Attention friends list! and whoever.

[mandolin]

I need some help.

Namely, I'm in need of NON-SUCKY CROCK-POT RECIPES that:

- can cook for like 7-8 hours on low,

- involve chicken (or anything but that's what I have on hand)

- don't require hard-to-find or wasteful* ingredients

- don't take 10 hours of prep.

...do these exist? Bueller?

Real post later. Doing homework.

*By which I mean, I don't want to go buy an entire thing of bacon for like four strips' worth in a recipe.

Comments

[marag.livejournal.com]

I do a killer beef stew and awesome turkey chili, both of which are pretty non-wasteful. I haven't tried making anything with chicken yet, because I prefer roasted chicken.

I'm told that chicken soup is really really good in the crockpot, though :)

Let me know if you want either the stew or chili recipe.

[weirdweb.livejournal.com]

..oooh, the turkey chili sounds good! I'd love it if you could pass the recipe on! Thank you!

I know chicken and dumplings is really good (but a lot more prep time), and so is Continental Chicken (but there's bacon involved). Between all the extra hours I've been putting in at work lately - hence the radio silence and the spazzing - I've been getting home and scowling at the notion of spending an hour or more cooking or figuring out what to cook.

[marag.livejournal.com]

This makes a *lot* of chili. A LOT. When I make it, I usually halve the recipe. However, it freezes really well, so it's up to you :)

Chili

3 lbs of hamburger or ground turkey
12 oz of broth
3 tsp chili powder
5 cloves garlic
1 12-oz can of tomato paste
2 12-oz cans of red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
2 28-oz cans of crushed tomatoes
2 12-oz cans of pinto beans, drained and rinsed
5 dashes hot sauce
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper (I actually use white pepper instead)
1 tsp cayenne pepper (I didn't have this, so I've added more chili peppers)
1 green pepper, seeded and diced
1 red pepper, diced
1 long red pepper, diced
2 Serrano chilis, minced
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp cumin

Crumble and brown meat in olive oil in a skillet set to medium high. Drain fat.

Add all ingredients to the crockpot and cook on low for 6-8 hours.