Crockpot Mississippi chicken
Five ingredients in the slow cooker turn into buttery, tangy shredded chicken with a gentle kick from pepperoncini.
- 320 min total
- 15 min hands-on
- Anyone can make this
- Serves 6
- About $2.28 a serving
- 590 calories
- Good the next day
- Gluten-free
Dolly says: Make the full amount. It’s just as good for lunch the next day.
Ingredients
For 6 servings.
- 3 lb boneless chicken thighs
- 1 package ranch seasoning mix
- 8 pepperoncini, plus ¼ cup brine from the jar
- ¼ cup butter
- 2 cups long-grain white rice
From your pantry
- 3 cups water
- ½ tsp salt
Each serving has about 590 calories, 50 g protein, 53 g carbs and 18 g fat, and costs about $2.28 at typical US grocery prices. Both are estimates from what the recipe uses.
Missing something?
- No boneless chicken thighs? Chicken breasts or chicken tenderloins work.
- No butter? Ghee works.
- No long-grain white rice? Jasmine rice or basmati rice works.
Steps
Tap an underlined word for a quick explanation.
Lay the chicken in the slow cooker and sprinkle the ranch seasoning over the top.
Food safety: Wash your hands, the board and the knife with hot soapy water after touching raw meat, and don’t rinse raw chicken in the sink.
Tuck the pepperoncini around the chicken, pour in the brine, and set the butter on top in pieces.
Dolly’s tip: No other liquid. The chicken makes plenty of its own juice.Cover and cook on LOW for 5 hours, until the chicken shreds easily.
Timer: 300 min
Food safety: Chicken and turkey are done at 165°F in the thickest part. A thermometer is the only sure check. Without one, cut into the thickest piece: it should be white all the way through, with no pink.
About 30 minutes before it’s done, the rice and bring it in a medium with the water and salt.
Rinse. Rinsing means running cold water over rice or canned beans in a strainer while you swish them around. It washes off loose starch and can liquid, so rice cooks up fluffy and beans taste clean.
How you’ll know: The water running out goes from cloudy to mostly clear; it doesn’t have to be perfect.
Bring to a boil. It means heating a liquid on high until it’s fully boiling before you move on. A lid on the pot gets it there faster, which makes it a good moment to chop something.
How you’ll know: Big bubbles break all over the surface, and they keep coming when you lift the lid.
Saucepan. A saucepan is a pot with tall, straight sides and one long handle. It’s for things that need depth, like rice, sauces or a few boiled eggs.
How you’ll know: The food fills it about halfway, leaving room to bubble without spilling over.
High heat
once, cover, turn the heat to low and cook 18 minutes. Take it off the heat and keep the lid on.
Stir. Stirring means moving food around with a spoon or spatula so it cooks evenly and doesn’t stick. Unless the recipe says constantly, every so often is plenty, and it gives food time to brown.
How you’ll know: When you drag the spoon across the bottom, nothing is sticking or scorching.
Low heatTimer: 18 min
the chicken in the pot with two forks and it into the buttery juices.
Shred. Shredding means making thin strips, either on the big holes of a grater or by pulling cooked meat apart with two forks. Shreds soak up sauce and mix evenly through a dish.
How you’ll know: Cooked chicken pulls apart into strands with little effort, and cheese comes off in long, loose strips.
Stir. Stirring means moving food around with a spoon or spatula so it cooks evenly and doesn’t stick. Unless the recipe says constantly, every so often is plenty, and it gives food time to brown.
How you’ll know: When you drag the spoon across the bottom, nothing is sticking or scorching.
Spoon the chicken and plenty of juice over the rice, with a few pepperoncini on top.
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