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Chicken, Kale, And Sweet Potato Soup – Crock Pot Easy!

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Chicken, Kale, And Sweet Potato Soup is a healthy soup that tastes delicious. This is a very easy to make crock pot soup recipe. Just a few minutes of preparation and the hearty soup slow cooks while you go about your day!

It’s the beginning of a new year and boy do we need a new year after a tough 2020! I’m starting the new year off right by eating cleaner and healthier. I love Christmas time and all the cheese, wine, and desserts that are part of the Christmas season, but you can only take so much in such a short amount of time. It’s time to get back to basics where we cut back on the cheese and bump up the veggies. Do you remember what vegetables are? It’s been a while since you’ve had them after all! Nonetheless, eating healthier doesn’t have to equate to eating cardboard, tasteless food. No way! I’m opting for delicious meals that taste amazing, but are less calories, fat, and carbohydrates. It can be done. And this soup is proof of that!

Chicken Soup

Chicken soup is a classic soup that is well liked by pretty much everyone. And what’s not to like? It has chicken broth, chicken (of course!), and usually has some kind of starch whether it’s rice or pasta of some sort. Many people like to add vegetables as well. Common veggies of choice are carrots, onions, and leafy options like escarole or spinach.

People love to eat chicken soup, when they are sick. Not only does it taste good, but according to some studies, chicken soup can actually help fight colds. Yes, it’s true, it’s not just a myth! The soup helps ease up nasal congestion. Additionally, chicken soup hydrates the body which is essential for sick bodies. Further, the salt and electrolytes in the broth retain hydration. And finally, chicken soup can also improve the cilia function in your nose which then provides protection from contagions entering your body. Chicken soup is pretty amazing. And it tastes good so you can get the health benefits of soup even when you aren’t sick!

Ground Turkey Rice Soup Vs. Crock Pot Chicken, Sweet Potato Soup

My recipe for Ground Turkey, Kale, and Brown Rice Soup, was the inspiration for this chicken, kale, and sweet potato soup. Well, technically it was that recipe and reading another recipe for a crock pot soup which consisted of chicken, kale, and sweet potatoes. However, the soup recipe I came across had no seasonings in it at all. As a result, the reviews on that soup were mixed; some loved the soup and others said it was too bland. It got me thinking about mixing the two different recipes together and coming up with my own crock pot chicken, kale, and sweet potato soup.

I was nervous about how it would turn out. However, I was pleasantly surprised at how delicious it was! And now I’m excited to add this soup to my family’s dinner rotation. It tastes great and it’s very healthy as well. Oh, and it’s very easy to make. It’s a win-win-win!

Although the seasonings for the Ground Turkey, Kale, and Brown Rice Soup and the Chicken, Kale, and Sweet Potato soup are very similar, the soups actually taste very different. While both delicious in their own right, they do not taste the same. I was actually surprised by this. However, it does make sense that the each soup tasted differently. After all, chicken and ground turkey don’t exactly taste the same. And sweet potatoes and brown rice certainly have different flavors, not to mention textures. Both soups have a flavorsome taste which is great because you could make them in the same week and have completely different dinners!

Which Is Healthier?

Sweet Potato Or Brown Rice?

Both sweet potatoes and brown rice are a great source of fiber. In fact, they have almost equal amounts of fiber.

When it comes to carbohydrates, both sweet potatoes and brown rice are excellent sources. However, brown rice has almost 3 times as many calories and a higher amount of carbs than sweet potatoes.

So while it might sound like sweet potatoes are the healthier option for a soup, it should be noted that brown rice actually has 5 times as much protein than sweet potatoes.

Therefore, we can only conclude that both sweet potatoes and brown rice are healthy in their own right. Deciding on which is the healthier choice for a soup or any snack/meal will really come down to what it is your are trying to accomplish. If you are trying to lose weight, the lower calorie option might be better. Thus, sweet potatoes could be the winner. However, if you are looking to increase your protein intake, brown rice would be the winner. Either way, moderation is key as well as eating each with a balanced diet and regular exercise. That is always the formula for a healthy body.

Crock Pot Soup

I’m a huge fan of cooking in a crock pot. Just like a baby bjorn carrier frees up your hands while holding a baby, a crock pot frees up your time to do other things while your food cooks. Maybe not the easiest analogy to follow, but slow cooking food in a crock pot is a huge time saver. And that time can be spent on lots of other things which I’m sure you can appreciate as much as me.

This crock pot soup really makes life easier on many levels. It takes approximately 10 – 15 minutes to prepare (which is basically just cutting and chopping). After the prep work is done, you go about your day and get things done. Don’t you love checking things off of your to-do list? I sometimes think I make lists just to check off the items on it.

