Thursday 10 November 2011

Chicken In The Crockpot Recipes

Now and then the weather gets rainy and cold and if you are looking for a warm, filling meal to make things seem cheerier, crockpot chicken recipes are the ones to pick. You can find a great variety of crockpot recipes that offer fantastic selections for many different meals, but one of the all-around favorites is chicken stew.If you are going to be home while it is cooking, you will be willing the time to pass quickly so you can eat soon because it smells so delicious and if you will be away for a while, you will be so glad when you arrive home and the fresh aroma of homemade stew hits you as you open the door.In the morning, the ingredients are added to the crockpot, the temperature set to LOW, and the ingredients stirred together. The lid is placed on top and everything cooks just as it supposed to do, leaving you to dish the stew in bowls. Either warm biscuits or warm bread can accompany the meal and satisfy those at the table.You can add a lot of color and flavor to crockpot chicken stew by putting in peas, carrots, green beans, corn, and onions. Celery is another option for vegetables, as are green onion stems cut finely. Sometimes the vegetables will not be fork tender and if this happens, keep on cooking them until they are. Even though some tend to think of stew as a winter meal, it is good any time of the year. It is healthy, filling, inexpensive, and when using a crockpot recipe, easy to make.Flavorful Crockpot Chicken RecipesHerbs are another thing that create such an excellent taste in the chicken and vegetables. If you have friends or family coming for dinner, chicken stew is an ideal dish to serve. The fragrance will greet them when they enter the house and have them feeling hungry very quickly. You can find many quick easy appetizers recipes that will complement the dinner and perk up their appetite a bit more for dinner. Some of the herbs that might be included in the recipe you choose are thyme, rosemary, paprika, and sage. Sometimes a dash of white pepper will bring a more intense flavor to the chicken and have people guessing what the ingredient is that made it all so special.When choosing a chicken stew recipe for your crockpot meal, be sure to pick one with ingredients that you and your family like. If someone does not care for carrots, cut the pieces of carrot large enough that you can dish up their stew with no sign of carrots. Even if you select an easy recipe, the finished flavor is always good and sometimes incredible. Herbs, vegetables, chicken, and spices, along with the broth of the cooked meal, cook well together, blending during the hours spent cooking in the crockpot.Cooking meat and vegetables together at a low temperature allows the flavors to come out, combine, and stay delicious. In Europe, slow cooking has become recognized as one of the healthiest ways to prepare meals and many countries, such as Italy and Slovenia and in Asia, Japan, are proud to be called slow food countries, using healthy local produce and meats while creating enticing meals with recipes usually native to their country.Celebrate with one of these delicious recipes tonight.