Archive for February 20th, 2008

I tried that cream of chicken soup substitute and the recipe came out tasty, but I do not have anything to compare it to. I don’t cook with cream of chicken soup, so I can’t tell you how it measures up.

I can, however, share the recipe I made up last night using the substitute.

Slow Cooker Chicken Yumminess

1 potato, diced
1 onion, diced
1 carrot, diced or sliced
1 stalk celery, diced, or some celery salt, which is what I used.
2 large skinless, boneless chicken breasts cut up into 1″ chunks
1 recipe Cream of Chicken Soup Substitute
1 cup chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1/2 teaspoon marjoram
1 cup frozen peas, thawed

Instructions:

Place the root vegetables in the bottom of your slow cooker. Place chicken on top. Pour cream of chicken soup and chicken broth over top, with herbs.

Cook on low 6-7 hours, or until chicken is cooked and veggies are tender.

Stir well, mix in peas and heat through.

Serve over noodles or biscuits. My favorite biscuit recipe comes from King Arthur flour.

Tips:

Turn off the slow cooker and let mixture cool a bit, stirring occasionally, to thicken the sauce before serving.

When you assemble the ingredients, take the peas out of the freezer and put them in the refrigerator to thaw, so they will be ready when you need them.

You can add the herbs to the cream of chicken soup substitute when you make that.

When muffins need a little extra incentive to leave the pan, the tempting thing to do is grab a butter knife and go around the edges to loosen them.

This usually does the trick, but it also leaves scratches on the pan.

My tip is to use a rubber spatula instead. Make sure it is heat-proof, or it can melt.

I even have a small rubber spatula to loosen goodies from my mini muffin pan.

While I am at it, I have to recommend the cooking spray with flour (Pam for Baking).  It works like a charm for baked goods.  They come right out of the pan.

That works for me. I hope you find it useful, too.

For more Works-for-Me Wednesday tips, head on over to Rocks in My Dryer, where Shannon is recovering from her trip to Africa.