Baja Chicken Soup

This is one of our favorite soup recipes.  Its similar to a chicken tortilla soup. 

Baja Chicken Soup

Recipe by La Crème de la Crumb

Ingredients

6 cups chicken stock

1 large anaheim pepper, seeded and diced

¾ cup white onion, diced

juice of 1 lime (about 1½-2 tablespoons)

5 teaspoons minced garlic

1 tablespoon chili powder

½ teaspoon cayenne pepper

½ teaspoon cumin

1 large boneless, skinless chicken breast

1 can black beans, drained and rinsed

1 can (or 1½ cups frozen) sweet corn

2 medium avocados, diced or chopped into 1 inch pieces

1 large roma tomato, diced

½ cup cilantro leaves, roughly chopped

Instructions

Add chicken stock, anaheim pepper, onion, lime juice, minced garlic, chili powder, cayenne pepper, and cumin to slow cooker and give it a stir to combine all ingredients. Place chicken in the broth and cook on low 6-8 hours.

Minutes before serving, remove chicken breast from slow cooker and place in a bowl. Shred chicken with two forks. Return shredded chicken to slow cooker. Add black beans, corn, avocado, and tomatoes to slow cooker and stir to combine. Let cook 30 minutes more. Serve hot and top with cilantro.

Oven Fried Bacon

Once you try this method of cooking bacon, you may never fry another pan of bacon again.  This is the only way I cook bacon now.  The trick is figuring out how long it takes in your oven for your desired crispiness.  It takes 20 minutes for my oven.  Also, you don’t have to cook 12 slices.  Cook as few or as many as you like.

Oven Fried Bacon

recipe from Brown Eyed Baker

Ingredients:

12 slices bacon

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a half sheet pan with aluminum foil.

2. Lay bacon slices in a single layer without overlapping on the foil and bake for 20 to 30 minutes, or until desired degree of doneness. Using kitchen tongs, remove bacon from pan and place on paper towel-lined plate to drain

 

If you want to step you bacon up a notch, you should considering making Pine Cove Trail Ride Bacon.  It’s divine.

Pine Cove Trail Ride Bacon

Recipe by Amanda Jane Brown

Ingredients:

1 pkg bacon

Syrup

Directions:

Preheat oven to 225 degrees.

Cook bacon in the oven as described above.

Line a 9 x 13 glass baking dish with one layer of bacon.  Then drizzle syrup along each piece of bacon and repeat the layers (bacon and syrup) until all the bacon is in the dish.

Place uncovered dish into oven and bake uncovered for about 20 minutes.

Enjoy!