SIMPLE WHOLE CHICKEN SLOW COOKER RECIPES RECIPES

Steps:

• Season the chicken with adobo (or salt), then place in the crock pot and top with garlic powder and cumin.
• Top chicken with salsa (no water needed).
• Cover and cook LOW for 4 to 6 hours, until chicken shreds easily.
• When cooked, drain excess liquid from the pot keeping as much as the tomato sauce as possible and shred with two forks. Cover and keep warm until ready to eat.
• Make the slaw, combine cabbage, lime juice, cilantro and salt in a bowl and toss.
• Heat the tortillas about 30 seconds on each side over the flame of your stove until slightly charred, transfer to a plate with a towel on top to keep warm and repeat with the remaining tortillas.
• To serve, place 3 tortillas on each plate, top with chicken, slaw, sliced avocado and serve with lime wedges.

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium-high until crisp. Remove bacon from pan, reserving 1 teaspoon drippings in pan. Set bacon aside.
• Sprinkle chicken with seasoning blend. Add chicken to bacon drippings in pan; cook 8 minutes, browning on all sides. Transfer chicken using a slotted spoon to a 6-quart electric slow cooker, reserving any drippings in pan. Add leek, carrot, and celery to drippings in pan; sauté 5 minutes. Stir in 1 cup stock, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Add leek mixture, bacon, remaining 3 cups stock, salt, pepper, and thyme sprigs to slow cooker. Cover and cook on LOW for 2 hours. Add potatoes; cover and cook on LOW for 2 more hours or until potatoes are tender.
• Remove chicken from slow cooker with a slotted spoon; discard thyme sprigs. Cut chicken into bite-size pieces; discard bones. Return chicken to slow cooker; add spinach, stirring until spinach wilts.