Delicious Dish Tuesday... Crock Pot Beer Can Chicken

It's been a couple weeks since I have participated in  a Delicious Dish Tuesday link up, so I figured it was high time I post another recipe on here.  Delicious Dish Tuesday is a weekly link up hosted by Mary at Eat, Drink & Be Mary, Alesha at Full Time Mama, and Amanda at Coping with Frugality.  I have found so many fantastic recipes through this link up, and have even had the honor of being the featured recipe twice!!

Everyone knows I am pretty much obsessed with crock pot recipes... Crock Pot BBQ Chicken, Stouted Pork & Kraut, Firey Chile Beef, and Smothered Beef Patties... just to name a few of the ones I have posted in the past.  Today I am going to share with you yet another quick and easy crock pot recipe.  This is a go-to recipe in our house when I need something that I can make when I have to work and want to cook for the hubby.  The crock pot beer can chicken takes pretty much 5 minutes to throw together and after some hours in the crock pot you have a delicious home cooked meal!

Crock Pot Beer Can Chicken

Ingredients:
2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1 can beer (I used Guiness this past time... but have used a ton of different beers in the past)
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 Tbsp. dried oregano
1/2 tsp. black pepper

Directions:
1. Spray your crock pot with non-stick cooking spray
2. Place all ingredients in the crock pot (I even throw the chicken in frozen!)

3. Cook on  high for 4-5 hours.
4. Enjoy!!

Do you have any quick and easy crock pot recipes?

Delicious Dish Tuesday... Smothered Beef Patties

It's been a few weeks since I have participated in  a Delicious Dish Tuesday link up, so I figured it was high time I post another recipe on here.  Delicious Dish Tuesday is a weekly link up hosted by Mary at Eat, Drink & Be Mary, Alesha at Full Time Mama, and Amanda at Coping with Frugality.  I have found so many fantastic recipes through this link up, and have even had the honor of being the featured recipe twice!!

A few weeks ago I decided it was high time to break out the crock pot again and try a new recipe.  I think I did it because the husband said that I hadn't cooked for him in a while (it was probably the truth as my schedule has been crazy recently), and I knew I wanted to find a new recipe to make using the crock pot.  For those of you who don't know, I LOVE crock pot cooking.  I love that I can throw stuff in the crock pot in the morning and then by dinner time we have a nice home cooked meal.  Crock pot meals usually don't take a ton of prep time, which also means I don't have to spend hours in the kitchen slaving over a hot stove in order to put a hot meal on the table.  That is definitely a win, win in my book!  So without further ado, here is a crock pot recipe for Smothered Beef Patties!

Smothered Beef Patties
(adapted from the Slow Cooker Cookbook)

Ingredients:
Worcestershire Sauce
Garlic Powder
Salt
Black Pepper
Red Pepper Flakes
Cayenne Pepper
1 can Mexican-style Diced Tomatoes with Chilies, undrained
8 Frozen Beef Patties, unthawed
1 Onion, cut into 8 slices

Directions:
1. Spray crock pot with cooking spray.
2. Sprinkle bottom of crock pot with Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, and cayenne pepper (do this to taste); then add 2 Tbsp of the diced tomato mixture.

3. Place 4 frozen beef patties on the seasonings.

4. Place onion slice on top of each patty

5. Repeat steps 2-4 until all beef patties are used up

6. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
7. Enjoy!

Do you have any favorite crock pot recipes?