Jolean's Crock Pot Spanish Chicken
"This is a recipe that my Mom always made for us in the 70's, which I found in her original 1970 Crock Pot Recipe Booklet (with the page "dog-eared" and check-marked), and over the years has been tweaked just a bit for our own tastes...Super easy, and since I've been married (and divorced) twice now, I can honestly tell you that it is a "Man-Pleaser" as well as a kid-friendly recipe. I make this at least a couple of times every month, and they always ask me when I'm going to make it again! Really tasty, and easy too, since you dump everything in the crock pot in the morning and when you all come home from work or school, the house smells amazing!!!"
photo by DeliciousAsItLooks
- Ready In:
- 8hrs 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
- 3⁄4 cup beer, Budweiser is my choice
- 1 (6 ounce) jar Spanish olives with pimento (with liquid)
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
- salt & pepper
- 1 (16 ounce) bag wide egg noodles, cooked according to pkg. directions, drained and buttered VERY WELL
directions
- Wash chicken breasts, drain, and season on both sides with salt, pepper, paprika and garlic powder.
- Place seasoned chicken breasts in crock pot.
- Mix tomato paste and beer together and pour evenly over chicken breasts.
- Add olives with liquid.
- Cover and cook on low for 7-9 hours.
- Serve each chicken breast over a small mound of prepared noodles, and dish sauce (with olives) over each serving. YUM!
- NOTE: You can also substitute 3/4 cup (6 oz.) chicken stock instead of beer. Makes it a bit more savory and seems to be more tasty for kids that way -- .
Questions & Replies
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I dont have a crockpot. How can I do this on the stove?
Reviews
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This has been a favorite recipe of mine for decades. I still have my (falling apart) original Rival cook booklet from my very first Crockpot. I serve it over yellow rice and just love it!
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This was an interesting dish. Very easy to make and very flavorful. I skipped the salt because of the olive brine and it was still salty enough. Not sure I will make it again, but it was nice to try. -
I made this as directed with Red Killians. I have never tasted anything like it before. It was good. I didn't think it was too salty. I probably won't make it again, but I can't say anything bad about it either. -
My mother's favorite crockpot recipe. I really dislike olives but I love this. It is heavy on the sodium because of the olive brine so I don't salt the chicken. I use chicken thighs, the bones add flavor but if I use it for entertaining I use boneless. I pepper, paprika and lightly garlic powder the chicken then brown it in a pan. Then I combine a bottle of beer, the tomato paste and the liquid from a 7 oz jar of spanish olives in the pan I used for browning. This is a lot of liquid so I simmer it for a while to reduce it and concentrate the flavors. I add it to the chicken in the crockpot then pour in the olives and poke them under the sauce and let it cook on high for an hour then reduce to low for the rest of the day. Served with naked egg noodles so the noodles soak up the sauce. -
I can't believe that I have not reviewed this recipe. It is tangy and flavorful with moist, juicy chicken. DH and I love olives so this is a winner. The recipe is also great over buttered gnocchi. Thanks for posting one of our favorite recipes, Stacky5.
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Tweaks
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Great recipe! I love Spanish chicken and this is a great crockpot recipe. As Michelle said, if you don't like olive, this isn't for you. The green olives are the key ingredient in this recipe. I wasn't able to use a crockpot when cooking it this time. I had no large crockpot, due to Hurricane Ike. I prepared it in a large skillet on the stovetop and used chicken broth instead of beer. I drained the juice from the olives and used extra chicken broth to make up the difference in the liquid amount. I also used boneless chicken breast tenders instead of the whole boneless breasts and substituted rotini for the egg noodles. The sauce was delicious. I'm thinking of doubling it next time I make the recipe because we wished there had been a little more to put on the pasta. -
This chicken is so tasty! My husband says it's the best chicken dish I make. I did some of these alterations: I used a whole chicken instead of breasts, I use adobo and paprika minus the salt (past reviewers said this recipe tends to be salty), and I add onions and garlic to the crock pot. Once the chicken was done, I threw fresh cilantro on top of the sauce and serve with rice. Yummy!
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Editor's Note: Sadly Stacky5 passed away on Monday, October 20, 2008.
Hi! My name is Stacy, and I'm a single Mom who works full-time with 4 kids ranging from ages 9 to 21, a brand new granddaughter named Faith, and a cat named Pubert (we call him Pube) who is also my kid... That's his photo as my icon. Oh, and a new kitten that the kids named "KeeKee" but who I call Little Kitteh. I love them with all my heart! Even though I don't have my parents anymore, their presence is always felt and their love has resonated in my life, even after all this time. You'll find a lot of my posted recipes that refer to "Jolean" --- and that's my Mom. :) I sure do miss her...
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