About two years ago , I made a rather large investment of $13 and purchased a 1.5 qt crockpot! It is perfect for a single or a couple that don’t want to eat the same food for 3-4 more meals.
This cute little crockpot has been used more than any cooking utensil I have ever owned; well except my mixer that is almost used on a daily basis making dessert, but that is another story. Yesterday I had a chicken breast that I had cooked on Sat hoping to make chicken tacos but we ended up eating out all weekend. Please don’t judge us, we just kept thinking about Menas, Fish Shake and of course one of the best hamburger places, (ok I have to be completely honest here, we had a gift card) Kenny’s Burgers. So since I had this chicken breast already cooked and a cold front was coming at us last night, green chile chicken soup just sounded like a great dinner! It is so easy and the flavor was truly delicious. I used the chicken broth from cooking the chicken and added a regular size can (forgot to look before I threw it away but it is around a 14 ounce can) of chicken broth. Here is rest of ingredients BUT…I put a little different spin on the veggie prep.
1/2 large zucchini , cut small cubes
1/2 small onion, chopped
2 carrots, sliced
1 large celery stick
1/2 green bell pepper
1/2 small can of mild green chiles
Garlic powder
Fresh cilantro
No salt seasoning (picture of this is below!
Sauté the celery, onion and green bell pepper in about 1/2 tablespoon of heated bacon grease about 5 min (this adds a little extra flavor that is so yummy)
Add chopped chicken, onion, celery, pepper and broth to the crockpot! Add the sliced carrots, zucchini, green Chiles and garlic, cilantro and black pepper.
Cook on high for 3-4 hours until vegetables are tender.
I used basmati rice from boil in bag and cooked it for 11 min! When ready to serve, place a spoonful of rice in the bottom of serving bowl and top with a ladle of the chicken soup over the rice! This is a very flavorful soup and we will have enough today for lunch. (The rest of the rice was added to the soup for our lunch today!)
Then our adorable little crockpot is then cleaned and ready for whatever pops in my mind for tomorrow’s lunch or dinner! Since we are going to watch our granddaughter play ball tonight, we will stop on way home for pizza and give Clementine (the crockpot) some rest before plugging her in again tomorrow!
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