Ginger Chicken and Puerto Rican Beef

Puerto Rican Beef

This is really good. I may have blogged it before. 

From the Everyday Paleo cookbook, she also shares the recipe on her blog.

http://everydaypaleo.com/2010/09/22/puerto-rican-beef/

Since I am following excluding a few things this month, I made it without the peppers and onions and it still turned out really well. Those are little cubes of sweet potatoes. I am really addicted to my THRIVE sweet potatoes.  Like I have said before, we eat so little processed food that I am loving the handiness of these freeze dried sweet potatoes.  Previously I have made it with grated sweet potatoes and kale. I served it with a side of cucumbers sprinkled with Ume Plum vinegar.  I love that stuff. Really salty.

The beef makes for nice breakfast leftovers, especially if you add some eggs.

 Slow Cooker Ginger Chicken Legs 

Ginger chicken with carrots and sweet potatoes.  This is kind of a meal of ultimate laziness.  I used my THRIVE sweet potatoes and diced carrots. Those are also THRIVE blueberries on the plate.  Delicious!

I hesitate to call this a "recipe." Let's use this as a great example of "you can throw anything into a crockpot with chicken and it turns out just fine."  I used chicken legs because you can get really meaty organic ones for pretty cheap. I like organic chicken, I think it tastes better than regular chicken. I buy it when I can find it.

We will call this a "guide" not a recipe:
Spray the crockpot or rub with coconut oil/butter so it doesn't stick and is easy to clean up later.
Add 10 chicken legs (2 packages)
Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper, a little cinnamon and a little ground ginger.
Add diced sweet potatoes and diced carrots.
(Any other time, I would add onions and garlic to this)
Add some sliced fresh ginger, if you have it.
Add 1 cup of water or chicken stock. Some orange juice would be good with this, too.
Cook on low for 6 hours. 

I think this would be great with some broccoli or other green vegetables.