Crockpot Beer Chicken

First of all, I apologize for the break in blog posts again. I will be making up for it by posting quite a few blogs of things that I have done in the past couple of weeks.

Second, I apologize for no pictures. I literally keep thinking about taking pictures after we have already ate the meal and I don’t think that looking at an empty plate is going to help you all out too much. J

I was browsing Pinterest one day for crockpot meals and came across this recipe, which I instantly knew I needed to try.

I am going to preface this by saying that I only like certain beers and right now there is no drinking of beer going on for me due to pregnancy. While I was home on vacation, though, my husband went to a beer tasting on base and came home with a different beer that I had never heard of. He has had a couple since then, but there have been two bottles sitting on the counter starting me in the face since I returned and this was one way of getting rid of at least one of those bottles.

Normally, I would make beer biscuits with an extra bottle or can of beer, but since my oven doesn’t bake that just isn’t possible so this recipe became a good solution to that.

Here is the link to the original recipe: http://www.mydailydish.com/2010/01/beer-crockpot-chicken.html

There is not really much to this recipe so feel free to use the other blog post if you must, but most things are exactly the same on this post as well.

Crockpot Beer Chicken

Ingredients:
1 Bottle or Can of any kind of Beer
2 chicken breasts
Garlic Powder
Italian Seasoning
Black Pepper
Salt

You will see that I do not put measurements of spices on my recipes and that is because I don’t measure. Feel free to sprinkle on as much or as a little seasoning as you like.

NOTE: According to the original blog, you can use whatever spices you would like and I have to agree that I thought about using different spices as well.

Directions:
1. Put all ingredients into crockpot.
2. Cover crockpot and cook chicken. (If chicken is frozen, cook on high for 4-5 hours or on low for 8-10 hours. If chicken is fresh, cook on high for 3-4 hours or on low for 7-8 hours)
3. Enjoy.

What did I think of this recipe?

This is a very easy recipe. Literally, there is nothing to it.

This is also a great way to use up a bottle or a can of beer if you do not have any use for it or if it is starting to go bad. (Yes, beer can go bad if it sits for too long.)

The whole house will smell like beer. I feel like you deserve that as a warning.

The chicken came out tasting like seasoned chicken. I did not get much of the beer taste in the chicken, which I was very glad for. I think that you could use this recipe to cook a whole chicken and have leftovers that you can use for different recipes throughout the week.

I will definitely keep this recipe around although I do not think that I will go out of my way to make this recipe again. My husband and I both really enjoyed the chicken, but this wasn’t one of those recipes that you just know you have to make again.