Braised Chicken Thighs

At the request of a few friends, I'm posting a recipe for slow cooker braised pork chops. I am listing the ingredients I used but I don't really measure much. I kinda eyeball it and then taste it to see if it needs adjustments, but I will do my best to give some kind of measurement. In the future I will try to add measurements but I try to keep things simple. This is actually my first time posting a recipe with some details, so it won't be perfect. If I do more maybe I'll add videos in the future. here it is:

6 Chicken thighs, seasons with salt and pepper
1 whole leek, chopped
2 1/2 yellow onions
5-6 garlic cloves
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon tumeric
1 sazon packet of your choice. I like using the one with color (achiote)
You can also use Adobo if you have it in place of that.
3 Roma Tomatoes (or which ever you prefer.)
1 tablespoons tomato paste
2 carrots
2 Cut up potatoes(I used red)
1 Sazon de Jamon packet.
1 cup broth of your choice. I used beef.
1 cup white or red wine.
Salt and pepper to taste
Avocado oil or other high heat oil
3 bay leaves
cilantro
Thyme

In a pan add oil and heat, Must be really hot in order to braise the thighs. Once the thighs are seasoned place in pan and braise each side for about 4-5 minutes. Should be pretty crispy looking.

As these are braising, cut up the veggies, reserving at least half of the onions and carrots and all of the garlic. These will be added to make the sauce. Add the rest of the veggies in the pot.

Remove the thighs once both sides are done. It won't be full cooked since it will be finished in the slow cooker. Place the chops on a plate to rest a bit then take the remaining onion, carrots to the pan to slightly cook them and get their flavor. Add garlic last since it can burn quickly. Reduce the heat to medium. Once the veggies are tender add the stock and wine. Add tomato paste, cumin, turmeric and thyme . I also thrown in some Sazon. Slowly reduce this to about half of what you started with.

Once done, arrange the thighs in the crock pot, add your sauce. You can add the bay leaves whole (these will be removed before serving!)

I usually set the slow cooker for 4 hours, although these will be fully cooked and fork tender at around 4 hours.

Serve with either rice, quinoa, potatoes or whatever your heart desires! This was served wit quinoa!

I hope you give it a try and add your own spin to it as well. Let me know how it turns out! I hope you enjoy! Take care, thanks for the request and taking the time to read my post! If you have any suggestions on how to improve my post or maybe something else you'd like to see, please let me know! God bless.

Braised Pork Chops

At the request of a few friends, I'm posting a recipe for slow cooker braised pork chops. I am listing the ingredients I used but I don't really measure much. I kinda eyeball it and then taste it to see if it needs adjustments, but I will do my best to give some kind of measurement. In the future I will try to add measurements but I try to keep things simple. This is actually my first time posting a recipe with some details, so it won't be perfect. If I do more maybe I'll add videos in the future. here it is:

4 pork chops, seasons with salt and pepper
1 whole leek, chopped
1 bell pepper
1 1/2 yellow onions
5-6 garlic cloves
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon tumeric
1 sazon packet of your choice. I like using the one with color (achiote)
You can also use Adobo if you have it in place of that.
2 Roma tomatoes
2 tablespoons tomato paste
2 carrots
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons Balsamic Vinegar
1 Dijon mustard tablespoon
1 cup broth of your choice. I used beef.
1 cup red wine.
Salt and pepper to taste
Avocado oil or other high heat oil
3 sprigs rosemary
3-4 bay leaves
cilantro

In a pan add oil and heat, Must be really hot in order to braise the chops. Once the chops are seasoned place in pan and braise each side for about 4-5 minutes. Should be pretty crispy looking.

As these are braising, cut up the veggies, reserving at least half of the onions, pepper and carrots. These will be added to make the sauce. Add the rest of the veggies in the pot.

Remove the chops once both sides are done. It won't be full cooked since it will be finished in the slow cooker. Place the chops on a plate to rest a bit then take the remaining onion, carrots and bell pepper and to the pan to slightly cook them and get their flavor. Add garlic last since it can burn quickly. Reduce the heat to medium. Once the veggies are tender add the stock and wine. Add tomato paste, cumin, turmeric, Worcestershire sauce and mustard. I also thrown in some Sazon. Slowly reduce this to about half of what you started with.

Once done, arrange the chops in the crock pot add your sauce. You can add the rosemary and bay leaves whole (these will be removed before serving!)

I usually set the slow cooker for 4 hours, although these will be fully cooked and fork tender at around 3-3 1/2 hours.

Serve with either rice, quinoa, potatoes or whatever your heart desires! I didn't take any after shots of this! Sorry!

I hope you give it a try and add your own spin to it as well. Let me know how it turns out! I hope you enjoy! Take care, thanks for the request and taking the time to read my post! If you have any suggestions on how to improve my post or maybe something else you'd like to see, please let me know! God bless.