Taco Chicken Recipe

I promised the Taco Chicken recipe yesterday, and here it is. I wish I had taken a pic of the finished product, but we ate it. Yum. It's a recipe that you can adjust as you wish, but here's the basics of what I did.

Taco Chicken
Chicken pieces (bone in or boneless)
Water
A jar of salsa
Fresh or canned tomatoes (or Rotel if you like the heat)
Fresh cilantro
Garlic
Salt & Pepper
Cumin

Place the chicken in the crock pot. You can make just a few pieces, or fill the crock pot. Add 2-3 inches of water in the bottom of the crock pot. Peel and chop several cloves of garlic (I used one clove for each breast). Add the garlic to the pot. Add salt and pepper liberally. Add as much cumin as you like. (I used about two teaspoons with two bone-in breasts and one leg quarter). Add the tomatoes or Rotel (I used three Roma tomatoes that I had on hand. I chopped them in half and squeezed them into the crock pot before adding in the rest of the skins). Add about a cup of salsa. Cover and cook on high for 5 or so hours. When the meat easily falls off the bones, you'll know it's done. Remove the meat from the crock pot and let it cool. Once cooled, remove the meat from the bones and shred it as finely as you like. Add the chicken into a large sauce pan with 1 cup of water and the remainder of the salsa. Let it cook down until the water is absorbed and the meat soaks up the salsa. Enjoy! (Sometimes I add a few packs of Taco Bell's mild sauce if I have some on hand.)

Super easy, super flavorful, super cheap.

I went to practice last night. We're learning several new songs in the next 6 weeks, so we practiced for over two hours. I'm still unsure about the whole thing, but I'm going to give it some time.

Kate's asleep. I must shower!