Chicken, Kale, & Sweet Potato Soup Ingredients

If you are like me, you probably won’t want to see an ingredients list that consists of more than 5 items. Don’t get discouraged that this crock pot soup recipe consists of 11 ingredients. The number of ingredients don’t add a significant amount of time to the cooking of this delicious meal, but they do add a ton of amazing flavor!

  • 3 lbs Chicken Boneless
  • 2 cups Sweet Potatoes Cut into small pieces
  • 1 Shallots Chopped into small pieces
  • 1 cup Baby Carrots Cut into 1/2″ pieces
  • 2 tbsp Garlic Minced
  • 1 Red Bell Pepper Chopped into small pieces
  • 1 can Diced Tomatoes 14 oz can
  • 2 tbsp Herbs de Provence
  • 5 cups Chicken Broth I prefer low sodium, no fat chicken broth
  • 1 bunch Kale Cut into small pieces
  • 1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese

Instructions

  • Add chopped sweet potatoes and chicken to the crock pot.
  • Next, add shallots, garlic, carrots, bell pepper, diced tomatoes, and herbs de Provence to crock pot.
  • Then add in. chicken broth
  • Cook on low for 4-5 hours.
  • Approximately 15 – 30 minutes before serving, stir in kale. Mix it in so that it’s submerged in the liquid and cooks down.
  • Ladle the soup into bowls and add parmesan cheese to each bowl.

More Soups To Love

It’s soup season! What better time to make a hearty soup that is super easy to make? Like they say, there is no time like the present!

Check out these easy soup recipes:

Chicken Pot Pie Soup

Ground Turkey, Kale, & Brown Rice Soup

Seafood Chowder

Desserts To Devour

And since you are being so good by eating soup for dinner, you deserve a tasty dessert.

Check out these easy to make dessert recipes:

Rolo Cookies

Cheesecake Cookie Cups

Lemon Blueberry Dump Cake

Crock Pot Chocolate Covered Peanut Clusters

NO BAKE Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Pie

Must Make Martinis

If dessert isn’t really your thing, maybe you should try a dessert martini instead. These martinis are delicious and strong so sip slowly:

French Martini

Pistachio Martini

S’Mores Martini

Bananas Foster Martini

Chocolate Amaretto Martini

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Chicken, Kale, & Sweet Potato Soup

Delicious Soup Recipe That Is EASY To Make!
Course Main Course, Main Dish, Soup
Keyword best soup, crockpot, hearty soup, homemade soup, kale, kale soup, soup
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 hours
Total Time 5 hours 15 minutes
Servings 12 people
Author jenahoward

Equipment

  • Crock Pot

Ingredients

  • 3 lbs Chicken Boneless
  • 2 cups Sweet Potatoes Cut into small pieces
  • 2 tbsp Garlic Minced
  • 1 Shallots Chopped into small pieces
  • 1 cup Baby Carrots Cut into 1/2" pieces
  • 1 Red Bell Pepper Chopped into small pieces
  • 1 can Diced Tomatoes 14 oz can
  • 2 tbsp Herbs de Provence
  • 5 cups Chicken Broth I prefer low sodium, no fat chicken broth
  • 1 bunch Kale Cut into small pieces
  • 1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese

Instructions

  • Add chopped sweet potatoes and chicken to the crock pot.
  • Next, add shallots, garlic, carrots, bell pepper, diced tomatoes, and herbs de Provence to crock pot.
  • Then add in. chicken broth
  • Cook on low for 4-5 hours.
  • Approximately 15 – 30 minutes before serving, stir in kale. Mix it in so that it's submerged in the liquid and cooks down.
  • Ladle the soup into bowls and add parmesan cheese to each bowl.
  • Enjoy!
    chicken, kale, and sweet potato soup is a healthy soup that tastes delicious. Crock pot soup that takes less than 15 minutes to prepare and is an easy dinner recipe that tastes delicious!

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Easy To Cook, Creamy Crock Pot Chicken With Peas

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Creamy Crock Pot Chicken With Peas is a recipe that I concocted years ago. I kind of just threw a few things in the crock pot and let it cook all day. Right before sitting down for dinner, I made some rice so serve the creamy chicken with. Wow. That’s what I thought. What a simple way to cook such a tasty dinner! It quickly became a favorite and I would look forward to making it on a regular basis.

