Pesto Crock Pot Chicken

So this is my first post about food that I have made from Pinterest. I have always enjoyed making food from pinterest and trying out new items from them. I decided to try a crock pot meal for my first entry. The entry is pesto chicken in a crockpot. The original recipe comes from http://picky-palate.com/2012/09/20/pesto-ranch-crock-pot-chicken-thighs/.
The Recipe calls for :
Chicken (frozen or thawed out, I used frozen)
Basil Pesto
Ranch dry mix
Chicken Broth
Pam( I added this to spray on the inside)


I put this recipe together with in 5-10 min. and let it sit in the crock pot on high for about 5 hours for extra tender chicken. The original recipe states to cook it on high for 3-4 hours or 6-8 on low. I do not know about you but I always have to cook it on high because I never know what I want to make for dinner that early enough in the morning to put this in the crock pot. I also made a salad as well as roasted oven potatoes by http://www.marthastewart.com/332662/roasted-red-potatoes
Recipe :
1 1/2 pounds baby red potatoes, quartered
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh rosemary
Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper

At 425 for 30 min. (I added some lemon juice on top and cooked for another 10 min. This gave it a little extra kick of flavor.)

In the end after making these two recipes from my Pinterest board I would make this again. The only thing I would change would be in the pesto chicken recipe. I would not add any chicken broth because of the fact that when you make any type of chicken in the crock pot it lets off chicken juice which adds more watery type liquid. When we ate the food it became super liquidy and it dripped all over the plate. I personally do not like that but it wasn't to bad. Now with the potatoes besides adding a little extra cooking time and lemon juice I loved them! They were nice and soft and cooked to perfection. To find these recipes go to my Pinterest and follow my boards. Copy the links above to find the original recipe as well as the original directions.

Jesse

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