recipe: salsa chicken

On the menu tonight: salsa chicken. I had heard of it before but I wanted to give it a try so I made my own variation with the items I already had in my kitchen. And it was a success!

Ingredients:

• 4 frozen chicken breasts
• 1 can of cream of chicken soup
• 1 cup of sour cream
• 1 cup of salsa
• 1 packet of taco seasoning
• sprinkle of cumin
• sprinkle of chili powder
• sprinkle of crushed red pepper
• 1 can of black beans
• rice

Directions:
1. Place frozen chicken breasts in the bottom of the crock pot. Cover chicken with soup and salsa. Cover chicken with taco seasoning (use about 1/2 of the packet). Sprinkle on the cumin, chili powder, and crushed red pepper. Cook on low for 7 hours. About 30 minutes before serving, add sour cream and shred chicken with a fork. Cook black beans and rice separately. Serve chicken mixture over rice with black beans on top and enjoy!

recipe: barbeque chicken sandwiches

Like I said yesterday, quick and convenient meals are a must in our home! Well, I tried another new recipe and it turned out delicious and it was super easy!

Barbeque Chicken Sandwiches (adapted from a recipe on Pinterest)

Ingredients:
-4 boneless frozen chicken breasts
-1 18oz. bottle of any type of barbeque sauce
-3/4 cup of Italian dressing
-1/4 cup of brown sugar
-3 tbsp. of Worcestershire sauce

Directions:
In a separate bowl, mix barbeque sauce, dressing, brown sugar, and Worcestershire sauce. Place chicken breasts in the bottom of the crock pot. Pour sauce mixture on top of chicken. Cook on low for 8 hours. Shred chicken before serving on hamburger buns.

We enjoyed ours with sweet potato fries:

faux fried chicken

I'm trying to be more creative in the kitchen. Cooking at home is so much cheaper than going out to eat but I've never really made much more than grilled chicken or spaghetti up until the past few weeks.

I had a goal today to make a meal using on what I had in my kitchen. Partially because I didn't feel like going anywhere and it was a cheap option because I already had the stuff!

I search the freezer and found chicken legs and I immediately knew I wanted to make some friend chicken! But I am watching what I eat to get rid of my baby fat so friend chicken wasn't the best choice for me to eat. So I did some research online to find healthier ways of getting the same satisfaction but with less calories. I saw a few recipes that involved using pancake mix and corn flakes. Checked the cabinets and I didn't have either one. So I got creative!

Here's my variation of "faux friend chicken":

This is what you need:

2 c. Total cereal

Seasoned salt
Paprika
5 chicken legs

1/2 c. butter
Big plastic baggie
Rolling pin

Pie tin
Baking pan

This is how you make it:
Put Total cereal (or corn flakes) into plastic bag and crush them with the rolling pin. Then dump them in the pie tin. Wash the drumsticks (or chicken breasts) and pat dry with paper towels. Put the butter in frying pan and melt over medium heat. With tongs, roll each drumstick in the butter then in the corn flakes until covered. Put corn flake coated drumsticks in baking pan (they should not be touching each other) and sprinkle with paprika and seasoned salt.
Bake in 400 degree oven for 45 minutes (they are done when you can pull the meat off with a fork).

And here's what it looks like: