There have been a ton of sales on chicken lately. I have bought 4 or 5 for 59 cents per pound. A whole chicken will last R and I at least two days. I have been searching for easy chicken recipes that will add some variety to our meals instead of plain old baked chicken. These are quick and easy chicken recipes that will cook in the slow cooker while you are at work.
I don’t use my crockpot nearly as much now that I don’t work outside the home but I still pull it out on busy days when I know that we are going to come in hungry and want dinner. It is absolutely my favorite kitchen appliance.
Easy Crockpot Chicken
- 1 whole frying chicken
- 1 small bottle salad dressing
- pepper
Wash and pat chicken dry. Rub inside and out with salad dressing. Any kind of italian, catalina, russian or french dressing will work. I don’t think that ranch or bleu cheese would do as well. Place into the crock pot and set heat on low. Chicken will be ready in 6 to 8 hours.
Salsa Crockpot Chicken
- 1 chicken or 3lbs of boneless chicken breast
- 1 jar salsa (fruit salsa or regular mexican salsa)
Cut up whole chicken. Wash and pat chicken dry. Place chicken into crockpot and pour salsa over it. Set slow cooker to low and leave for 5-8 hours.
Crockpot Lemon Chicken
- 6 boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into 1″ pieces
- 1/3 cup flour
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/8 tsp. pepper
- 2 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar
- 3 Tbsp. ketchup
- 3 Tbsp. brown sugar
- 3 Tbsp. lemon juice
- 6 oz. can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
- 2 Tbsp. cornstarch
Mix flour with salt and pepper in a zip lock bag. Place chicken piece in bag and shake to coat. Shake off extra flour mix and brown in olive oil over medium high heat. Remove chicken and place in a 3-4 quart crockpot.Mix the vinegar, ketchup, brown sugar, lemon juice, and lemonade concentrate in small bowl and pour into the skillet. Cook and stir, scraping to remove browned bits, until mixture comes to a boil. Pour sauce over chicken in crockpot. Cover and cook on LOW for 7-8 hours or on HIGH for 3-4 hours. When ready to serve, combine cornstarch and water in small bowl, mix well and stir into the sauce. Cook on HIGH for 20-30 minutes until thickened.
All three of these recipes are easy to cook and inexpensive as well. Our kids and grandkids all love them and it’s really nice to be able to spend time with them instead of in the kitchen cooking the meals. Try them out and let me know how they work for your family.
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Great recipes. I have a pork loin in my crockpot right now.
I do something very similar to your salsa chicken recipe – I just add in a can of black beans and a can or corn for the last 30 minutes or so
Leigh that sounds delicious. I will have to try it.
I’m stuck at work and you had to have this post! Arghh! So hungry!
I often eat chicken meat. It is easy to cook, tasty and got a lot of body-required proteins. One of my diet basics, eating few chickens a week should be a concrete for anyone who want to gain some weight (and I would like to). Those recipes look like a nice way of using chicken meat. Maybe you should put some more ways of cooking interesting meals (maybe not only with chicken meat).