This Ranchero Chicken is inspired by restaurants in and around San Antonio. I love this Ranchero sauce with chicken...and it's great with enchiladas, on tostadas and over a pile of rice too! It's super quick to prepare and when cooking in the Instant Pot, it just takes a few minutes to have ready! Now... If you wanted to make this meal ahead and add this to … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Cream Cheese Chicken
This may look plain from the photo. (White food is hard to photograph...without adding garnishes...that I decided not to add for this one.) This may look simple. What is hard to see in the photo is the amazing amount of flavor loaded into the sauce and soaked into the chicken. Cream of mushroom + Ranch dressing mix + garlic (as much as you like!) + thicken the creamy sauce … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Greek Chicken
This slow cooker version is a spin from my Greek Chicken Bake. Both recipes are simple and fresh. With slight differences in ingredients. But the core "Greek" ingredients are there - olives, feta, lemon, oregano. My favorite thing about this slow cooker meal - it's very light and fresh. Lots and lots and lots of slow cooker meals are heavier, soupier, stewier, … [Read more...]
Buffalo Wing Foil Packs, for the Grill!
In the recent past, our family has become slightly obsessed with the buffalo wing sauce plus Ranch dressing combo. We've made nachos, tacos, burritos, shredded chicken for salads, and now these foil packs. It's silly simple: mix up the Ranch and buffalo wing sauce. Pour over wings, then wrap in foil. Grill or bake, as directed! Then, top with crumbled blue cheese and even … [Read more...]
Baked Chicken Tetrazzini
There are some recipes that just sound complicated or like they will take a long time to prepare so we just skip them. But, this one for my Baked Chicken Tetrazzini should be added to your meal plan STAT! It can be on the table from start to finish in 30 minutes with only 10 of those minutes being anything you have to do. Delicious shredded rotisserie chicken mixed with … [Read more...]
Garlic Chicken Kebabs
Grill time!! These Garlic Chicken Kebabs will rock your socks off and here's why. The chicken marinates in a simple, homemade lemon and garlic marinade. The acidity from the lemon juice both softens and adds flavor to the chicken. The end result is a perfect bite of chicken, waiting for you on the kebab. And if you're wondering if these are freezer friendly, the answer is … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Creamy Salsa Chicken
Quite possibly the best slow cooker chicken ever. If you don't eat it straight out of the slow cooker, it's also delicious when shredded and used in enchiladas, soft tacos/burritos, hard shell tacos and street tacos. This is literally one of this "winner winner chicken for dinner" meals! PLEASE note the timing on adding the sour cream... Enjoy!!! Slow Cooker … [Read more...]
Grilled Chicken Thighs with Chile-Herb Sauce
There's a silly amount of flavor in this amazing chicken! The marinade is out of this world...top it all off with a fresh chile-herb sauce and you'll be in grilled chicken heaven. (Is there such a place??) I love to grill in the summer - it's so relaxing. Spending time outside by the grill, sipping on a cold beverage, grilling up some delicious chicken and not stressing … [Read more...]
Instant Pot Island Chicken
Want your kids to polish their plates? Make them this Instant Pot Island Chicken. The fabulous citrus flavors both soften and flavor-ize the chicken and the pineapple adds just the right amount of sweetness! We have chicken and rice night about once a week, with different variations of chicken and rice. This meal is just perfect! This meal is also freezer friendly … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Nachos
Pardon me while I dive right into this pile of awesome. Like, literally...I just want to dive right in. In recent weeks, I've become a bit obsessed with shredded buffalo chicken...and the 782 recipes that you can use it in. Like these nachos. Or enchiladas. Or wraps. Or on top of pizza. The shredded chicken part is silly easy...chicken plus buffalo wing sauce plus Ranch … [Read more...]