eat your heart out Folger’s coffee.
Chicken Straight From the Crock Pot
You’ll know the chicken is completely ready if it’s literally falling apart when you pick it up with a fork.
Remove the chicken from the pot and it will be tender and moist enough that it can be pulled apart with a fork.
Think pulled pork, only it’s chicken.
After Being Pulled Apart Using Forks
For those of you who are counting macros and want to know the macros/calories for the chicken recipe, here they are.
Not too shabby calories, right?
If you cook 3 pounds of chicken, you should have about 12 total servings all together.
If you cook 3 pounds of chicken, you should have about 12 total servings all together.
Shredded Chicken Pictured with Beans and Lettuce
And that's all there is to making Craven's Kickin' Crock Pot Chicken.
I recommend trying out your own version of the recipe with your favorite spices and seasonings.
Maybe try a few dashes of soy sauce and ginger to get a real Asian inspired flavor.
Or add Barbecue to sauce to the pot for a slow roasted pulled BBQ Chicken.
You really can't go wrong.
I hope this has been helpful for everyone that gets tired and bored of eating the same old dry chicken cooked in the oven or on the grill and they can fall in love with the moist and tender chicken that comes from using the crock pot.
Enjoy!
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