Crock Pot Cooking

I’m sure most people know what a crock pot is. However, they might not know how it works or how to cook with it. Let’s start with how it works, shall we? Unlike an oven or stove top burner, crock pots (sometimes referred to as slow cookers) cook food at a low temp for long stretches of time. Have you heard the phrase, low and slow? It is the motto of crock pots! The slow cooker cooks the food consistently with low heat so that it cooks by trapping the heat. Thus, it cooks the meat thoroughly, but does not dry it out, assuming you add a decent amount of liquid to the pot.

Texture & Flavor

One of the greatest things about cooking in a crock pot is that the food simmers for long periods of time and the food, most especially, the meat becomes very tender. It literally falls apart without needing a knife. If you like tender meat, slow cooked meats in a crock pot is sure to be a favorite for you. Not only is the texture soft, but because the meat and veggies breaks down during the cooking process, the juices from the food keep the meal moist as it simmers. As a result, this provides a tasty sauce that you will want to savor with each bite.

Cook Times

Cook time in a crock pot can vary from dish to dish. I mainly cook dinners in my crock pot so at this point, I’ll keep this pretty simple to understand as far as meats are concerned. We will delve deeper into cooking times for desserts and appetizers in other recipes, but for now, let’s stick with cooking times for meats only.

Large Roasts & Pork Loins

Larger roasts such as roast beef and pork loins generally take at least 8 hours on low. Generally, 8 – 10 hours on low is the best way to cook roasts in a crock pot. Typically, I won’t cook big hunks of meat like these on the high setting. Personally, I prefer the low and slow methodology and stick to it whenever possible. I just have to budget my time accordingly because low and slow is really the best way to cook a roast or large pork loin.

Chicken & Pork (small cuts)

However, when it comes to chicken and smaller cuts of pork, those typically cook in 5 hours (somewhere between 4 to 6 hours) on low. If you were to use the high setting on a crock pot, you could cook chicken and thinner cuts of pork in as little as 3 hours. I’m always nervous that the meat will become dry so I prefer the lower temperature for longer periods of time. Just be sure to add some liquid to whatever meat you are cooking so that it cooks evenly without becoming dry.

Convenient Dinner

The purpose of the crock pot is to make cooking easy and to come home to a yummy dinner that is ready to eat. That is the beauty of crock pot dinners! To get to this point, you do have to do some preparation at the beginning of the day. And, if your house is like mine, mornings are hectic. Who really wants to prepare dinner while you are getting kids ready for school, yourself ready for work, and trying to make it out of the house on time? Suddenly, that easy to cook dinner becomes a hassle!

Preparation

I love making easy crock pot meals. To be fair, most crock pot meals are usually very easy to cook. However, some need more preparation than others. I’m a huge fan of crock pot meals that consist of dumping ingredients into the pot and turning on the temperature. What home cooked meal is better than that? I certainly can’t think of anything off the top of my head!

Since even the simplest recipes can seem overwhelming in the chaotic mornings, being prepared is key. You can prep your crock pot dinner the night before. Did you know that? It’s true and it’s a game changer. I’m sure you can find an additional 5 to 10 minutes before you head to be to prep your dinner for the next evening. Just put the necessary ingredients in the crock pot and keep it in the refrigerator overnight. Rather than prepping your dinner in the morning, all you need to do is pull the crock pot out of the refrigerator as you are getting everyone ready. By the time you are heading out of the house, the pot will be room temperature and you can set it and forget it. Oh wait, that’s another cooking device, isn’t it? Well, no matter, it holds true here as well!

Making Creamy Crock Pot Chicken

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs Chicken boneless
  • 3 cans Cream of Mushroom Soup I prefer Campbell’s healthy request for lower fat and calories
  • 10 oz Peas frozen
  • 3 cups Rice cooked

How To Make

  • Place chicken in the crock pot.
  • Top chicken with cream of mushroom soup.
  • Turn crock pot on low and cook for approx 6 or more hours (cook for 3 hours on high).
  • Approx. 30 minutes before time is done, add peas and stir. (if you prefer, you can add the peas with the chicken and cream of soup from the beginning).
  • Once done, serve over rice or pasta.

What To Serve With

Rice (Brown or White)

The most obvious way to serve this creamy crock pot chicken with peas is over rice. You can opt for white rice, brown rice, jasmine rice, basmati rice, whatever rice you want. The stickiness of the rice is perfect for holding on to the creamy goodness of the sauce. That way, you can soak up as much sauce in each bite as possible. It’s a delicious and easy way to eat this family favorite dinner.

Pasta

Pasta is one of my favorite starches, if not, my most favorite starch! Therefore, it is not surprise that I suggest serving the creamy crock pot chicken and peas over pasta. A noodle type of pasta such as spaghetti or linguini would be a perfect choice for maximizing your bites with all the sauce! However, ziti is a great choice for creamy sauces because it’s easy to eat and can hold onto the sauce inside the pasta. How’s that for maximizing your taste buds?!

