Slow Cooker Garlic and Brown Sugar Chicken

Slow Cooker Garlic and Brown Sugar Chicken
Ingredients:
4-6 chicken breasts (or thighs would work great too!)
1 cup packed brown sugar
2/3 cup vinegar
1/4 cup lemon-lime soda (I used Sprite)
2-3 Tablespoons minced garlic
2 Tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
2 Tablespoons corn starch
2 Tablespoons water
Rice or noodles, cooked (REALLY good over Rice)
Red pepper flakes (optional)

Directions:
Spray slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray. Place chicken (I used frozen chicken, thawed chicken works great too) inside slow cooker. Mix together brown sugar, vinegar, soda, garlic, soy sauce, and pepper together. Pour over chicken. Cook on low for 6-8 hours or high for 4 hours. Take chicken pieces out of slow cooker and shred (mine basically fell apart). Pour remaining sauce into saucepan. Place saucepan over high heat. Mix together corn starch and water, pour into saucepan, and mix well. Let sauce come to a boil and boil for 2-3 minutes, (I had to continually stir it because it felt like the bottom was burning)  or until it starts to thicken and turns into a glaze. Remove from heat and let sit for a minute or two (it will continue to thicken as it cools down).
Mix Chicken into glaze. Serve over rice or noodles. Sprinkle red pepper flakes on top if desired.

*Original Recipe found here

Costa Vida Sweet Pork Burritos

Original Recipe found here

Costa Vida Sweet Pork Burritos

Sweet pork (recipe below)

Cilantro-lime rice (recipe below)

Garlic black beans (recipe below)

large flour tortillas

monterey jack cheese, shredded (we just used cheddar and Mozzarella / whatever cheese we had laying around)

Sweet Pork:

3 lbs boneless pork ribs (We used pork chops and it turned out just fine)

3 cans coke, divided

1 1/4 cups brown sugar, divided

dash garlic salt

1/4 cup water

1 can diced green chiles

3/4 (10 oz) can red enchilada sauce

In a large ziploc bag, combine pork, a can and a half of coke, and 1/4 cup brown sugar. Marinade for a few hours or overnight.

Drain marinade and place pork in crock pot. Add 1/2 can of coke, garlic salt, and 1/4 cup of water. Cook on high for about 3 hours or low for 5-6 hours. Remove meat from crock pot and shred. Drain liquid. 

In a food processor or blender, blend together 1/2 can of coke, green chiles, enchilada sauce, and remaining 1 cup brown sugar. Put pork back in crock pot. Cover with sauce. Cook on low heat for 2 hours.

Cilantro-Lime Rice: *see below for how I cooked it for the super easy way*

1 cup uncooked long grain white rice

1 tsp butter

2 cloves garlic, minced 

1 tsp lime juice 

1 can (15 oz) chicken broth 

1 cup water

1 Tbsp lime juice

2 tsp sugar

3 Tbsp chopped cilantro

*** Cook rice as normal adding lime juice (I used DoTerra Lime oil (3-4 drops)) in water as rice cooks. When rice is done add cilantro and mix it in using a fork***

Combine rice, butter, garlic, lime juice, chicken broth, and water. Bring to a boil; cover and reduce heat to low. Cook for 15-20 minutes or until rice is tender. Remove from heat. Combine remaining 1 Tbsp lime juice, sugar, and cilantro. Pour over rice and mix as you fluff rice.

Garlic Black Beans: *See below for easy way I cooked it*

2 Tbsp olive oil

2 cloves garlic, minced

1/2 tsp cumin

2 cans black beans, rinsed and drained

1/3 cup tomato juice

1/2 tsp salt

2 Tbsp chopped cilantro

***Take can of Black Beans NOT drained and put in saucepan, Add Garlic, We added some praprika and red pepper flakes (not to much, add little at a time until you get desired spice)

In a small saucepan, combine olive oil, garlic, and cumin. Cook over medium heat until fragrant. Add black beans, tomato juice, and salt. Stir until heated through. Stir in cilantro just before serving.

Take Tortilla and layer pork (try to not put to much of pork sauce inside burrito), beans and rice. Wrap. Smoother with Sweet Pork Sauce and Cheese and put in Microwave until cheese is melted (about 45 sec.)

Wingers CopyCat Recipe

Wingers Copy Cat Recipe

First, I have to say, this was easier then I thought and living out on the East Coast we don't have Wingers and this was just as good as the original. 

Ingredients: Tyson Crispy Chicken strips (found in the frozen food aisle), 1 bottle of Franks Red Hot sauce (has to be this kind), Brown Sugar and water

Take the Chicken Strips and cook them according to the directions on the back.
SAUCE:
6 TBSP of Franks RedHot
4 TBSP water

1 1/2 c. brown sugar

Mix hot sauce, water and brown sugar in a saucepan over medium high heat stirring until sugar is melted.
I put the chicken strips in a large bowl and poured the sauce over the chicken and stirred until they were completely covered.
Serve with Rice and your choice of Veggies (We chose broccoli)
Original recipe found here

Greatest Barbeque Chicken in the crocpot!

Greatest BBQ Chicken in the Crocpot!
(Got this recipe from allrecipes.com)

INGREDIENTS:
4-6 chicken breasts (boneless, skinless)
1 12 oz bottle of Barbeque Sauce
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. italian dressing
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce (as a substitute I use 2 tsp of sugar and 12-14 drops of tabasco)

In a bowl combine BBQ sauce, brown sugar, italian dressing and worcestershire sauce. Stir well until combined. Place the chicken breasts in the crocpot and pour sauce over the chicken. Cook on high 3-4 hrs or low 6-8.
*I cooked mine for about 3 hrs., shredded (on a cooking board and then put the chicken back in) and then cooked for another 1/2 hr.
Serve with corn and rolls (pillsbury is the easiest and best am I right?)

beans chicken and potatoes

This is seriously the easiest recipe ever!!!
ingredients:
green beans
chicken
potatoes
butter
italian dressing dry packet

layer casserole dish as seen above. I also added carrots on top of my beans for a few more veggies. Then put butter on top of the beans, potatoes and chicken. Finish it off by sprinkling Italian dressing packet on top of it. Cover with foil and bake at 350 for 1 hr. Enjoy!!!

Picture found on pintrest. can't find the original website.