Fennel Black IPA Pulled Chicken: Slow Cooker Tuesday

Pulled chicken with Potatoes and Brussels sprouts

Tuesday is Urvi's and my crock pot night.  This week I tried something a little different.  Based on the beer can chicken.

Fennel Black IPA Pulled Chicken is a new favorite that will be added to the rotation.

Crock Pot Chicken
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breats
- 3 tbsp roasted fennel seed
- tbsp salt
- tbsp pepper
- 1/2 cup homemade veggie broth
- 12 oz can of Back in Black Black IPA
- 2 tbsp olive oil

1. put the chicken in the slow cooker on low
2. add oil and spices
3. stir around until chicken is coated
4. add broth and beer
5. slow cook on low for 6 hours

Hefeweizen Gravy
Based on my hefe/witte gravy I do for Carbonades.  I wanted it to be earthier to match the fennel so I used buckwheat flour.

- 3 tbsp butter
- 3 tbsp buckwheat flour
- tbsp salt
- tbsp pepper
- bottle of Konig Ludwig Weiss

1. melt butter and flour on medium
2. add salt and pepper
3. turn down to low
4. mix in half a bottle of beer stirring until gravy
5. drink other half of bottle

Jerk Steak and Mango Salsa

Jerk Steak on a bed of Mango Salsa -
served with roasted potatoes in a curry-cheese sauce

Dating back a number of years I have a dish I call Caribbean Chicken.  Well, in our meat farm share, Urvi and I got a nice 3/4 lb cut of a marbled chuck steak.  Chuck is one of my favorites to marinade and I figured Caribbean Steak would be in order.  Unfortunately, I couldn't find guava juice - the main ingredient of the Caribbean marinade.  So I went with a New Englander's winter version of a jerk marinade.

Jerk Rub
- Jamaican Yellow Curry Powder
- Garlic Powder
- Allspice
- Ground Cloves
- Black pepper
- Celery Salt

Marinade
-  1/2 red onion -chopped
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 cup of apple cider
- habenero sauce

Slice the steak in half
dredge in mixed rub
drop into marinade
marinade for 24 hours

Mango Tomato Salsa

1/2 red onion - chopped
1/2 mango - chopped
3 tomatoes - chopped
1 pkg of orange Badia sazon
1 Tbsp red wine vinegar
sauce

mix together
let sit for 1 to 24 hours