Chicken and Dumplings

 Original Recipe Yield 8 servings

Ingredients

• 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of chicken soup
• 1 onion, finely diced
• 2 (10 ounce) packages refrigerated biscuit dough, torn into pieces

Directions

1.     Place the chicken, butter, soup, and onion in a slow cooker, and fill with enough water to cover.

2.     Cover, and cook for 5 to 6 hours on High. About 30 minutes before serving, place the torn biscuit dough in the slow cooker. Cook until the dough is no longer raw in the center.

Alternative: you could use bisquick mix recipe for the dumplings.

Cafe Rio Chicken





Cafe Rio Chicken

I love this recipe!! Super easy! This recipe makes a lot so just scale it down to what you need!

1 small bottle Kraft Zesty Italian dressing

1 Tablespoon chili powder

1 Tablespoon cumin

3 cloves minced garlic

5 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breast

Put all ingredients in crock-pot on low for 4 hours, shred meat and cook for one hour more.

this is how I scaled it down for just the two of us.

1/2 small bottle dressing

1 teaspoon chili powder

1 teaspoon cumin

1 clove minced garlic

2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

I put it in the crock pot for 2 hours, shredded it and cooked it for 1 hour more.

This is great for crunchy tacos. My tacos include corn tortillas, black beans, the cafe rio chicken, tomatoes, monterey jack cheese, and sour cream. YUMMY!!

Coconut rice and beans

Coconut rice and beans

¾ cup dried kidney beans

2 large garlic cloves

1 ¼ cup coconut milk

2 cups water

Boil.  Reduce heat to low for 2 hrs, beans should be tender not mushy.

Stir in:

2 ½ cups water

2 ½ cups rice

3 green onions, finely chopped

1 ½ tsp fresh thyme

Salt and pepper

Boil and reduce to low heat.  Cook covered until all liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes.

Fluff mixture and season with salt and pepper.

Serves 4-6