Crock Pots and Chicken Breast (rant)

[SheilaAnn]

So I’m perusing the Pinterest…. Somehow my feed starts showing crock pot (slow cooker) pins. Why in the world would anyone put a b/s chicken breast in a slow cooker for several hours? Do they truly hate moist chicken? In the time it takes to lug out the slow cooker, prep everything and then set it/forget it…. You can cook off the chicken (especially if you sliced it up first). One pin showed the chicken breast went in and then pulled out, shredded and put back for goodness knows how long. I just don’t get it. Those cooks probably like ketchup on hot dogs and scrambled eggs. 🤪🤪🤪

someone please help me off my soap box…. (Hand daintily extended)

[Jerod Broussard]

With enough juice in the mix nothing is really dry. A good gumbo with chicken breasts that are easily shredded is purdy darn good.

[SheilaAnn]

Yeah, but are you making gumbo in a slow cooker? What I’m talking about is the 6-8 hours cook time. Would you put a pork tenderloin (super lean protein) in a slow cooker for 6-8 hours?

[Steve B]

I do just that when making chicken enchiladas. Put the chicken breast’s in my slow cooker with enchilada sauce and let it run for 6hrs on low. Than shred it. Turns out great every time.
If you have a better way please enlighten me. I’m more than willing to try a different method.

And just to be clear, if I had a hotdog in my hand and someone handed me a bottle of ketchup I would probably swat them upside the head. 😁😂😂
Plus ketchup on eggs. 🤢🤮

[klflowers]

So now you guys are threatening me? I had ketchup on a hot dog last night. This place has gotten pretty violent since the last mod was appointed. SheilaAnn

[Steve B]

klflowers Got that right Kev. since her inception things have been running wild. 😂

[SheilaAnn]

klflowers Steve B 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 🌭

[acorgihouse]

maybe making baby food?

[realdocBBQ]

I like ketchup on hot dogs and on scrambled eggs...

[jfmorris]

As a child, I also put ketchup on literally everything. As I grew, I moved to Tabasco as it was the only hot sauce in the house growing up. On the eggs, on everything.

I can honestly say I've not had ketchup on eggs in 40-something years or more! . But I still use the hot sauce. Or chili crisp!

I stopped using ketchup on hot dogs maybe 10 years ago, probably because the hot dog snobs on the Internet told me to...

[Elton's BBQ]

I'm also a ketchupman... on sausages... on just about everything.. lol

[klflowers]

Me too. At least on hot dogs

[Uncle Bob]

But it's on the interwebs................it must be right.............

[dpearce]

We used to use the pot of crockery for a number of things, including shredded chicken. It's was more for the convenience than anything else. Put it on in the morning and slop it onto a plate at dinner time. Since getting further into BBQ and smoked meats, I don't use it much, but the wife tends to from time to time.

Our trouble is, since all the kids are out of high school, they rarely stick around for dinner these days, so cooking a crockpot dinner doesn't really work out for us. Way too much leftover. One thing we do continue to use it for is shredded chicken buffalo dip, which we get requests to bring that to parties.

Which reminds me, next time I'll try doing that on the smoker...

[dpearce]

So I’m perusing the Pinterest…. Somehow my feed starts showing crock pot (slow cooker) pins. Why in the world would anyone put a b/s chicken breast in a slow cooker for several hours? Do they truly hate moist chicken? In the time it takes to lug out the slow cooker, prep everything and then set it/forget it…. You can cook off the chicken (especially if you sliced it up first). One pin showed the chicken breast went in and then pulled out, shredded and put back for goodness knows how long. I just don’t get it. Those cooks probably like ketchup on hot dogs and scrambled eggs. 🤪🤪🤪

someone please help me off my soap box…. (Hand daintily extended)

We always cook the chicken separate, then pulled or shredded it, loaded into the crockpot with all the rest of the slop. Seems to be moist enough that way. Now that my wife is finally using the Signals and Thermopen, it comes out of the oven done just right.

[smokenoob]

Ah, just when eggs are getting scarce you post a great idea……..

[jfmorris]

My youngest daughter does this literally ALL THE TIME. I.e. boneless skinless chicken breasts in a crock pot aka slow cooker. Why? For starters, she has a 2 year old and 4 year old, and is 4 1/2 months pregnant now with #3. It's an easy way to cook for her. I would guess she cooks more in that crockpot than on the stove. Second reason - her picky husband won't eat beef or pork - just chicken.

When that son in law first came into the family, I would take pity on him and throw some chicken on the grill alongside whatever I was making everyone else. Then I decided my SIL was a big baby, and I would stop babying him like his parents apparently did when he was growing up (I know the rest of his family eats seafood, beef, pork, etc). When we have family get togethers, he eats what everyone else eats, protein wise, or he can just nibble on some salad.

[JoeSousa]

We do buffalo chicken for sandwiches in the crock pot but also throw in multiple sticks of butter so when we shred the chicken there is plenty of fat in there to moisten things up. Other than that I can't really think of anything else we really cook in the crockpot.

[realdocBBQ]

Mississippi pot roast!

[JoeSousa]

realdocBBQ Maybe i have done that in the crockpot??? I usually smoke the chuck a bit and then finish in a Dutch oven in the oven.

[fzxdoc]

I have both of America's Test Kitchen Slow Cooker Revolution cookbooks. They cook bone-in, skin on chicken breasts 3-4 hours on Low to maintain their moisture, and, for soups and stews, shred the chicken when done, discarding the skin and bones.

Kathryn

[HawkerXP]

Ketchup on scrambled is fine by me.

[58limited]

Never been a huge mustard fan, I use it but a bottle will last a long time. I like ketchup on hotdogs, grew up eating them that way. I prefer catsup but can't find it anymore.

[Panhead John]

You can’t find catsup anymore? Just exactly where do you live? 🥸

[klflowers]

It must be outlawed in TX. Just like chili with beans

[STEbbq]

I eat hot dogs and scrambled eggs with ketchup and without ketchup depending on my mood. So I am safe from the pitchforks?

[Draznnl]

I think that depends on the mood of the pitchforkers.

[klflowers]

The violence around here lately is shocking