What have I cooked?

This blog is where I like to put to recipes that I have tried, know, and haven't tried. Sometimes I try so many new recipes that I can't remember if I've tried them and what they tasted like. Therefore, this blog documents my cooking adventures so that I can keep sane in the kitchen. (If it has a source, then I've linked back to it.)
Showing posts with label Wings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wings. Show all posts

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken



Ingredients:
3 lb. bag of frozen chicken breasts
1 bottle Frank's Wings Buffalo Sauce *
1 packet Ranch Dip mix **
2 T. butter
**my own additions**
hamburger buns
lettuce
tomato, sliced
Ranch dressing
mozzarella, sliced
cilantro

*I made my own buffalo sauce using THIS recipe
** I made my own Ranch dressing mix using THIS recipe

Recipe:
1. Put frozen chicken, wing sauce, and ranch dip mix into crock pot.
2. Cook on low heat at least 6-7 hours.
3. Using two forks, shred chicken and return to crock pot.
4. Add butter.
5. Cook on low for an additional hour.
6. Serve in bread as a sandwich or on rice. Enjoy!

Rating: 4 of 5
K, this was good. My buffalo sauce had a pretty good kick to it, so in an attempt to take it down a notch I added 1-2 c. of shredded cheese. Not that the cheese did anything but add calories. We ate it as a buffalo chicken burger. Complete with lettuce (which you don't need), tomato slices, Ranch dressing, slices of mozzarella, and sprigs of cilantro. The cilantro is definitely the best on this chicken.

Source: My Kitchen Apron, Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Recipe A Chicken Wings

Sorry! No picture! I totally spaced it!

Ingredients:
1/3 c. butter, melted
1/3 c. soy sauce
1/3 c. honey
1/3 c. hot sauce (like Texas Pete's or the likes)
chicken wings

* I love the hot spicy kick to wings, so I think next time I will decrease the soy sauce element just a little. And, I think I will also toss the wings in flour, just lightly, before dousing them in the sauce mixture. I don't know if that would work, but whatever!

Recipe: (are you ready for very simple wings?)
1. Mix the above ingredients together.
2. Dip the wings in the sauce.
3. Lay out the sauce covered wings on a baking sheet (easier clean up if covered with foil) and throw them in the oven for 10-15 minutes at 400-degrees.

Rating: 4.8 of 5
LaDon and Ally loved these! Talk about vacuum sounds and bone crunching. I, unfortunately, have this weird thing with raw meat. After making them, I couldn't look past the sauce and eat them. (Meatloaf is similar in this way. I love it, but I have a hard time eating it when I know that I was just mushing it all together.) Which, is a huge bummer because the sauce smelled and tasted wonderfully! I think the only way I will be able to eat homemade chicken wings is if someone else makes them for me....which LaDon volunteered to the next time their on the menu :) Lovely husband. I thought the juices from the chicken ran some of the sauce off, so I ended up re-coating about halfway through cooking time. I can't wait to try these again and see how they turn out!

Source: my mother! There is a recipe B, but we just went with A this week. In my childhood memory, both are excellent.