

The result, however, was more of a delicious chicken chili, with shredded chicken and a savory yet spicy sauce. My thought was to cook all of this up and serve it over pasta. Knowing how easy it was to throw things together in the slow cooker, I gathered what ingredients I could find for that day that I thought would work well together as a potential pasta-like meal: chicken breast, tomato soup, and salsa. Chicken chili: This recipe actually happened by mistake.There are always enough leftovers for other meals or snacks for the next few days. They are delicious and take very, very little time to prepare. I absolutely love seeing your creations.Two of my favorite kid-friendly crockpot meals are chicken chili and meatloaf. If you try this recipe, let me know! Leave a comment, rate it, and tag your Instagram photos with #delishknowledge. I do this trick sometimes when I want a really thick bowl of soup and it works wonders. If you want your soup even thicker, puree a little of the vegetables with broth in a blender and then add back to the soup. The corn-starch isn’t optional it allows the entire soup to thicken to chowder status, which is what we want. I’m calling for soy milk here as I think it gives more body than almond milk, but really, any plain-milk option should work. Dump in everything, cook on low until everything is nice and tender and you’ve got soup! To thicken without the use of additional butter and cream, stir in some soy milk and corn starch before serving. I’ve made this one now a few times and each time I become lazier and lazier.

Since the Instant Pot has a saute function, this shouldn’t add more time.īut. Give the onions, celery and potatoes and little saute to soften before adding in the rest of the ingredients. And, if you are making this in your Instant Pot instead of a traditional slow-cooker, I might recommend it. Therefore, in order to have crispy, caramelized vegetables, you usually need to do some advance prep first. The slow-cooker is many things, but saute pan it’s not.

The thing I dislike about most crock-pot meals is that you usually have to start them on the stove first. It might not be five ingredients, but it’s almost as effortless. It’s the perfect meal when you’re craving vegetables and comfort. This slow-cooker chowder is thick, hearty, creamy and packed with vegetables. Well, we’ve come a long way from that dish. I’m pretty sure the base was a package of frozen vegetables and a can of cream-of-mushroom soup. With only five ingredients, it got the job done for two grad-school students but a far cry from anything I’d request again. One of the first meals he made for me was a vegetable stew in the crock-pot. I was head-over-heels smitten and I’m happy to pick-up the cooking responsibilities to this day, a decade-plus later. Of course, come to find out, he really only knew his way around the slow-cooker but by that point, it didn’t matter. I thought it was incredibly charming, this sweet Midwestern boy who knew his way around the kitchen. I remember when BL and I first started dating, he owned one cookbook- a 5 ingredient, healthy crock-pot book that he cooked out of constantly.
