Alterations:
- Didn't add any brown sugar. I figured between me not liking things to be sweet (unless we're talking about a dessert) and the bbq sauce having sugar as a fairly prominent ingredient, there was really no need for the additional sweetness.
- Didn't measure anything. Went entirely by feel.
- Our chicken wasn't frozen.
- Accidentally cooked for 12 hours on low instead of 6 hours on low. This did lead to a few dried out areas (where the sauce no longer covered the chicken), but otherwise everything seemed okay.
- Note to self: No more crock pot cooking on days that are double booked.
Reactions:
- My husband, who dealt with the 12 hour chicken while I was wrapping up work things, immediately said it was amazing. He tried multiple times to get me to eat a bite right away, saying how good it was and that I'd really enjoy it. I was too tired.
- After a day of hanging out in the fridge, it reheated well and was still good. In fact, I think my husband is eating the left overs cold right now (three days after cooking). So, that's a pretty big winner over here.
- I'm not really sure the Italian dressing added much of anything to the overall flavor... But maybe I'd miss it if I hadn't included it.
- Oh, and it was plenty sweet without the brown sugar. Almost too sweet for my taste. We used Famous Dave's Texas Pit sauce, it's about the only bbq sauce I can stand.
I'm exhausted. Between the 'I'm tired of snow but we need the moisture' and the 'I'm tired of working so many hours but I need the money,' April has been a difficult month and May looks to be more of the same. What is it about April that makes it such a hard month? I guess I ought to snuggle up with one of the April/May quilts and try to find the good points again.
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