7-28-10 West Texas Jerk Chicken

We are big fans of crock pot meals and this one is another easy one. Make sure you allow enough time…other than that, simple and quite tasty!!!

What you’ll need:

Four chicken breasts
Stubb’s Barbeque Sauce (Original)
Dale’s Steak Seasoning
Fresh black-eyed peas (straight from Mom’s garden…she shelled them for us…shizzle!!!!!!!)
Frozen crinkle-cut fries
Salad to suit (as previously mentioned, talk to Tami about the salad)
Hamburger buns (can substitute flour tortillas as a wrap…also good stuff!!!)
Barefoot Cabernet Sauvignon table wine

Trim all the fat and any skin off the chicken breasts first because it’s healthy and the skin/fat are nasty!!! Line crock pot with a Reynolds Slow Cooker Liner (these things are the bomb!!! no mess crock-pot clean up…smmaaarrrrtttt!!!!) Add 2 cups of water, 3 tablespoons of Dale’s Steak Seasoning , and add chicken breasts. Top chicken breasts with black pepper. Set crock pot to cook for 4 hours.

Take the baggie full of black-eyed peas that Mom has conveniently shelled and add to 5 quart Calphalon sauce pan. Add 4 cups of water and salt to taste. Cook for a very long time (at least two hours) on medium low heat. Add water as needed to keep them from drying up. In the last 30 minutes, taste frequently to make sure they are getting close (and because they are gonna be smelling REALLY good!!!!) Allow to simmer on low heat while everything else is wrapping up.

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place frozen crinkle-cut fries on cookie sheet and bake for 20 minutes. Go outside with dogs for about 10 minutes and Tami has magically created the salad upon your return. Check french-fries and open wine….drink a toast!!!

Remove the chicken breasts from the crock pot and place in large mixing bowl. Scoop about 1 cup of the broth from the crock pot and add to bowl. Pour in ½ cup of Stubb’s Barbeque Sauce and smash all this together for about 3 minutes (top off wine if needed) until chicken looks like this:

To serve, warm the buns in microwave for 20 seconds and top with jerk chicken. Top with more Stubb’s Barbeque Sauce (if you went to Texas Tech in my era, no description of Stubb’s Sauce is required). Serve black-eyed peas with slotted spoon. Crinkle-cut fries should be consumed with lots of ketchup. Add salad and dressing to taste.
Eat, drink, and enjoy!!!
BC