This lazy CHICKEN RECIPE makes fall-off-the-bone drumsticks + the mashed potatoes hack I love!

today I'm being lazy but that's not going to stop me from making one of the best slow cooker fallof the bone chicken dinners with creamy mashed potatoes I use a mashed potato hack and roasted asparagus look at this the perfect bite for a lazy day so good here we go to start I'm working with thaw rins chicken drumsticks or chicken legs and they're going into a 6q crock pot and I want to show you my lighting setup I'm using the grow light from my little dwarf Citrus plant that I had to bring inors so you know it's a dual purpose light okay so I'm going to season with some Montreal chicken seasoning here I also have some onion powder salt-free lemon pepper I'm just going to add the rest of that bottle into two tablespoons of allpurpose flour and I'm also going to be using some original allpurpose blend it's like a season all salt here's garlic powder and smoked paprika season your chicken how you like eyeball it I do I'm also going to be adding chicken Boolean powder into the mix so I'm just going to combine all of these and this is what I'm seasoning the chicken with so here I'm just going to shake on part of it I have my hand gloved because I kind of want to mix it in you probably could do this in a bowl to make life easier but you know I like to make things hard on myself okay so just gonna sort of coat the chicken as best as I can give that a mix and then I'm just going to shake in the rest actually I'm going to remove this glove carefully kind of put it inside out there we go and now I'm going to shake on the rest of the seasonings season how you like you actually do not have to use any of these seasonings you can use any rub or seasonings you prefer this is just an easy recipe for slow cooker drumsticks it's so simple cover with a lid and I'm going to set this on high and let it cook until the meat is cooked through and tender it's going to take minimum like 3 hours cook time always varies so I'm sort of procrastinating today it is lazy day I still have to take the Christmas tree down and take these festive plants down from the window sill I still have a Happy New Year's hat just sitting there and you know all the while my slow cooker crockpot dinner is just cooking away so I'm going to procrastinate some more and I'm I'm going to watch this movie I don't know I'm just lazy today sometimes a home-cooked meal in the slow cooker being lazy is Right Where It's At for me okay back to the cooking so I'm going to make these Boron mashed potatoes it's really just this Bor and cheese with mashed potatoes so I'm going to peel these you could use gold potatoes I like russet I find that rusted potatoes when you're mashing potatoes just gives a creamier velvetier texture on a side note I am not a professional chef or cook so if you disagree that the Rusted potato is a superior potato in mashed potatoes I probably would say you are correct you might know more than me this is just what I prefer and it's usually budget friendly at my local grocery store okay so I'm going to rinse these potatoes really well I'm using definitely over a pound and a half of rusted potatoes maybe 2 lbs and I'm just going to chop these into chunks place them in my pot and I'm going to cover this with maybe like a/ thir to 1 half in of water over the potatoes now I'm going to add 1 tbsp of chicken bullion powder you could add maybe like a teaspoon or so of salt if you don't want to add that I like this right into the water and then cover with a lid bring to a boil let it simmer until fork tender now I am going to make roasted asparagus here's another little cheffy tip just break one and and wherever it breaks that's where you want to cut and I don't remember where I saw that I'm pretty sure I saw it when I was younger on a cooking show I used to love watching cooking shows on PBS okay so I'm going to clean all of the asparagus and by separating it from the rubber bands and doing this you know you get to weed out things that you don't want to eat like this and I'm just going to continue rinsing making sure there's no debris I'll probably rinse it once or twice but yeah you definitely want to do this actually this is asparagus is really thin I noticed that in my local grocery store but you know it is what it is so I'm going in with some avocado oil and I'm going to season with mccormix lemon pepper that's it so really simple like I always say season things how you like if all you have is salt and pepper in your pantry you know do that that works you know I understand that people when they are cooking they don't have this like extensive plentiful Bountiful pantries to work with I get it so salt and pepper works okay so let's just spread this into uh a single layer on a baking sheet with parchment paper and I'm going to roast these at around 425 for maybe 10 minutes or so it's not going to take long cuz these are really thin okay crockpot chicken is basically done this took 3 and 1/2 hours on high it also depends if your chicken is going in cold if it's super cold it will definitely take a longer time to cook through but this is falling apart and I want this morsel for myself and it's quality control it's so good okay so my mashed potatoes should be done I'm using a chopstick fork tender Works no resistance on the Chopsticks so these are cooked through and tender I'm going to strain out all the boiling liquid but I will leave around half2 cup in the pot for flavor I'm going to unwrap this bouron cheese and just put it right into the potatoes honestly this idea is on their website I remember remember this was like a mashed potato hack not too long ago I'm adding hot milk I put the milk into the microwave that just helps to keep things warm as you're mashing these and just combine everything together with the milk the Bor and cheese you can add salt and pepper to taste and those are the mashed potatoes I don't know they are really good and adding the chicken booon powder to The Boiling liquid really does add great flavor I know people like to boil potatoes in chicken stock or chicken broth that also works by the way if you are new here welcome to my channel simply Mama Cooks where you can find easy recipes subpar recipe video edits and personal stories you didn't ask for welcome okay mashed potatoes done so my asparagus is done at this point it did not take very long at a 400 25° F oven simply seasoned with a lemon pepper seasoning that that's it these are done so asparagus delicious mashed potatoes are creamy and flavorful and these are tender fall off thee bone chicken drumsticks okay so I'm going to Plate dinner because everyone is hungry and I can't wait to dig in to this comforting cozy Meal look at this and check this out the sauce at the bottom of the slow cooker thickened because of the all-purpose flour and the seasoning that I kind of shook onto the chicken okay going right over because it's so flavorful and this is dinner very simple very easy I'm going to keep this in rotation because it's so so good so I hope you enjoyed this video and enjoyed how I procrastinated today because you know what dinner's ready and the tree is still up and that New Year's hat just it's just going to be there I hope you give this recipe a try I hope you like it and thanks for watching all

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Length: 8min 15sec (495 seconds)

Published: Sun Jan 07 2024