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This past weekend I prepared dinner for my family at 1:00 PM. I got my crock pot, and all my ingredients ready. Set all up. Had fun with the kids and later on we were ready for dinner. It turned out great!
Ingredients:
- 1 Whole Organic Chicken
- 1 lemon (to wash the chicken before cooking)
- 10 garlic cloves ( smashed in a mortar)
- 1/2 cup squash in cube shaped pieces
- 1 cup of chopped spinach (washed)
- 1/2 cup red potatoes in cube shaped pieces
- 1/2 cup washed white mushrooms
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 2 cups chicken broth (I use Knorr)
-1/2 cup cilantrillo
-1/4 cup red wine of your like
- 1 bag of powder seasoning (Goya) with color
- 2 TSP olive oil
- adobo (Goya) and salt to taste
- a quarter of a small onion
That is quite a list of ingredients, but I tell you is worth it and probably you do have some of the ingredients at home anyway.
OK lets get it done.
1. First wash the chicken with fresh water and then with the fresh lemon juice.
2. Make 4 incisions on the chicken breast, and one on each leg. Introduce a little garlic in each one of the cuts.
3. Prepare the condiments:
In a separate plate add cilantrillo, adobo, salt,more garlic and color seasoning. Mix. Then add olive oil, and mix again.
4. Use half of the mixture to put at the bottom of the pot. Add the onion.
5. Place the chicken in the pot. Breast down so it can absorb the juices and flavors from the bed of condiments.
6. Spread the other half of mixture on top of the chicken.
7. Carefully add the mushrooms, spinach, squash and potatoes to the pot. Distribute them inside the pot evenly.
8. Add the chicken broth slowly to the pot.
9. Before putting the lid on add the touch of red wine over the chicken.
10. Let it cook for about 4 hrs. The time will depend on your crock pot. Make sure that there is always liquid in the pot.
Buen Provecho!
Sides:
Toasted french bed with butter
Green salad of your choice
Steam rice
Wine:
Beaujolais
I will be expecting your comments!!!!
This is a superb Carmen! The World will be fascinated with your great cooking and biggest heart, and will get to know more of our PR roots in a very good way.
ReplyDeleteWhile you share your recipes, we get to taste them!
Best, Husband J.
Carmen, gracias por compartir tus recetas. Me voy, como dicen en PR, a las millas a comprar un slow cooker, para hacer esta receta que suena deliciosa. Waiting for more recipes!!!
ReplyDeleteCari~os, Gisela
I would be posting ideas every week.
ReplyDeleteThe message that I want to put out is to share ideas about things that are working for me and my family of four boys and a busy husband and that hopefully those ideas will work for others as well.
Friends of Carmen,
ReplyDeleteWe could not wait longer and asked Carmen to go for the slow cooked chicken again, it is like the new "pollo guisao" of our times, still my favorite plate. This time she added a few magic powders, and taste got even better. The new rice has some type of grassroots vege. By accident, my son Alejandro grabbed my assigned chicken breast, and I ended up with the juicy leg! I promise that jogging will take care of it.
In summary, it has become one of our favorite family dishes, and I recommend you all try it out.
Best to all, Jorge.
I found "recao puertorriqueno" ! It adds so much fresh earthy flavors to the meal. it is just amazing. It enhance the flavor of the creamy mushroom rice and also the slow cooked chicken.
ReplyDeleteThe down is that you want to eat more.
Have a great one!
Carmen