Crockpot Country Chicken

I love cooking in my crockpot. Especially during the summer when I don't want to heat up the kitchen by using the oven.

I receive a book about 2 years ago called "The Slow Cooker Bible" and there are several pages that are dog eared and stained from use already. I hadn't tried this particular recipe before but, now that I have, it may be a new favorite.

I love that most crockpot recipes are super simple, ie: throw everything in the pot and go watch a movie.

This one is no exception.

Super

De Duper

Simple.

Crockpot Country Chicken

(adapted from The Slow Cooker Bible)

Ingredients

4 carrots, cut into 1 inch chunks

4 stalks celery, sliced

1 medium onion, chopped

6 - 8 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, quartered

1 tsp dried tarragon leaves

1 tsp dried thyme leaves

salt & pepper

1 can (~10 oz) condensed cream of chicken soup (not diluted)

1 envelope (~1 oz) dry onion soup mix

1/3 cup cooking sherry (or white wine)

2 Tbsp cornstarch

Directions

Place carrots, celery, and onion in bottom of crockpot.

Arrange chicken breast pieces over vegetables and sprinkle with tarragon, thyme, and salt & pepper.

Spoon cream of chicken soup over chicken and sprinkle with dry onion soup mix.

Cover, cook on high for 3 - 4 hours, stirring once during cooking.

Blend cooking sherry (or wine) with cornstarch, whisking in a small bowl until smooth. Stir into the crockpot. Cook, uncovered, for about 15 minutes - or until sauce thickens.

Serve over rice or pasta or egg noodles.

It really is that easy.

I have a little note about this recipe.

Well....about crockpots in general.

I find my crockpot cooks really fast.

I had it on low and it still only took about 3 hours to be done. I was thinking I had a good 5 hours on low...but...nope. Done in 3, on low.

It can be hard to plan when to start my crockpot as it cooks so much faster than most recipes state.

What I am trying to say is - know your crockpot. Learn how fast it cooks so you can plan out when to turn it on.

Because this was done in 3 hours on low in my crockpot I had to turn it to "warm" for the another hour until dinner time. It wasn't overcooked at all and the chicken was soooooo tender you could cut it with a fork.

OH...and...if you don't want to use alcohol in this dish you can just use apple juice.

Stop by Ms. enPlace and Hun...What's For Dinner and Carole's Chatter for some great links!