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Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup
By: J (via Buzz Recipe Swap)
Prep Time: 15 min
Cook Time: 6-8 hours on low, 3-4 hours on high
Servings: 8
Ingredients:
• 1 pound shredded, cooked chicken
• 1 (15 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes, mashed
• 1 (10 ounce) can enchilada sauce
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chile peppers
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 cups water
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can chicken broth
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen corn
• 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
• 7 corn tortillas (optional)
• Vegetable oil (optional)
Directions:
- Place chicken, tomatoes, enchilada sauce, onion, green chiles, and garlic into a slow cooker.
- Pour in water and chicken broth, and season with cumin, chili powder, salt, pepper, and bay leaf. Stir in corn and cilantro.
- (Can skip the following steps if using premade strips or tortilla chips)
- Cover, and cook on Low setting for 6 to 8 hours or on High setting for 3 to 4 hours.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Lightly brush both sides of tortillas with oil. Cut tortillas into strips, then spread on a baking sheet.
- Bake in preheated oven until crisp, about 10 to 15 minutes. To serve, sprinkle tortilla strips over soup.
Notes:
You can sub out the tortilla strips for regular tortilla chips.
Recipe Exploration: 40 Clove Garlic Chicken (via Tetsemi and Mkallah)
Show: Nigella KitchenEpisode: Can’t Live Without
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons regular olive oil
- 8 chicken thighs (with skin on and bone in), preferably organic
- 1 bunch or 6 scallions
- 8 to 10 sprigs fresh thyme
- 40 cloves garlic (approximately 3 to 4 heads), unpeeled
- 2 tablespoons dry white vermouth or white wine
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt or 3/4 teaspoons table salt
- Good grinding pepper
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Heat the oil on the stovetop in a wide, shallow ovenproof and flameproof Dutch oven (that will ultimately fit all the chicken in one layer, and that has a lid), and sear the chicken over a high heat, skin-side down. This may take 2 batches, so transfer the browned pieces to a bowl as you go.
Once the chicken pieces are seared, transfer them all to the bowl. Finely slice the scallions, put them into the Dutch oven and quickly stir-fry them with the leaves torn from a few sprigs of thyme.
Put 20 of the unpeeled cloves of garlic (papery excess removed) into the pan, top with the chicken pieces skin-side up, then cover with the remaining 20 cloves of garlic. Add the vermouth (or white wine) to any oily, chickeny juices left in the bowl. Swish it around and pour this into the pan too. Sprinkle with the salt, grind over the pepper, and add a few more sprigs of thyme. Put on the lid and cook in the oven for 1 1/2 hours.
Make Ahead Note: Chicken can be browned and casserole assembled 1 day ahead. Cover tightly and store in the refrigerator. Season with salt and pepper and warm the pan gently on the stovetop for 5 minutes before baking as directed in recipe.
Recipe Exploration: Skillet Chicken Parmesan (via Buxley)
From the episode: Chicken Two Ways
Skillet Chicken Parmesan
To make fresh bread crumbs, grind 2 to 3 slices hearty white sandwich bread in the food processor.
Serves 4.
Ingredients
| 1 1/2 | cups fresh bread crumbs |
| 3 | tablespoons olive oil |
| 1 1/4 | cups grated Parmesan cheese |
| 1/4 | cup chopped fresh basil |
| 2 | cloves garlic , minced |
| 1 | (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes |
| 1/2 | cup all-purpose flour |
| 4 | boneless, skinless chicken breasts (1 1/2 pounds), halved horizontally |
| 3 | tablespoons vegetable oil |
| 3/4 | cup shredded mozzarella cheese |
| 3/4 | cup shredded provolone cheese |
Instructions
- 1. Toast bread crumbs in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until browned, about 5 minutes. Transfer to bowl. Toss with 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1/4 cup Parmesan, and half of basil. In separate bowl, combine remaining olive oil, 1/4 cup Parmesan, remaining basil, garlic, tomatoes, and salt and pepper to taste.
- 2. Place flour in dish. Season chicken with salt and pepper and coat with flour. Heat 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in now-empty skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add 4 cutlets and cook until golden brown on both sides, about 5 minutes total. Transfer to plate and repeat with remaining
cutlets and vegetable oil.
- 3. Reduce heat to medium-low and add tomato mixture to empty skillet. Return cutlets to pan in even layer, pressing down to cover with sauce. Sprinkle mozzarella, provolone, and remaining Parmesan over chicken. Cover with lid and cook until cheese is melted, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle with bread crumb mixture and serve.
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