Keto Friendly

And finally, if you are on a keto diet and want to eliminate starches wherever possible, you could skip the rice, pasta, and potatoes, and opt for just the main dish of chicken, peas, and that yummy cream of mushroom sauce! All the protein you need without sacrificing taste. It’s a great way to stay focused with preferred dietary needs.

Must Try Crock Pot Recipes

Once you try this creamy crock pot chicken and peas, I know you will add this to your dinner rotations of easy meals. It really is a no-brainer when it comes to easy of cooking that tastes delicious.

And since you will love this dish so much, you might want to check out some other very easy cooking (crock pot) meals that are equally as tasty!

Crock Pot Chicken & Dumplings

Hawaiian Chicken

Mango Pork

Honey Parmesan Crusted Pork

Incredible Martini Recipes

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Martini

Bananas Foster Martini

Sugar Cookie Martini

Pistachio Martini

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Easy To Cook, Creamy Crock Pot Chicken With Peas

Creamy crock pot chicken with peas is an easy recipe that slow cooks all day on it's own. A deliciously simple dinner any night of the week.
Course Dinner
Keyword chicken, crockpot, easy dinner
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 5 minutes
Servings 6 people
Author jenahoward

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs Chicken boneless
  • 3 cans Cream of Mushroom Soup I prefer Campbell's healthy request for lower fat and calories
  • 10 oz Peas frozen
  • 3 cups Rice cooked

Instructions

  • Place chicken in the crock pot.
  • Top chicken with cream of mushroom soup.
  • Turn crock pot on low and cook for approx 6 or more hours (cook for 3 hours on high).
  • Approx. 30 minutes before time is done, add peas and stir. (if you prefer, you can add the peas with the chicken and cream of soup from the beginning).
  • Once done, serve over rice or pasta.
  • ENJOY!
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Sweet Baby Ray’s Chicken

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Sweet Baby Ray’s Chicken slow cooks in a crock pot on low heat for 4 to 6 hours. It is the best way to eat pulled chicken and really takes the guess work out of how to make the best bbq pulled chicken.

I love making this delicious dinner on busy weeknights. Just add the chicken to the crock pot, mix up the sauce ingredients, pour over the chicken, and then let the crock pot work its magic. Prepping this dinner takes about 5 minutes. Super easy even on those chaotic weekday mornings, when you are running late. And, wow, is it worth that “effort” when you get home from a crazy day and dinner is waiting for you!

Pulled Chicken

Have you heard the terms pulled chicken or pulled pork? You probably know what they taste like, but do you know why they are called that? Pulled chicken and pork is a staple way of cooking meat when it comes to BBQ cuisine. Basically, it’s slow cooking the meat so that it stays tender as it cooks for hours. It gets so tender that it is able to be pulled apart or shredded into pieces with just a fork.

Cooking this sweet baby Ray’s chicken is super easy to do in a crock pot. The chicken cooks on a low heat for 5 to 6 hours. The phrase, Low and Slow, certainly applies here. And it is the only way to eat pulled chicken! Well, that is if you want to do the easy bbq way. If you are a true bbq champion, you would certainly opt for a smoker. However, if you are looking for a super easy way to make a yummy dinner, stick with me and try this delicious crock pot recipe!

Sweet Baby Ray’s

Sweet Baby Ray’s barbecue sauce originated in early 1980s by brothers, Dave and Larry Raymond. The brothers entered their newly created bbq sauce into competitions and did very well each time. Their accomplishments encouraged them to take things to a new level and they began their company, Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ Sauce so that they could sell their product to consumers.

By the time the Raymond brothers sold their business in 2005, they were earning millions in revenue. Just a few years later, Sweet Baby Ray’s was the 2nd best selling barbecue sauce in the United States. One of the brothers retained the rights to the name “Sweet Baby Ray’s” to this day. A great success story about a family owned business.

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs Chicken boneless
  • 18 oz BBQ Sauce Sweet Baby Ray’s (entire bottle)
  • 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
  • 1/2 cup Apple Cider Vinegar
  • 2 tsp Garlic Powder
  • 1 tsp Crushed Red Pepper

How To Make

Yes, this is the entire recipe for this yummy dinner! None of the steps have been mistakenly clipped! Can you even believe how simple this is? It’s an amazingly easy recipe that tastes amazing!

