Today, over at the Melissa Frances blog, we are hosting our first ever recipe exchange. While I have been recovering, I have spent more than a few hours looking at food blogs and recipes online.
A few days ago, I tried one of the recipies I discovered during my web wanderings. Rick and I both really liked it, so it will be added to our rotation here at home. Here, is the Sweet & Spicy Slow Cooker Chicken recipe:
• 4 Chicken breasts (although I suppose you really could use any part of a chicken, thighs/legs would also work)
• 1 - 28 oz. can of diced tomatoes in juice
• 2/3 cup of brown sugar - could use less if you don't want it too sweet.
• 3/4 teaspoon of red pepper flakes - once again, could use more if you want it a tad spicier.
• Salt & Pepper to taste
Put all ingredients into a crock pot, cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours, or high for 4-6 hours. With about 1-2 hours left in cook time, remove chicken and shred it. Then, remove some of the diced tomatoes leaving the juice in the crock pot (You could leave the tomatoes in if you'd like. We planned to use fresh tomatoes in the finished meal, so I removed about 90% of them). Add chicken back to the crock pot, stir, cover and continue to cook. When ready to serve, use a draining (or slotted) spoon to dish up the chicken as the sauce is very thin and runny.
Suggested use for this dish: sandwiches, tacos, salads, burritos, etc.
Rick and I used this chicken dish in tacos and it was really quite yummy. We used the recipe as written above. I think next time I will reduce the sugar by a slight bit and increase the red pepper flakes as this dish was very, very mild. I originally found this recipe on the Mel's Kitchen Cafe website.
Do you have a recipe to share? If so, link it up with the Melissa Frances link party!
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Love this sweet and spicy chicken. Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Susan | April 05, 2011 at 06:05 PM
that looks great! I made something similar just last night...
going to look for a recipe to share. :) thanks for the great post!
Posted by: laura lee | April 06, 2011 at 10:26 AM
I love the combination of sweet and spicy chicken.. We love that..
Posted by: Jhen | April 13, 2011 at 01:15 AM
I love sweet and spicy too. Loved your recipe. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Jennifer | April 29, 2011 at 08:16 AM
Delicious!!! I like chicken. I like your recipe regarding chicken. I have many recipes regarding this, but your recipe I will try out this weekend. Thanks for sharing this one.
Posted by: כיורים | January 29, 2012 at 07:12 AM
Delicious!!! I like chicken. Thanks for giving this recipe!
Posted by: Helen Aoya | April 23, 2012 at 06:43 AM