Chicken bean surprise

Crockpotted today. A random mashup of ingredients.

Chicken thighs. A leek. A can of cardoza beans. A few carrots. A large can of diced tomatoes. Garlic. Napa cabbage. Salt, rosemary, thyme, sage.

It's a little bland (not quite enough salt or herbs) but otherwise seems to be quite edible. At least it's got lots of fiber!

And it's a good thing I resisted the temptation to add water or broth to the pot, since when I got home, there was plenty of liquid in the concoction.

Pre-resolution use

This blog was triggered by this crockpot attempt. so I figured I may as well blog it.

Cock-A-Leekie soup.  Apparently, this means chicken + leeks in liquid. This was made on Monday night.

• A couple pounds of chicken thighs
  
  The chicken thighs I bought turned out to have not been deboned. Deboning chicken thighs was not entertaining. I did remove the skin as well, which wasn't bad. The chicken got cut up in pieces
• 2 leeks
  
  Washed and cut up fairly thin, it turns out that 2 leeks fill up the bottom third or so of the crockpot.
• 4 or 5 (relatively wimpy) carrots.
  
  More wouldn't be bad.
• Chicken broth
  
  I also used some beef broth to get the liquid to barely get to the top of the food. Could have used a little less, since things cooked down and there was extra liquid at the end.
• Salt
  
  More flavor would be better. I added the salt at the same time as the barley so as not to oversalt. Salt level was fine.
• Barley
  
  Lightly rinsed, then thrown in about 3 hours prior to end of cooking

Cooked on high for 2 hours, then low for about 6 or 7. Other than being a little bland, it tastes fine. Add lots of herbs and/or spices next attempt.