Monday, January 5, 2015

Buffalo Chicken Potato Skins

One baked potato
Slow roasted buffalo chicken
Frank's Red Hot Sauce
Cheddar cheese
Blue cheese dressing

Cut the potato in half and scoop out the insides
Fill with chicken
Splash with Frank's Red Hot Sauce (because the chicken tastes like chicken
Top with cheddar cheese
Bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees
Top with blue cheese dressing

Sunday, January 4, 2015

Buffalo Chicken, Slow Cooked

Experimenting with my slow cooker.  Got a recipe for Buffalo Chicken from Gina's Skinny Recipes at skinnytaste.com but the recipe seemed too small for my 5 quart slow cooker.  Modified it up and I'm using a whole roaster chicken so we shall see.

4 stalks celery, cut into two inch lengths
2 onions coarsely chopped
3 tablespoons chopped garlic
1 whole roaster chicken, about 5 pounds
1 quart chicken stock
1 cup Frank's Red Hot sauce
1 cup water just to bring the level up

I wanted to do a low cook for 6 hours, but my slow cooker only has Low settings for 8 and 10 hours.  Not only that, but 6 hours takes me past 9:30 (bedtime at 9:00 so I can get up at 5 to teach school).  The only other option would involve leaving it on the warmer overnight, so I'm going with the suggested alternative of 4 hours on High.

Update: It tastes like...


... chicken.  So I made Buffalo Chicken Potato Skins