1 Easy Crock-pot Chicken, 3 Recipes

by Lizzy W   |   January 20, 2015   |   6 Comments

Sundays are my favorite day to prep food for the week.  I usually hard boil eggs, cook brown rice, roast veggies, and make a few meals that reheat well.  I recently had a friend of mine tell me how she makes chicken in a crock-pot and then uses it to make a basil avocado salad… which sounded so yummy I had to try it on my own.  The nice thing about this chicken is it makes such a juicy, pull apart, flavorful chicken you can turn it into a dozen dishes afterwards.  I saved it in a container and used in different dishes throughout the week, including a few below!

Crock-pot Chicken Ingredients:

• 2 lb. chicken breasts
• 1 tbsp. sriracha sauce
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 tbsp. Cajun seasoning
• 1 tsp. onion powder
• 1 tsp. natures seasoning
• 3 cloves of garlic, chopped
• 16 oz. chicken stock
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 tbsp. mushroom powder (I put dried mushrooms into my vitamin and blend on high until they turn into a fine powder and keep them in my pantry in a ziplock).

Directions:

• Season chicken with sriracha, salt and pepper, Cajun seasoning, onion powder, and natures seasoning.  Place chopped onions on the bottom of the crock-pot, top with chicken, mushroom powder, and pour in stock.  Place on low heat for 8 hours.
• Once the chicken is done, remove it from the slow cooker, shred, and save for whatever recipes you have during the week!
• I puree the stock afterwards and save for dishes for the week.

Avocado Basil Chicken Salad Ingredients & Directions: (recipe adapted from paleocupboard.com)

• 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves
• 2 avocados
• 2 tbsp. olive oil
• 1 lemon, squeezed
• 1/8 tsp. garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp. Cajun seasoning
• 1/8 tsp. red pepper flakes
• 1/4 cup cilantro
• 2 tsp. Italian or parmesan cheese
• salt and pepper, to taste

Directions:

• Take the leftover chicken and combine with avocado basil dressing.  I like to serve this as a wrap with some pico de gallo.
• Be sure to cover the chicken salad well, press foil or saran wrap against it so it doesn’t brown.

Pesto Chicken Salad Ingredients & Directions:

• For pesto ingredients and instructions click here.

Directions:

• Combine chicken with pesto and serve over a salad or in a wrap!  There are so many different ways to serve, these are just a couple of ideas.

 

 

 

Source: http://www.paleocupboard.com/basil-avocado-chicken-salad.html