Easy Go-To Crockpot Chicken
Crockpot cooking is ingenious! All it takes is a few minutes of effort, and delicious nutritious food magically appears a few hours later!! (I timed myself casually making this recipe and it took exactly 7 minutes and 32 seconds, including removing the chicken skin and squeezing a fresh lemon, to get everything set in the crockpot.)
For me, the key to eating well is having healthy options readily available in my fridge that I can quickly whip into a meal. Especially at lunch time, I don’t want to start a whole big cooking production.
This Easy Go-To Crockpot Chicken is moist and flavorful, and can be chopped or easily shredded for use in any number of recipes. I typically make crockpot chicken 2-3 times per week (it’s only myself and my husband living home now most of the time) and use it as the base for lunch and/or dinner most days.
Having this chicken de-boned and waiting in the refrigerator means it can be quickly thrown it into a salad, or put in a Cassava Flour Tortilla Wrap with any number of toppings – such as lettuce/baby spinach, Guacamole, Zesty Dijonnaise Dressing etc. I also mix crockpot chicken with Zesty Dijonnaise Dressing to make Zesty Chicken Salad Dijonnaise (my absolute favorite lunch!) Easy Go-To Crockpot Chicken is even delicious on its own alongside steamed veggies (which take no longer than 10 minutes to make.) It can be tossed into soups or any dish requiring cooked chicken. Having chicken readily available greatly decreases the time needed to prepare any meal, and eliminates the need for eating unhealthy, processed cold cuts or stopping for fast-food.
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How to make Easy Go-To Crockpot Chicken (Full printer-friendly recipe below)
Simply toss a chicken into the crockpot along with pink Himalayan salt, pepper, ground mustard, lemon juice and water (or chicken broth if preferred,) and go about your day. Your Easy Go-To Crockpot Chicken will be waiting for you when you get home, ready to be made into a quick, nutritious dish like those below.
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Total truth! ……. I just got a little hungry for lunch as I’m writing this post and decided to give myself a little real-life crockpot chicken motivation to write about. Let’s go to the fridge!! I have my lettuce and some crockpot chicken, but I want to make it truly yummy so I’m going to whip up some Zesty Dijonnaise Dressing to throw on top.
I timed myself and I literally threw this salad together, including making the Zesty Dijonnaise Dressing from scratch, in 9 minutes…… And now I have dressing for the rest of the week! (I cannot express how happy I get knowing this dressing is in my fridge. It means I can have a delicious meal in 2 minutes!)
Here is the chicken that I still have in the fridge, my warm, freshly made Zesty Dijonnaise, and my favorite Trader Joe’s Organic Butter Lettuce & Radicchio. A perfect combo!
There are 5 reasons why I LOVE this lettuce! 1- It’s organic. 2. It’s already cut up, making it soooo convenient. 3- While it’s already cut up, it doesn’t seem to go bad as quickly as other cut-up bags of lettuce. 4 – This lettuce has a soft, smooth texture, very different from typical lettuce. 5 – It’s a mixture of 2 types of lettuce including a purple radicchio. I try to “eat the rainbow” every day to get the greatest variety of nutrients in my diet. With this lettuce I have purple covered! Other than cabbage, this isn’t the easiest color to find in food. Radicchio is rich in Vitamin K and antioxidants, which are known to fight many cancers, increase bone density, and support heart and eye health (1.)
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Healthy Eating Tip: Eat “real” food! Most people today have little time to cook, leaving them more likely to choose non-nutritious, processed food because it’s quick and readily available. Many convenience foods such as sauces, salad dressings, crackers, cookies, breads, frozen meals, etc. that come in a box or jar “ready to eat” contain a list of processed, genetically modified ingredients, along with pesticides, chemicals, and preservatives, that are not actually “food” at all! Many of these ingredients are manufactured in a chemical company, and those that grew naturally have often been processed so far from what nature intended that they no longer contain the nutrients that our bodies need. Our digestive systems don’t even know how to integrate, digest, and properly eliminate many of these ingredients. Processed foods can harm the lining of our gut, cause inflammation in the body, strain the immune system, and incite processes which cause or perpetuate chronic illness. Eating “real food” means always stopping to ask yourself if what you’re about to buy or put into your mouth is actually “food” at all! With crockpot chicken you can have both health and convenience. Having delicious, cooked chicken available and waiting to be thrown into a quick meal greatly increases the chances of choosing nutritious options.
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Cooking chicken in the crockpot is the answer to convenient, delicious, healthy cooking. With just 5-10 minutes of effort there will be moist, flavorful chicken that's literally falling off the bone waiting for you a few hours later. Eat as is, or add it to soups, stews, wraps, salads, etc. Cooked crockpot chicken is always handy to have available.
- 1 organic, free-range chicken
- 2 tsp Himalayan sea salt
- 1 Tbsp ground mustard
- 3 Tbsp fresh lemon juice (1 large lemon)
- 1/4 tsp fresh ground pepper
- 1/2 cup purified water
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Wash chicken.
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Remove chicken skin. Organic chicken may be cooked with or without skin. I remove the skin because I use the chicken broth created during cooking as a base for delicious soups and stews. Removing the skin makes the remaining broth much lower in fat.
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Place chicken into crockpot. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and ground mustard. Add lemon juice to pot and 1/2 cup purified water.
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Cover crockpot and place on desired setting. Either set crockpot to low and cook for 8 hours or set to high and cook for 4 hours. Don't worry if your crockpot doesn't have a timer and you aren't home exactly at the time it's ready. The chicken can cook longer if needed. The longer it cooks, the more "fall off the bone" delicious it becomes!!
Notes: Try any seasoning combination that you like. It's hard to go wrong with crockpot chicken!
Disclaimer– In Crazy for Yuca I write about my own personal health and diet journey. My experience and recipes are not to be considered expert advice or suggestive that anyone follow any particular diet protocol. Each person’s body and medical issues are individual and need to be evaluated by a medical professional. If you have any concerns due to your specific diagnoses, please consult your doctor before eating yuca.
This looks super convenient, and seems like a good staple to keep in the fridge… when in need of a hearty snack or to add to a meal. Especially since I work full time I need recipes that are hands off and don’t take much to prepare.
That’s exactly how I eat it! It’s always great to know there is healthy chicken available in the fridge to toss into a salad, wrap or larger meal. I hope you like it!!