Two Chicken Dinners

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I had purchased a couple of organic chickens from Costco not long ago. I wanted to make the most of them when I served them, considering what I paid for them! Here was my menu plan for using one of the chickens to feed the 7 us for two different meals.

 

On Monday I put a chicken in the crockpot to slowly cook all day. The recipe was very simple, I called it Hawaiian Chicken:

 

Crockpot Hawaiian Chicken

1 whole chicken, about 4 lbs.

1- 20oz can crushed pineapple

2T Sucanat

2T soy sauce

1T minced garlic

4 or 5 chopped mini peppers (you could use ½ of a green or red pepper)

3T cornstarch

¼ c water

 

Place chicken in crockpot. Mix remaining ingredients and pour over chicken. Let cook on low for 6 or 7 hours. 

 

I served this meal with brown rice and spooned the sauce from the chicken over the rice. I also added a nice big green salad with homemade ranch dressing. 

 

When the meal was over I removed the rest of the meat from the chicken and put that in the fridge along with the leftover rice. 

 

Two days later I made my next meal with the leftover chicken and rice. It was chicken burritos.

 

Here is what I did….

 

I always buy and have on hand 3 main things from Costco: a bag of mini sweet peppers, a large container of mushrooms and a bag of sweet onions. I can’t believe how many meals can be dressed up with these veggies. 

 

For this meal I first began by chopping up a sweet onion, several peppers and a few mushrooms. I heated up my cast iron frying pan and added a little butter and then tossed in the veggies and let them cook until they were nice and soft and starting to brown…

 

 

Then I put them in a bowl, wiped out my frying pan, heated it up again and added a little more butter. I put in my leftover chicken that I had chopped up and about 2 1/2 to 3 cups of brown rice (this amount could vary a lot depending on how many people you are serving). I cooked this until it was nice and hot and then added about a 1/2 cup of salsa. I let this heat up a little more and then put it into a serving dish.

 

 

For the rest of the meal I pulled out shredded cheddar cheese and whole wheat tortillas so everyone could fill their own burrito. I served extra salsa on the side and added another big green salad to the meal and it was a huge hit with the family. They ate every bit of it! 


 

I was glad to have been able to turn this one 4lb chicken into two meals for my family. 

Comments

  1. mccrjillFebruary 1, 2008 at 12:59 AM

    Nice chicken recipes & what an adorable puppy. We have a black Lab named Molly. she came with that name & we kept it. Jill

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  2. TeresaFebruary 1, 2008 at 7:27 AM

    These chicken recipes sound and looks so delicious, Crystal! I will be giving them a try soon.

    Hope you're having a great day!

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  3. gabbie427February 1, 2008 at 7:55 AM

    Sounds delicious!!! Thanks for sharing!


    God's Blessings,

    Amy Jo

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  4. GeeksHelpMeetFebruary 6, 2008 at 8:21 AM

    I see you buy WW tortillas. Have you looked into the Villaware tortilla maker? http://www.amazon.com/VillaWare-V5955-Grand-Tortilla-Flatbread/dp/B00005R85X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1202336398&sr=8-1

    DH bought me one and it makes HM tortillas quickly and easily. My DH will even eat WW tortillas which he didn't like before.

    Love

    Amanda

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