It's crock pot season! Here in cow country, there's all kind of funky receipes for Crock Pots. I went to a pot luck party in Lexington, MO a few years ago and one of our friends brought what she called "Cowboy Beans." This is the recipe. You can do this in the oven at low heat -275 degrees- or in a crock pot for several hours. I like the crock pot. If you don't like bacon you can use Chorizo Sausage. Instead of pork & beans I use Bush's baked beans. Instead of catsup I just add more BBQ sauce. I like Original KC Masterpiece (not the cheap Clorox stuff, but original recipe) and use a little more black molasses instead of brown sugar. Or you can use sorghum. I like black beans and butter beans in the bean mix. You can serve this up like Chili. It's super good! How bout you? Whatcha got?
Originally Posted by cabletech94:
Made chicken tacos in the crockpot for the first time. So easy.
1. 2 fresh chicken breasts
2. 1 pint of salsa ( I used homemade, year old batch)
3. Generous serving of bulk taco seasoning (probably 2 packages of taco season).
Slow cooker for 7 to 8 hours. Shred. Pile together with your favorite taco ingredients. Enjoy!
I do a similar chicken taco. Instead, I use a jar of green salsa verde a package of dry Williams usually chicken taco seasoning. My son loves them. [Reply]
Originally Posted by srvy:
I do a similar chicken taco. Instead, I use a jar of green salsa verde a package of dry Williams usually chicken taco seasoning. My son loves them.
Oooooooo. I like that verde option!!!! Love the options when it comes to tacos!!!!! Hundreds if not thousands of options!!!! [Reply]
The Cowboy beans turned out great. They get a little greasy when crocked for several hours as the bacon continues to break down. The flavor was outstanding. Best to serve with a slotted spoon. [Reply]
Originally Posted by gblowfish:
The Cowboy beans turned out great. They get a little greasy when crocked for several hours as the bacon continues to break down. The flavor was outstanding. Best to serve with a slotted spoon.
Cook the bacon first? Maybe add 1/3 of the bacon fat? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Buehler445:
Cook the bacon first? Maybe add 1/3 of the bacon fat?
I did cook the bacon first. I used the thick cut bacon and I just think it's got a lot of fat in it. Slow cooking for six hours is going to eek out a bunch more fat. [Reply]
Yeah, I think on the next batch I'm going to use standard cut bacon and maybe just use a half a package instead of a full package. That would be a good adjustment. Maybe use leaner beef too. Ground Chuck is around 80/20, maybe I'll use the 90/10 next time. [Reply]
Originally Posted by cabletech94:
Made chicken tacos in the crockpot for the first time. So easy.
1. 2 fresh chicken breasts
2. 1 pint of salsa ( I used homemade, year old batch)
3. Generous serving of bulk taco seasoning (probably 2 packages of taco season).
Slow cooker for 7 to 8 hours. Shred. Pile together with your favorite taco ingredients. Enjoy!
I do a similar recipe in the instant pot, 3 chicken thighs, one breast a cup of broth, taco seasoning and salsa. Shred and return to liquid. Then remove chicken and serve.
Welp, going to do the meatballs for a Super Bowl get together!
For the first few games I did my chili and Bang Bang Shrimp. Both turned out great.
I copied and pasted all of the recipes on the thread. I have not tried Crock Pot stuff yet. As I tend to burn water, a crock pot will be of great assistance.
There are some mighty fine cooks on the Planet. Thanks.
Whoops, We are screwed.
Wouldn't be cool to have a "Chiefs Planet" cook book to sell in the KC area:-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by gblowfish:
How bout this one?
Crock Pot Mushrooms:
3 or 4 packages of your favorite whole or sliced mushrooms
1 bottle Wishbone or your favorite zesty italian dressing
about 1/3 bottle of worsh sause
1/2 stick of butter. Use real butter.
tablespoon minced garlic
Dash of onion powder
Tablespoon of Old Bay seasoning
Crockpot on low for 4 or 5 hours.
Enjoy!
Been wanting to try this since you first mentioned a while back! Thank you kind sir for the recipe! [Reply]
