Beef n' Black Bean Soup - crockpot

BEEF ‘N’ BLACK BEAN SOUP

1 pound ground beef

2 cans (14 ½ ounces each) chicken broth

1 can (14 ½ ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained

8 green onions, thinly sliced

3 medium carrots, thinly sliced

2 celery ribs, thinly sliced

2 garlic cloves, minced

1 tablespoon sugar

1 ½ teaspoons dried basil

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon dried oregano

½ teaspoon ground cumin

½ teaspoon chili powder

2 cans (15 ounces each) black beans, rinsed and drained

1 ½ cups cooked rice

            In a skillet over medium heat, cook beef until no longer pink; drain.  Transfer to a slow cooker.  Add the next 12 ingredients.  Cover and cook on high for 1 hour.  Reduce heat to low; cook for 4-5 hours or until the vegetables are tender.  Add the beans and rice and cook 1 hour longer or until heated through.  Yield: 10 servings (2 ½ quarts).

Dec 7^th 2013 – can’t find my notes but I made this a week or so ago. Its okay, but only okay. I liked it more than Lance. 

Cream Cheese Ckn Chili

We made this in 2012 (Between Jan-April) – it was okay but nothing special. We’d rather make something else but hey it is a recipe that wasn’t awful.

Cream Cheese Chicken Chili
adapted from Tried and Tasty
(Printable Recipe)

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1 can black beans
1 can corn, undrained
1 can Rotel, undrained
1 package ranch dressing mix (used “dip”)
1 tsp cumin
1 Tbsp chili powder (we used 2 tsp not very full)
1 tsp onion powder (3 tsp chopped dried onion)
1 8 oz package light cream cheese
2 chicken breasts

Drain and rinse black beans. Place chicken at bottom of pot, then pour out whole can of corn (undrained), rotel, and black beans. Top with seasonings and ranch mix. Stir together. Place cream cheese on top. Cover with lid and cook on low for 6-8 hours. Stir cream cheese into chili. Use 2 forks to shred chicken. Stir together and serve.

We did 3 hours on high and put cream cheese in and cooked another hour on low 

Creamy Crockpot Chicken

Creamy Crockpot Chicken (pg 88 of AF 37^th ward cookbook)

1 envelop onion soup mix

2 C sour cream

1 can cream of mushroom soup

6 chicken breasts

Mix everything except chicken, and then push chicken down into mixture. Cook 8 hours on low in crock-pot. Serve over rice or noodles.

We never wanted to eat this again because it made so much. 

Orange Ckn

Notes: this was the best one we’ve had so far but we still aren’t big fans of it. Orange chicken just might not be our thing. We may give it one more try – with orange juice to lessen the strong flavor.

Slow Cooker Orange Chicken

(Recipe from Team T Adventures)

Ingredients:

• boneless chicken breasts, chopped into small chunks (I used about 4)
• 1/3 cup flour
• olive oil
• 1/2 Tbl. salt
• 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
• 3 Tbl. ketchup
• 6 oz. frozen orange juice concentrate (thaw or throw it in the microwave for 45 seconds)
• 4 Tbl.  brown sugar


In a bowl, mix the orange juice, brown sugar, vinegar, salt, and ketchup.  Pour the flour in a small bowl.  Cover the chicken breast chunks in flour and shake off the excess.


Pour a small amount of olive oil in a skillet and brown the flour-covered chicken.
The chicken doesn't need to be fully cooked since it's going in the crock pot.

After the chicken is done cooking, pour the pieces into the crock pot. Then cover the chicken with your sauce mixture and give the pot a stir.

Cook on low for 5-6 hours or on high for 2-3.

Serve over rice and even add veggies if you want a healthier meal.

Blogger said: I am crazy about Chinese food!  I always feel so guilty after I chow down on a three-course orange chicken meal at Panda Express (yes, I get the same entree 3 times because I love it so much),  so I thought this might be a better option for me.  It was so easy!  My family loved it.  I could have gone with a little less "orange," but other than that, it is a keeper!

Six sisters stuff

Crockpot Green Beans

 10 oz green beans (so a rounded half pound J like a heaping tablespoon)

2 TB dried choppedOnion

1can ckn broth

One lady said 6 is good 10 hrs is like butter

¼ cup water

¼ tsp pepper

3 T onion dried

14+oz green beans