Here’s all you need to do:

  • In a medium bowl, mix bbq sauce with vinegar, brown sugar, garlic powder, and crushed red pepper together.
  • Place chicken in the crock pot.
  • Pour sauce mixture over the chicken.
  • Cook on low for 4 to 6 hours. Make sure to stir the sauce and chicken here and there. The chicken should be submerged in the liquid so that it doesn’t dry out.

When the chicken is done, you could just serve it on a fresh roll and have a pulled chicken sandwich. Or you could go all out and serve it with some macaroni and cheese and a salad like I did in the above picture. And, yes, that is Kraft Macaroni and Cheese! I love that mac and cheese and not embarrassed to admit it. Sometimes you need to just take some good shortcuts with dinner and Kraft Mac and Cheese certainly qualifies as that!

More Crock Pot Recipes

Whether you don’t have time to cook in the evenings or it’s just too hot to turn on the oven, crock pot recipes are a great way of making dinners EASY!

Just prep the meat and sauce in the morning and let the crock pot do the rest. Throughout the day, the aroma will remind you that you don’t have to cook dinner that night. And then at dinner time, your meal will be waiting for you. Just set the table and eat!

Here are a few different types of crock pot recipes that I highly recommend:

Crock Pot Hawaiian Chicken
Honey Crusted Parmesan Pork
Crock Pot Beef Stroganoff
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Sweet BabyRay’s Crockpot Chicken

The best way to eat pulled chicken is sweet baby Ray's crock pot recipe! This is really easy to cook and has a tangy and delicious taste that goes well with mac and cheese and salad!
Course Dinner
Keyword crockpot meal
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 6 minutes
Total Time 11 minutes
Servings 8 people
Author jenahoward

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs Chicken boneless
  • 18 oz BBQ Sauce Sweet Baby Ray's (entire bottle)
  • 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
  • 1/2 cup Apple Cider Vinegar
  • 2 tsp Garlic Powder
  • 1 tsp Crushed Red Pepper

Instructions

  • In a medium bowl, mix bbq sauce with vinegar, brown sugar, garlic powder, and crushed red pepper together.
  • Place chicken in the crock pot.
  • Pour sauce mixture over the chicken.
  • Cook on low for 4 to 6 hours. Make sure to stir the sauce and chicken here and there. The chicken should be submerged in the liquid so that it doesn't dry out.
  • ENJOY!
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Scrumptious And Easy To Cook, Crock Pot Hawaiian Chicken

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Crock Pot Hawaiian Chicken consists of chicken, pineapple, in a sweet and tangy sauce. The sauce is a mixture of teryaki sauce, garlic, and soy sauce. Oh, and pineapples with the pineapple juice, of course. Sweet, yet tangy!

I love to make this dinner because it’s a break from the norm and guess what? It’s super easy! Yep, that’s right. Shocker, I know. I’m all about easy recipes, especially for dinner!

I’ve found so many great recipes that are easy to make and take minimal time to cook so why slave over the stove and make things harder on myself, if I don’t have to? I really can’t understand wanting to spend more time on dinner. With 5 little kids running around and needing something at all times, I really don’t have extra time. Even during the quarantine of Covid-19, I found myself busy as always! There was home schooling, working from home, cleaning up constant messes, keeping up with the kids and their never ending needs, and of course, cooking for everyone.

Hawaiian Chicken Ingredients

Hawaiian Chicken has lots of flavor and yet, it only have a few ingredients. You will need the following items to make this delicious dinner:

  • 3 lbs Chicken boneless
  • 1.5 cups Teryaki Sauce
  • 3 tbsp Garlic minced
  • 3 tbsp Soy Sauce
  • 2 20oz Pineapple Chunks
  • 1 cup Chicken Broth
  • 4 Green Onions chopped

The ingredients are pretty minimal as you can see. You probably have most of them in your home already which is awesome for choosing this dinner at the last minute. The green onions might not be a staple in your house and that’s completely fine, you can skip those and add them to your shopping list the next time you want to make this yummy meal!

Making The Hawaiian Chicken

I love that this easy dinner is made in the crock pot. Cooking is super easy with crock pot meals! However, sometimes you have recipes for crock pot meals that require you to cook meat or sauces on the stove BEFORE putting them in the crock pot. To me, it defeats the purpose of a crock pot so I steer clear of those recipes! This Crock Pot Hawaiian Chicken cooks in the crock pot the entire time. Basically, just dump and go! The crock pot will take care of the rest. See for yourself:

  • Place chicken in the crock pot.
  • Combine teryaki sauce, soy sauce, pineapple chunks (and juice), garlic, and chicken broth in a bowl and mix together.
  • Pour mixture over chicken.
  • Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours, until chicken is cooked through.
  • Make 3 cups of rice just before dinner.
  • Shred or cut up chicken in the crock pot.
  • Make some white rice in your microwave, on the stove, or in a rice cooker.
  • Add rice directly to the crock pot and mix well.
  • Garnish with green onions.
  • Serve immediately and ENJOY!

