Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Slow cooker Mediterranean chicken reinvented

I have started doing meal plans, look at me all domestic ;-) But, with Oli keeping us more and more busy, it was hard to leave every night's dinner up to that day. We ended up either eating fast food or going out and spending too much money at a restaurant. So, every week now, I plan the dinners for the next week. Sunday through Sunday.

Yesterday was slow cooker Mediterranean chicken since I had a lot of the ingredients and I remembered really liking it the first time I'd made it. I read my note about the chicken being a little dry, so I did half the onions underneath the chick this time, and half over. Same with olives and the pepperoncinis.  However, this time, I also added a 28 oz can of San Marzano tomatoes, sliced with basil leaves. I also substituted the sour cream with Philadelphia garlic cooking creme. So, the new recipe is:

What I had:

  • 1 lb of chicken breasts
  • 2 medium white onions, sliced
  • about 20 Spanish manzanilla olives, sliced
  • 9 pepperoncinis, rinsed and drained
  • 1 container Philadelphia cooking creme, garlic
  • 28 oz can San Marzano tomatoes, sliced with basil leaves
  • garlic
What I did:
  • Layer 1/2 of the sliced onions, olives and pepperoncinis at the bottom of the slow cooker
  • Lay the frozen chicken breasts on top
  • Layer rest of the onions, olives and pepperoncinis on top of the chicken
  • Sprinkle garlic. Pour a little bit of lemon juice on top
  • Pour the can of tomatoes, juice and all, over the chicken
  • Cook on low for 8 hrs
  • Take out the chicken and put aside. Pour cooking creme in and cook on high in slow cooker till it thickens. 
  •  Shred the chicken and add it back in
  • Serve over your favorite noodles
Notes after eating:
  • Not dry at all
  • The flavors were amazing, no paprika needed, the pepperoncinis added a nice slight kick
  • Even Oli ate some and that's a complement to this chef ;-)
 Look at him enjoying some noodles with just cheese and butter before he demanded some of mine.



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