Friday, March 25, 2005
yummy chicken in a crockpot
-this is how i did it, you can change it any way you like-take your crockpot out of the recesses of your cupboards.
dust it off.
take the chicken that your mother bought for you because you were flat broke out of the fridge. clumsily open the bag, wince at the disgusting giblets and promptly, holding them pinched between your thumb and forefinger, throw them away.
rinse the chicken off over an empty sink. wonder why you are supposed to rinse the chicken off. you are only doing it because you have never cooked a whole chicken before (chicken breasts and thighs, now i know how to do that!) and your mother told you that was what you were supposed to do.
forget about removing the skin from the chicken (looking back, i wish i had skinned that beast) and plop it directly inside the crock.
salt and pepper that chicken to your liking.
pour lentils, split dried peas, and rice over that chicken (i have just decided to name that chicken Norbert).
sprinkle Norbert with at least 3-4 tablespoons of your favorite herbs and spices (ones that i chose i think included basil, rosemary, fennel, celery seed, italian seasoning, and some others. i never remember. we have a HUGE spice rack that my husband's grandmother gave him a few months before we were married, and i usually just grab stuff from it and pour it in. i always joke that i married my husband for his rack and he married me for mine . . .)
take the jar of wild oats brand stewed tomatoes with basil out of your fridge. silently thank your sweet friend for buying it for you last sunday when you were trying to make spaghetti for 7 people and only had half a jar of sauce. pour it all over Norbert.
chop up some onions, carrots, and zucchini (or whatever vegetables you like) and add them to the mix.
fill the crock the rest of the way with water. wish Norbert luck and turn that thing on.
i set it on low for 10 hours because i had to go to work all day.
my husband came home before me and found that it had bubbled over and made a huge greasy mess all over our kitchen counter, floor and floor rug thing. so, maybe you shouldn't fill the crock as full as i did.
and it simmered for so long that the entire chicken got so tender that it just fell apart.
serve with croissants that your husband brought home from work (starbucks) and water because you don't have anything else to drink the house.
pick the bones and pieces of skin out as you go. decide that next time, you will skin the chicken first and wont let it cook for so long. due to the chocking hazard, this recipe is not recommended for small children.
let me know what you think!
and feel free to give me ideas on how to improve the recipe!
say it don't spray it 10:31 AM
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