Hawaiian Chicken Dinner

The Crock Pot Hawaiian Chicken will have almost everything you need in a complete dinner. It has chicken and fruit; the pineapple! If you drink some milk with your dinner, you would then have 3 of your 4 food groups. The only thing missing is breads and grains. To include this key food group, just make some rice shortly before serving dinner.

I like to microwave either white or brown rice by mixing rice and water in a bowl, covering with a paper towel, and cooking for approximately 12 to 15 minutes on a setting of 8 (out of 10). Once the rice is cooked, I stir it up so it isn’t super clumpy and then combine the rice with the chicken and pineapple mixture in the crock pot. The rice really soaks up the juice and makes this yummy dish a complete meal. All you need to do now is shut off the crock pot and serve!

Easy Family Dinner Recipe

I chose a lot of easy meals during our quarantine nights. And this Crock Pot Hawaiian Chicken is one of the yummy, easy dinners that we had. I also chose a lot of yummy martinis to make at night too. Ssh, don’t tell anyone. Actually, it’s fine to tell someone. Hell, you can share the recipes with your friends. The fun martinis really should be known! For example, try making this Shamrock Martini. It’s vodka, chocolate liqueur, irish cream, and peppermint schnapps. Sound delicious? It is!

Okay, so back to the Crock Pot Hawaiian Chicken…it’s deliciously sweet, but not overly sweetened. The garlic and soy really provides a tasty balance for this family favorite dinner. Kids love this dinner. Who doesn’t love pineapple, right? Although it isn’t a Chinese dish, it’s very similar in style since you can serve it with rice, making it an Asian inspired dish. You could pair it with Crab Rangoon, if you wanted to make your dinner more Asian-like. Or you could just check out the recipe and pin it for later.

Give this recipe a try, I’m positive you will add it to your dinner rotation.

Must Try Crock Pot Recipes

Beef Stroganoff

Cowboy Chicken

Creamy Chicken With Peas

Amazing Martinis

Tiramisu Martini

Bananas Foster Martini

Pistachio Amaretto Martini

Chocolate Covered Raspberry Martini

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Crockpot Hawaiian Chicken

Hawaiian Chicken is an EASY and TASTY dinner that your entire family will love!
Course Dinner
Keyword chicken, crockpot, easy dinner
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 5 minutes
Servings 8 people
Author jenahoward

Ingredients

  • 3 lbs Chicken boneless
  • 1.5 cups Teryaki Sauce
  • 3 tbsp Garlic minced
  • 3 tbsp Soy Sauce
  • 2 20oz Pineapple Chunks
  • 1 cup Chicken Broth
  • 4 Green Onions chopped

Instructions

  • Place chicken in the crock pot.
  • Combine teryaki sauce, soy sauce, pineapple chunks (and juice), garlic, and chicken broth in a bowl and mix together.
  • Pour mixture over chicken.
  • Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours, until chicken is cooked through.
  • Make 3 cups of rice just before dinner.
  • Shred or cut up chicken in the crock pot.
  • Add rice directly to the crock pot and mix well.
  • Garnish with green onions.
  • Serve immediately and ENJOY!
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Crock Pot Chicken and Dumplings Is A Family Favorite

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Crock Pot Chicken and Dumplings is a delicious dinner. It is a comfort food that everyone in your family will consider their favorite dinner. Ironically, as popular as this dish is, I don’t remember eating it when I was younger. It is certainly strange considering my mom made home cooked meals every night! But I don’t remember eating this. I’m not sure when I became exposed to such yummy goodness, but once I tried it, I was hooked ever since!

Crock Pot Cooking

This recipe uses a crock pot to slow cook the chicken, vegetables, and dumplings. If you have ever cooked dinner with a crock pot, you know just how easy it is! It’s a great way to get food on the table when you are short on time. Generally, you quickly add the ingredients in the morning and reap the benefits in the evening!

This chicken and dumplings recipe consists of minimal ingredients, yet it delivers a flavorful punch! It’s similar to chicken pot pie, but a lot easier to make. Although, if you are looking for an easy chicken pot pie recipe, you could try my Chicken Pot Pie Soup. But back to the Chicken & Dumplings. This is a creamy chicken dinner that includes carrots and peas with some much needed biscuits. You can’t have dumplings without those delicious biscuits!

