Healthy Crock Pot Red Chicken Chili

A delicious healthy slow cooker chicken chili with some of that great red chili taste. You get to "have your cake and eat it too" with this recipe.

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BBQ Grilled Butterflied Whole Chicken

Great taste and crispy skin in a classic grilling. You too can grill a whole chicken and get it done just right.

There are a lot of articles about grilling a butterflied chicken but most grill amateurs won't try it. I'm here to tell you it is easy and it works.

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Grilled Chicken Tenders

An extremely easy moist and tender fingers... For the kids or the kid in you.

Do you have one of "those" kids? You know, the one who won't eat what you cook and you end up doing something separate and almost always unhealthy. This is the solution. Minimal work, time and guaranteed to calm that 3 year old dinner monster. You have steak, they have healthy chicken tenders.

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Healthy Baked Chicken Nuggets

A kid friendly healthier baked chicken nugget for lunch time or a weeknight meals. Done in 25 minutes. No mystery ingredient to go into the kiddies with these. You know what is in these nuggets. (You might say pediatrician recommended...)

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Oven Baked Parmesan Paprika Skinless Boneless Chicken Breast

You can never have too many great chicken recipes. Put this one up there with the best you have. It has it all: wonderful spicy Parmesan taste, great texture, moist and oh so easy.

I based this off an allrecipe.com recipe. I added some panko bread crumbs and garlic since all chicken must have garlic at our house. With the Parmesan combined with paprika and garlic, you get a tasty main dish.


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Ultra Simple Crock Pot White Chicken Chili

This is the EASIEST white chicken chili slow cooker recipe you will ever see. Dump, dump, dump cook for 4 hours with stirring once or twice in the middle. You are rewarded for you laziness with a great chili and all your friends will demand the recipe.

For the first time, I'm repeating a recipe. This was one of my first posts and it has always been one of my most requested recipes. Maybe 50 people saw the first post so a repeat is definitely in order.

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Easy Chicken Salad

A very tasty lunch for the busy holiday season. Your eating in 10 minutes with minimal work. Sometime you will need a fast lunch on the run and this was one of those days. I had forgot to plan for lunch. I had no supplies. So to the pantry was raided. I emerged with a can of chicken. How odd...

Inspired by Martha Stewart's Classic Chicken Salad with a few minor changes

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Parmesan Mayonnaise Baked Skinless Chicken Breast

The new leader for recipe of the year. This chicken has everything. It's extremely moist, great taste, a little crunchiness and it is SIMPLE. My wife has changed the Christmas menu from my 5-star Chicken Parmesan to this recipe.

Start with some mayo. You could use lower fat if you wish here. Some recipes use zero fat Greek yogart as the base instead. Add some Parmesan and seasoning. Coat some well trimmed skinless boneless chicken breasts and  then sprinkle all sides with some Italian bread crumbs. Bake and you're in chicken heaven.
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Crock Pot Chicken Noodle Soup for Two

An ultra simple slow cooker recipe for chicken noodle soup. Sized just right for a small crock pot. Bring on the cold season, I'm ready now.
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Mexican Shredded Chicken in a Crock Pot

Great in tacos or anywhere you would use Mexican shredded chicken. A chicken taco salad. Chicken burritos or enchiladas. My wife is planning a Mexican buffet with this as a featured component.

Start with some skinless boneless chicken breast and cook in a slow cooker in spiced up salsa until it falls apart. Shred and add some sour cream, corn and black beans.

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Crispy Chicken Tenders

Tasty little things... The whole family likes a good chicken strip. Here is one of these simple recipes you can do over and over and not think about.

Start with chicken tenders or breasts cut into strips. Soak in buttermilk (or a substitute I will cover later) while the oil gets hot. Coat with a flour and seasoning salt and fry a few minutes on each side and you are done. A 4/10 only because it involves frying and you're afraid of that. Once you try it, it will be 2/10.

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Oven Baked Chicken Legs - The Art of Drummies

This is about as easy as a recipe can get. Just wash, dry, spice and cook in a high oven. Then you will have crispy goodness for the family.

I took several weeks last year working on grilled drumsticks until I got it just right. The secret of a great oven baked chicken leg (drumstick) was in the temperature as usual. Since then I have been doing mainly oven drummies. I kind of did this post before in my Chicken for a Hundred post. I was cooking for a party and roasted 150 chicken legs and breast in a similar manor. Here is a scaled down version.

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Easy Grilled Chicken Strips

A quick and easy grilling. A lot of people have a problem with grilling a skinless boneless chicken breast. They make hockey pucks. Their issue is by the time they get the center done to the point it won't make them sick, the outside and edges are overcooked.

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Simple Old Fashion Chicken Pot Pie

I take requests... especially if they come from my wife. It has been a chilly few weeks. Not bad but in the 50's so warm comfort food seemed called for. Chicken pot pie is one of her favorites and we had several packages of Pillsbury pie crusts left.

This is a simple old fashion style pot pie. The ATK (American Test Kitchen) recipe has 25 ingredients. I have 10. Guess which one has less work? It's got great taste that warms to the bone.

