Crockpot Mexican Chicken

My sister posted about this crockpot recipe for Mexican style chicken and I tried it out last night. I have to say, it was so delicious that it deserves to get posted again here. Since it was crockpot style, it was also super easy. I think Gina may have served this over rice (?), but we had ours on tortillas with a little cheese. I also didn't have any corn, so I substituted that for diced green chilis, which might have given it an extra little kick.

Interestingly, as I was throwing everything into the crockpot, I realized these were the exact same ingredients for the enchiladas I make! In that recipe, I cook the diced chicken first, then add the rest of the ingredients below, combine them on the stove top and let it simmer, then fill tortillas and bake them with cheese on top.

So basically what we had last night was exactly the same meal, but the cheese was wrapped in the tortilla rather than being baked on top, the flavor was so much better, and again, a lot less work.

I imagine it would be really good as a regular taco filling too - add some lettuce, tomatoes, avacado, whatever floats your boat. So tasty!

Crockpot Mexican Chicken

Ingredients:4 boneless chicken breasts (diced)

1 jar salsa (around 24 oz.)

1 can black beans

1 can whole kernel corn (I substituted diced green chilis, but I bet BOTH would be fantastic!)

1 box rice (I used Goya Yellow Rice- 8oz. box)

Tortilla chips and/or tortillas
Shredded cheddar cheese/Sour Cream

Directions:
Pour the diced chicken, salsa, black beans, and corn into the crock pot and stir to mix.

Cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours.

Make rice according to box and serve with Mexican chicken mixture either on tortillas or with chips.

Top with cheddar cheese and sour cream.

go big red!

We had some friends in town this weekend for the Badger homecoming game. Even though we didn't actually go to the game, we still had a blast at the bar across the street from the stadium. I even caught 2 tshirts and 2 can coolies that they were throwing out into the crowd. It was one of the highlights of my day. One of the tshirts was even a size small!! When does that ever happen? I had to fashion it prep style all day though because I had no where to put it.




And guess what else? This guy was there. You know, the Miller Lite guy. Good times.

10.11.08

I'm having a hard time coming up with a way to incorporate real life happenings with wedding happenings on this here blog of mine. I missed a recap of a big weekend 2 weekends ago...and this upcoming weekend will probably be big too. Whatev, I will just make up my own rules as I go.

2 weekends ago, we attended Kevin and Greta's wedding. These two got engaged the same weekend we did back in December and we both compared notes as we were going through the planning of both weddings. So fun! It was also super fun for us to be at this wedding since this is the first time being a guest to a wedding after having been through one! I have to say, I am much more thrilled for them knowing what it is like going through it...feeling so much love from all your guests and just how fun it is in general. Jon was also in the wedding, so he was even more nostalgic, I think.

Here is the thing on the picture front though. I was trying a lot of the manual settings out on my camera during this wedding (I'm trying to get better! Especially at indoor photos), and a lot of the pictures didn't turn out that well :( I only got one semi-decent pic of the newlyweds. The rest are blurry or have a lot of noise in them.


Like at most weddings, I/we were dancing machines. Jon lost most of his ensemble by the end of the night, save for his undershirt (and pants of course!) and we gladly lounged around at home for the entire day on Sunday.

Now let's backtrack a little bit...

During the break between the ceremony and reception, I headed with Gina, Todd and Cooper to Todd's parents' pumpkin patch, Anderson's Pleasant Patch Pumpkins. They live on the land also, so we hung in the house most of the time, but we ventured out for a little while with Coop to enjoy the weather. (It was SO nice 2 Saturdays ago!) We were a tad overdressed in our wedding ensembles to be traipsing around a pumpkin patch, but what are you gonna do? I got some good shots of Cooper with the pumpkins I think. Fall pictures are so great...and then throw a baby in the mix and you really can't go wrong.



..And of course, Madison was pissed she had to stay in the house couldn't run around the pumpkin patch, terrorizing all the customers. She was probably extra pissed that I was taunting her while taking this picture on the outside where she so badly wanted to be. Poor little Madison.