Cooking Chicken With Dumplings

To make this delicious dinner, you don’t need to prep much or cook much. It’s SO EASY! Just chopped up an onion. Add the chicken, onion, veggies, seasonings, cream of chicken soup, and chicken broth to the crock pot. Then, mix everything together and turn on the heat. You can cook this on low and slow or high and fly, whichever length of time suits you. Approximately an hour before serving, cut up the biscuits and dunk those in the crock pot juice. Turn the heat to high and let the biscuits grow and soak up that creamy chicken gravy.

Some recipes that are similar to this one suggest adding butter. I’m not saying they are wrong for adding butter to their dishes, however, I don’t notice a difference in the end result so I skip the butter entirely. Why bother adding extra calories and fat, if it isn’t necessary? But, by all means, if you want to make your dinner extra creamy, add it in!

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs Chicken boneless breasts
  • 1 medium Onion chopped
  • 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
  • 1/3 tsp Parsley
  • 2 cups Chicken Broth
  • 2 cans Cream of Chicken Soup
  • 10 oz Baby Carrots
  • 8 oz Frozen Peas
  • 1 can Buttermilk Biscuits (1) Large Can or (2) Small Cans

Instructions

  • Place chicken, carrots, and peas in crock pot.
  • Top chicken with chopped onions, garlic powder, and dried parsley.
  • Add chicken broth and cream of chicken to the crock pot. Stir all ingredients to combine.
  • Cook on low for 6-8 hours or high for 4-5 hours.
  • 1 hour prior to being completely cooked, stir mixture and break apart chicken into smaller chunks.
  • Chop the biscuits into quarters and add them to the crock pot, pushing them down under the gravy.
  • Turn heat to high and cook for 1 hour until the biscuits are cooked through.

Make It Your Own

Remember, recipes can be followed to the T or you can use them for inspiration. If you want to tweak this recipe and tailor it more to your liking, do it! I won’t get mad. I pin all kinds of recipes because they sound good to eat. However, most of the time, I change the recipes and make them my own because I prefer things more cheesy, garlicky, spicier, etc etc etc. Don’t be afraid to change things up, but if you are a novice cook, I wouldn’t change key ingredients on your first try. Keep with the recipe and change things one dash at a time.

That being said, I hope you don’t feel you need to change this chicken and dumpling recipe. My family loves it and I’m sure you will enjoy the great taste as well as the simplistic way of cooking it!

More Crock Pot Meals

Crock Pot Creamy Chicken with Peas

Hawaiian Chicken

Mango Pork

Honey Parmesan Crusted Pork

More Chicken Dishes

Creamy Chicken with Bacon

Lemon Butter Chicken Pasta

Baked Chicken Parmesan

Creamy Chicken with Asparagus & Orzo

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Chicken And Dumplings

Easy Crock Pot Chicken And Dumplings
Course Dinner
Keyword chicken, crockpot
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 6 minutes
Total Time 11 minutes
Servings 8 people

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs Chicken boneless breasts
  • 1 medium Onion chopped
  • 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
  • 1/3 tsp Parsley
  • 2 cups Chicken Broth
  • 2 cans Cream of Chicken Soup
  • 10 oz Baby Carrots
  • 8 oz Frozen Peas
  • 1 can Buttermilk Biscuits (1) Large Can or (2) Small Cans

Instructions

  • Place chicken, carrots, and peas in crock pot.
  • Top chicken with chopped onions, garlic powder, and dried parsley.
  • Add chicken broth and cream of chicken to the crock pot. Stir all ingredients to combine.
  • Cook on low for 6-8 hours or high for 4-5 hours.
  • 1 hour prior to being completely cooked, stir mixture and break apart chicken into smaller chunks.
  • Chop the biscuits into quarters and add them to the crock pot, pushing them down under the gravy.
  • Turn heat to high and cook for 1 hour until the biscuits are cooked through.
  • Enjoy!
Crockpot, Dinner, Pork, Pork

Easy Crock Pot Ranch Pork Chops

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I belong to a few recipe groups on Facebook. I enjoy reading the posts and seeing pictures of other people’s meals, desserts, and drinks. It’s great to get inspiration from other people and get out of my bubble and hum-drum of the same old, same old recipes. Well, someone posted a recipe for crock pot ranch pork chops with potatoes. Since, I had already planned on making pork chops the next day so I was very interested in what it entailed. It turned out that I had all of the ingredients so I could make that recipe the next day. I was excited to try this new recipe!

I never cook with ranch seasoning. It’s not because I don’t enjoy the taste, it’s merely because I tend to choose recipes that consist of garlic, honey, or Mexican-type spices. Ranch usually in my repertoire of recipes, but I had previously bought ranch seasoning to try it out so I was game to try this recipe. (There are a few different ranch seasonings out there, but I prefer Hidden Valley) Plus, it cooks in a crock pot! Easy peasy!

