Crock Pot Chicken Posole Stew

As I decompress after a whirlwind week in Disney World, enjoy this delicious looking recipe and guest post from Amy who blogs at Simply Sugar & Gluten-Free. Tomorrow I plan to start a short series on Disney dining. I’m also hoping to get back in the kitchen to whip up some more recipes!

Hi!  I’m Amy Green, author of Simply Sugar & Gluten-Free, a blog dedicated to fabulous food made a little healthier.  I struggled with my weight my entire life, and after eliminating refined sugars and gluten from my diet I’ve been able to maintain a 60+ pound weight loss for the past six years. I believe that there is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to food and that everyone has to figure out what works best for them.  Much of what I cook, including this Posole, is naturally sugar-free and gluten-free, so my blog contains many recipes that will work for anyone.

There are many things I love about this recipe – most of all I love that it takes about 15 minutes to put together.  It’s budget-friendly, and when my husband comes home from a long day at work he’s thrilled with the wonderful aroma in the house.  He’s even excited to eat the leftovers.

Posole is a Mexican stew, originally made with pork.  You can make Posole a million different ways but the one constant ingredient is hominy, which is just dried corn that has been soaked until the hull can be removed.  Hominy gives the stew a rich corn tortilla flavor and makes it satisfying.  Hominy is either white or yellow and can usually be found in the canned vegetable section of your grocery store.  I paid $0.75 a can.

Sometimes chicken breast meat cooked in the CrockPot can get a little dry. A favorite trick of mine whenever I cook any meat is to salt it with about ½ teaspoon of kosher salt several hours before cooking – or even overnight.  This helps the meat stay really nice and moist.  Don’t worry about the meat being too salty.  That won’t happen. I like to use bone-in chicken breasts because they add more flavor to the broth.  Boneless, skinless chicken breasts work well, too.

I hope you like this recipe as much as we do.