When I'm cooking dinner with the crockpot, it becomes part of my morning routine to get it set up and going. Between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m., you'll find me in my kitchen, green tea in hand, preparing my ingredients for the meal I'm making for that night.In the cold months, my go-to meals are often soups and stews as they're warm, nourishing, and comforting. Especially for Mr. Friday after a long day of teaching teenagers. Here's my recipe for one of our favourites: Black Bean and Chicken Stew.
Use a medium sized crockpot, as this is a generous recipe. It feeds my family - second helpings included - plus leftovers for lunch.
Ingredients
6 chicken thighs, fresh or frozen
1 19 oz tin black beans, drained
1 28 oz tin crushed tomatoes
1 cup chicken or vegetable broth
1 red pepper, chopped
1 green or orange pepper, chopped (optional)
1/4 red onion, chopped
1 1/2 cups frozen corn
5 frozen spinach cubes
2 heaping tbsps crushed garlic
1 tbsp chili powder
3/4 tbsp ground cumin
1/2 tbsp ground coriander
2 tsp salt
1 1/4 tsp pepper
1. Prepare all ingredients as above and put into crockpot.
2. Cover and turn to low. Cook for 8-10 hours.*
3. Taste for seasoning. If you'd like more, add more.
4. Serve with fresh bread and enjoy!
*If you are pressed for time, use fresh chicken thighs and cook on high for 5-6 hours, or until the chicken flakes apart.
4 sparkly thoughts:
Sounds good Sarah. I do something similar but have never added the spinach so I will be reprising my dish and giving it a new twist!
I am so impressed you take photos. I must do that too. I made your apricot ginger oat cookies, thought to take a photo, promptly forgot and now they have all been eaten.
Next time
Let me know how it turns out! (My photography is horrible - thank you for the compliments, though! :))
How did the apricot ginger cookies turn out?
The apricot ginger cookies were great. Very easy and very tasty.
Although we have a lot of great tasting commercial biscuits here(McVities chocolate digestives, gingersnaps and hob-nobs), I love homemade; making and eating. I also took some into work and they also received rave reviews.
You might enjoy these which I gave in cookie jars tied up with raffia for Christmas
Chocolate Orange Cookies
75g (3oz)dark chocolate chips
Zest of 2 oranges and 1tbsp orange juice
50g (2oz) soft butter
75g (3oz) white vegetable fat
175g (6oz) golden caster sugar
225g (8oz) plain flour
2tsp baking powder
1.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F/180 degrees C. Grease two baking sheets.
2. Blend butter, fat and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Add flour and baking powder and mix with a fork.
4. Add the orange zest, juice and chips and mix to a dough. The dough will be stiff enough to roll out.
5. Roll out the dough on a floured surface and use a 5cm or 2inch plain cutter. Place on a greased baking sheet.
6. Bake for 15 minutes until golden.
7. Remove from sheet after 5 minutes and cool on wire rack.
Enjoy!
Oh, that recipe sounds amazing!! Chocolate + orange = delicious! Thank you for sharing!
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