Fiesta Chicken With Barley And Brown Rice Crock Pot Recipes

Steps:

• Cook on high in the slow cooker for 4 hours or 6 on low. Shred the chicken with a hand mixer. Trust me, it's so much easier to do it with the hand mixer!

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with pepper and lightly brown in a large nonstick skillet, 5 minutes on each side.
• Place onion, chipotle pepper, and garlic in the crock pot, followed by the chicken.
• Pour tomato juice over the chicken.
• Sprinkle chicken with cumin, chili powder, and more black pepper.
• Pour canned tomatoes & green chilis over chicken.
• Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours.
• Remove chicken, and stir uncooked rice and barley into the slow cooker (check the dryness at this time, too, and add some water or other liquid in if you need to).
• Place chicken back on top and continue to cook on low for 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 more hours until grains are tender but not overdone.
• Serve with cheese and sour cream, if desired.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the soups, tomatoes, picante sauce, green pepper, onion and chili powder. In a greased 13x9-in. baking dish, layer half of the tortilla strips, chicken, soup mixture and cheese. Repeat layers. , Cover and bake at 350° until bubbly, 40-50 minutes. Freeze option: Cover and freeze unbaked casserole. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Preheat oven to 350°. Bake casserole as directed, increasing time as necessary to heat through and for a thermometer inserted in center to read 165°.

Steps:

• Spray inside of 6-quart crockpot with cooking spray or add 1 teaspoon olive oil and coat inside of crockpot.
• Add chicken (no need to cut it up, it will fall apart after cooking), and prepared broth.
• Add grains, diced vegetables, and seasonings.
• Stir to mix ingredients in the crockpot.
• Cover and cook on low heat for 6-8 hours.
• Remove bay leaf before serving, and season to taste as necessary.
• NOTE: the first time I made this I used 2 1/2 cups broth; it was not quite enough as the rice was sticking to the crockpot. 3 1/2 cups of broth seemed to be a better choice, but it depends on your crockpot.

Steps:

• Place chicken in slow cooker. Pour salsa over chicken.
• Cover and cook on low 6 hours or until chicken is tender, but not dry,.
• Remove chicken to a serving platter and keep warm.
• Add rice to hot salsa in slow cooker and cook on high 30 minutes.