Crockpot Pozole

Easiest. Pork. Pozole. Ever.  I promise.

        

Place all ingredients in the crockpot and stir. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours.  Add your favorite garnishes and tortillas and now you are ready to enjoy your pork pozole!!!!

Crockpot Potato Wedges

Hey y'all I'll try any food at least once. Well...thinking about it  maybe there are couple of things I'd have to say no to. But other wise I am pretty adventurous food wise. Lately I've been seeing recipes for crock pot French fries. They are everywhere, and thought I would try them. I mean they are a healthier way to get your french fry fix using way less oil and salt. Plus they are done in a crockpot. What's not to love about that?

There are slight variations among the recipes I looked at, but for the most part they are all pretty much the same. Potatoes julienned into french fries, a small amount of some kind of oil and seasoning. Pretty simple. Right?

Ok so here is the recipe I tried. I chose this one because it also had a copycat recipe for the Red Robin Seasoning. Yay! I love their seasoning mix. Now I can make it myself and save some greenbacks, and that's  always a win.

So all in all I liked how the potatoes turned out. 

Even though they really weren't crispy and french fry like they were tasty and not loaded with oil. They were actually more like a potato wedge, a really flavorful potato wedge. 

Will I make them again? Yes. Why?

1. They are easy to make and you can do a whole crockpot full all at once. Yes!!!

2.  No standing over hot oil. 

3.  They were almost set it and forget it. They did need a stir every hour. 

I am giving these a thumbs up.

Slow Cooker Roasted Chicken

I'm pulling out the slow cooker for tonights supper easy supper idea.  I'm  roasting a whole chicken in one of my favorite kitchen toys, the always popular and oh so versatile slow cooker.  This is one item my kitchen can not be with out.  For tonight's recipe everything went into the slow cooker this morning and at supper time tonight voila~~~ a super easy, super delish meal that feeds the whole family.   

Here's what you'll need to pull it all together~

Spice Ingredients for the rub

• 4 tsp freshly ground sea salt
• 2-1/2 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp fresh ground pepper
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1 tsp thyme
• 1 tsp white pepper
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp chopped garlic

Make a bed of veggies for the chicken to lay on. It will add flavor and help keep the chicken moist.

Use~

• 2 onions cut in half
• 5 carrots, cleaned, unpeeled, chopped in halves or thirds
• 4 celery stalks, cut in thirds
• 1 whole lemon quartered
• 3-4 pound roasting chicken. 

Directions:

1. Combine rub ingredients and set aside.  Prep all the veggies make a bed inside the slow cooker. An oval one works well.
2. Remove the neck and pouch from the chicken.  You could freeze them for using in another recipe. Rinse chicken thoroughly and pat dry.
3. Add quartered lemon to the inside of the chicken.  Now rub the chicken down with the spice mixture and place it on top of the veggies in the slow cooker.  Cover and cook chicken on low for 6-8 hours. (I used a 4 lb chicken, and it took about 6 hours.)  I cooked it until the internal temperature was 160 degrees F.  If you want the skin to have some crunch remove it to a ceramic baking dish and place it in the oven under the broiler for about 4-5 minutes.  Allow chicken to rest after removing it from the broiler.  I'd say about 5-10 minutes is good.

Serve with steamed rice and side salad.