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Easy Chicken Fajitas

Happy almost Cinco de Mayo. Here is the "other" restaurant favorite. When I did beef fajitas, I knew that chicken wouldn't be far behind. I always go back and forth chicken or beef... beef or chicken... What to do? Your choice. But both are easy and if you care, much cheaper at home. Another candidate for house favorite recipe.

Start with chicken, clean it and cut up. Now marinade for a few hours, cook in a heavy cast iron skillet then do some veggies and you are good to go.

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Spicy Baked Chicken Strips

An easy recipe for a tender and tasty spiced up chicken strips that are healthy too. Great for that party or just dinner. I used chicken tenders but just cut some skinless boneless chicken breasts into strips if you want. Another 30 minute recipe.

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Chicken Tostadas

A tasty Mexican dish. Braise some chicken in spiced up broth then shred, spice some more and add to a toasted tortilla and then top with your favorite toppings. Nothing can go wrong with all that going for you.

I had a couple of skinless boneless chicken breast that I had slated for a roasting but they were huge and would not roast well. Plus I want Mexican tonight so I modified one of last years top posts Spicy Mexican Shredded Pork Tostadas (Tinga)  into a chicken recipe. Excellantoooo...


Rating

 Almost a five.

Notes: You can braise the chicken on the stove top like I did. Or a couple of hours covered in a 300 degree oven or even 3-4 hours on high in a crock pot. Take your choice.

Trim about 1 1/2 pounds skinless boneless chicken breast. That is 3 normal size ones or two huge breasts. Slice into 1/2 inch slices.

In a large pan, combine a 14oz can chicken broth, one medium chipped onion, 2 T chili powder,1 t cumin, and 1/2 t garlic powder.

 Add the sliced chicken.

Bring to boil, then cover and decrease heat to simmer. You can braise the chicken on the stove top like I did. Or a couple of hours covered in a 300 degree oven or even 3-4 hours on high in a crock pot. Take your choice.

 Simmer for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.

 Remove the chicken to a cutting board and shred with two forks. Discard liquid.

Add 1 t oil to pan and add the chicken back over medium high heat. Add 1 T chili powder, 1/2 t salt, 1/2 t cumin, 1/4 - 1/2 t cayenne and 1/4 t chipotle powder. Then add 8 oz tomato sauce. Cook for about 5 minutes until starting to brown a little.

Making the Tostadas

Add about 1/4 cup vegetable oil to a flat bottom pan and heat over medium high heat until shimmering. 

 Poke a fork multiple times into a six inch corn tortilla. Place in oil and hold down with a spatula.

Brown on each side for about 2 minutes then move to a paper towel covered plate to drain, sprinkle lightly with salt. Repeat until you have the desired number of tostadas.

Assemble to your preference. Suggestions: sour cream, cheeses, tomato, green onion, cilantro, avocado or whatever you want.

Chicken Tostadas

by DrDan at 101 Cooking for Two January-8-2012

A tasty Mexican dish. Braise some chicken in spiced up broth then shred, spice some more and add to a toasted tortilla and then top with your favorite toppings. Nothing can go wrong with all that going for you.

Ingredients

• about 1 1/2 pounds skinless boneless chicken breast
• a 14oz can chicken broth
• 1 medium onion chopped
• 2 T chili powder
• 1 t cumin
• 1/2 t garlic powder

Part Two

• 1 T chili powder
• 1/2 t salt
• 1/2 t cumin
• 1/4 -1/2 t cayenne
• 1/4 t chipolte powder
• 8 oz. tomato sauce

The Tostadas

• 1/4 cup oil
• six inch corn (or other) tortillas
• salt if you want

Instructions

1) Trim about 1 1/2 pounds skinless boneless chicken breast. That is 3 normal size ones or two huge breasts. Slice into 1/2 inch slices.2) In a large pan, combine a 14oz can chicken broth, one medium chipped onion, 2 T chili powder,1 t cumin, and 1/2 t garlic powder. Add the sliced chicken.3) Bring to boil, then cover and decrease heat to simmer. You can braise the chicken on the stove top like I did. Or a couple of hours covered in a 300 degree oven or even 3-4 hours on high in a crock pot. Take your choice.4) Simmer for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Remove the chicken to a cutting board and shred with two forks. Discard liquid.5) Add 1 t oil to pan and add the chicken back over medium high heat. Add 1 T chili powder, 1/2 t salt, 1/2 t cumin, 1/4 - 1/2 t cayenne and 1/4 t chipotle powder. Then add 8 oz tomato sauce. Cook for about 5 minutes until starting to brown a little. 6) Make the Tostadas. Add about 1/4 cup vegetable oil to a flat bottom pan and heat over medium high heat until shimmering. 7) Poke a fork multiple times into a six inch corn tortilla. Place in oil and hold down with a spatula.8) Brown on each side for about 2 minutes then move to a paper towel covered plate to drain, sprinkle lightly with salt. Repeat until you have the desired number of tostadas.9) Assemble to your preference. Suggestions: sour cream, cheeses, tomato, green onion, cilantro, avocado or whatever you want.

Details

Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: 2 hour Total time: 2 hour 5 mins Yield: 8 serving

Updated

January 8 2012

DrDan

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