Making The Ranch Pork Chops

As I mentioned, I had all of the ingredients to make these ranch pork chop and the directions seemed easy enough to follow. I chopped some potatoes. Then added the pork and potatoes to the crock pot. Mixed up the ingredients for the sauce and poured it over the pork and potatoes. I was a little skeptical of how it would be. The sauce seemed VERY watery and didn’t seem to have enough flavor, but I trusted it would be good…

About a half hour before serving dinner, I sampled the sauce to make sure it was okay. I was gravely disappointed! It was so blah! I didn’t want to serve that for dinner. It was edible and didn’t taste bad, but it certainly did not taste great. I wanted to serve a GREAT dinner!

Trying to salvage dinner, I nervously, added more ranch seasoning and some dry onion soup and mixed it well. I gave it some more time so that it would meld. After I finished making a salad to serve with the pork and potatoes, I put the sauce into a sauce pan and thickened it with cornstarch. After that, I added a little white wine and whisked it some more. I tasted it and WOW, what a HUGE difference! The dish went from B-O-R-I-N-G to AMAZING! That little hint of white wine really took this ranch sauce to a whole new amazing level! Dinner was saved!

Ranch Pork Chop Ingredients

  • 8 Pork Chops
  • 2.5 lbs Red Potatoes Cut Up
  • 1 pkg Ranch Seasoning Dry Salad Dressing
  • 1/2 pkg Onion Soup Dry Soup
  • 1 tbsp Garlic Powder
  • 1/2 cup Olive Oil
  • 4 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
  • 2 tbsp Butter Cubed
  • 1-2 tbsp Cornstarch amount depends on your preferred thick/thinness
  • 1-2 tbsp White Wine Any kind is fine

How To Make Crock Pot Ranch Pork Chops

  • Put pork and potatoes in the crock pot
  • Mix ranch seasoning, onion soup, garlic powder, olive oil, apple cider vinegar together. Then pour over pork and potatoes.
  • Top crock pot ingredients with cubed butter.
  • Cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours.
  • Transfer sauce in crock pot to sauce pan and add cornstarch whisking well over medium high heat.
  • Once thickened, add white wine and continue to whisk for a minute.
  • Top pork and potatoes with sauce and serve with your favorite veggie.

Recipes & Inspiration

Basically, recipes are great to use inspiration. You don’t have to live, breathe, and die by a recipe. Feel free to make changes along the way. When making something and you feel like you won’t like what the recipe calls for, go with your gut! Put your stamp on it and change it to what you think will be best.

As you begin cooking, don’t be afraid to try it out. Of course, if cooking meat in a sauce, be careful not to sample a sauce before the meat is fully cooked through! Be safe about when to sample something and make changes to it, if you feel it needs a little something more. You are the one that has to eat it, right? Might as well cook what YOU like!

More Pork Recipes To Try

Apple & Gouda Stuffed Pork Chops

Mango Pork Loin

Honey Parmesan Crusted Pork

Marsala Pork Chops

Herb Roasted Pork with White Wine Sauce

Martinis To Try

Pistachio Amaretto Martini

Chocolate Covered Raspberry Martini

Tiramisu Martini

Peach Cobber Martini

Bananas Foster Martini

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Crock Pot Ranch Pork Chops

Easy Crock Pot Ranch Pork Chops w/Red Potatoes
Course Dinner
Keyword crockpot pork, pork chops, ranch
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 5 minutes
Servings 8 people
Author jenahoward

Ingredients

  • 8 Pork Chops
  • 2.5 lbs Red Potatoes Cut Up
  • 1 pkg Ranch Seasoning Dry Salad Dressing
  • 1/2 pkg Onion Soup Dry Soup
  • 1 tbsp Garlic Powder
  • 1/2 cup Olive Oil
  • 4 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
  • 2 tbsp Butter Cubed
  • 1-2 tbsp Cornstarch amount depends on your preferred thick/thinness
  • 1-2 tbsp White Wine Any kind is fine

Instructions

  • Put pork and potatoes in the crock pot
  • Mix ranch seasoning, onion soup, garlic powder, olive oil, apple cider vinegar together. Then pour over pork and potatoes.
  • Top crock pot ingredients with cubed butter.
  • Cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours.
  • Transfer sauce in crock pot to sauce pan and add cornstarch whisking well over medium high heat.
  • Once thickened, add white wine and continue to whisk for a minute.
  • Top pork and potatoes with sauce and serve with your favorite veggie.
  • ENJOY!