So last week I was pretty much MIA in the kitchen and it was a darn good thing that we did a crockpot meal for the recipe of the week. I was able to eat it all week for lunch and twice for dinner - I do have to admit though by the end of the week I was craving something different. It was also a positive because it was the end of the month and well....we only get paid once a month and.....enough said!!!
Anyhow, I would highly recommend making this for the fall especially if you have a busy week! Here we go!
Lets start by getting all those ingredients ready! As you can see I used chicken thighs instead of breast (cheaper, and don't dry out as easily) I also used the beans I had in my basement (my food pantry) so they don't necessarily match up with what the recipe called for!
I only had 3 cans of beans when I went to the basement so I ended up trying something new
They were actually pretty good - white beans in a chili sauce just like your typical chili beans! Not too shabby - next time I may get 4 cans of these bad boys!
Up next getting my crockpot ready - check out the time on the oven yep thats 6:24 in the morning
Now my crockpot is this awesomeness by cuisinart - as you can see it has a sauté function so I was able to sauté the onions right in this to avoid extra clean up!
Next step would be to sauté your onions and garlic
now remember that I told you I ball on a budget and enjoy making things easier on myself - you need to get this garlic to make life a cake walk!
Now get everything else in that crockpot - set it and forget it!
Please note the time - 6:41 - this whole meal was ready to go with less than 20 minutes of prep! Besides smelling like an onion for the rest of the day this was easy breezy!
Side note - did you know that once you open up stock or broth that it techically is only good for 7 days? I did not know this so I used to think that I could keep it until its "best by" date! Well after doing a little reading I found out that was not a good rule to follow! One of the things that I do to help myself remember when I opened containers like this is to write on the top of it the date at which I should probably throw it out!
Ok after all of this was done it was time to head into the office. There really isn't a better feeling than knowing you are going to be coming home to a house that smells amazing and food for days!
Once I got home - I pulled the chicken out put it in a bowl to shred!
Using two forks I shredded that chicky up like it was my job - actually a very nice way to relieve some stress!
I put the chicken back in the crockpot and let it take on some of the flavors while I got the dogs out, changed my clothes and got ready to go outside to enjoy the fall like weather! Once I was finally ready to have dinner this is what my final product looked like!
I think that mine was a little more red than the original post - but I'm pretty sure that is due to the spices that were in the white chili beans! I am certainly not complaining about the color as it was delicious!
Here was another picture from someone else in the recipe club and theirs looks closer to the original recipe! They too loved it!!
Ok well here is the original post
I have done another tofu recipe so stay tuned for that one - I can say that I wasn't particularly fond of how this one turned out - but it wasn't the tofu's fault!
I hope that your week is off to a great start - happy cookin'
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