Slow Cooker Cashew Chicken

This was the first time I made this recipe and like the others, it was one I found online. I've never had cashew chicken before so I don't really have anything to compare it to. It was cheap and more importantly, real easy. But here's the recipe.

Ingredients:

2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken thigh tenders

1/4 cup all purpose flour

1/2 tsp black pepper

1 Tbsp canola oil

1/4 cup soy sauce

2 Tbsp rice wine vinegar

2 Tbsp ketchup

1 Tbsp brown sugar

1 garlic clove, minced

1/2 tsp grated fresh ginger

1/4 tsp red pepper flakes

1/2 cup cashews

Directions:

Combine flour and pepper in large Ziploc bag. Add chicken. Shake to coat with flour mixture. Heat oil in skillet over medium-high heat. Brown chicken about 2 minutes on each side. Place chicken in slow cooker. Combine soy sauce, vinegar, ketchup, sugar, garlic, ginger, and pepper flakes in small bowl; pour over chicken. Cook on LOW for 3 to 4 hours. Add cashews and stir. Serve over rice. Makes 4-6 servings.

If you want like sauce and want to have some to pour over the chicken and the rice, double the sauce ingredients.

I shredded the chicken and put it then added the cashews. It was good. A lot of different flavors going on. The family loved it and it was added to the "can cook again" list. I recommend this recipe to y'all. Enjoy!

The chicken after it was browned 

The sauce

Chicken with sauce

Best, Easy Crockpot Peach Cobbler

Last weekend, we went up to Ogden to the Farmer's Market. I love Farmer's Markets and love buying local produce. Among other things, I bought a small basket of peaches with the intent to try my hand at a peach cobbler (my favorite dessert).

I've been using my slow cooker a lot lately because they are possibly the best kitchen appliance. No heating up the oven, no slaving over dinner. Just throw it all in the slow cooker and forget about it. So I hit Pinterest and found this recipe for a slow cooker peach cobbler.

Ingredients

1 stick butter (1/2 cup)

5-6 cups fresh or frozen peach slices

1 1/2 cups *self-rising flour

1 1/2 cups water or milk

1 cup sugar

*1 1/2 cup self-rising flour = 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour + 2 teaspoons baking powder + 1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. First, melt butter in slow cooker on HIGH while preparing other ingredients.
2. Whisk flour, sugar, and water (or milk) until well blended.
3. Add peach slices to melted butter.
4. Pour flour mixture over top. DO NOT STIR.
5. Cook 4-6 hours on HIGH.

I probably ate a whole peach by the time I was done nibbling. Anyways. I started it about 4:00 and planned on eating it after Layla went to bed because she's a little piggy.

But here are my thoughts. Cooking it on high, the edges burned. Bad. I had to scoop around the edges to avoid the black nasty stuff. I would suggest cooking it on low for longer. Or skipping the crockpot and trying the oven instead.

Overall, it was good. The crust was softer then I normally like but it was still very good. I highly recommend sticking to fresh peaches.

I'd been bugging Brett about eating some of it because he told me he doesn't like peach cobbler. He asked me for a bite and by bedtime, he had ate a big bowl of it. So I consider it a huge win. Especially after he said, "you're on my mom's level for desserts." That was a big pat on the back.

I've got about half of it left and can't wait to dig in again when Layla goes down for her nap. :D