Crock Oatmeal with Chicken and Gravy

today I am sharing with you another delicious crop oatmeal.

This one is super simple, it’s chicken and gravy, it is one of my family’s favorites, it’s super comforting and it’s really easy to put together, so let’s jump in.

Why You’ll Love This

This one is super simple, it’s chicken and gravy, it is one of my family’s favorites, it’s super comforting and it’s really easy to put together.

So easy, it takes less than 10 minutes to put together.

It cooks down and it all combines into this beautiful gravy.

This is an awesome meal to make for company, or if you have family over.

It is definitely comfort food.

People will think that you slaved all day, when in reality, it took less than 30 minutes of preparing mashed potatoes and squash, and letting your crockpot do the rest.

Ingredients

For the Chicken and Gravy

• one can cream of chicken soup
• black pepper
• poultry seasoning
• garlic powder
• two packets of chicken gravy mix
• two cups of water
• two to three chicken breasts

For the Mashed Potatoes

• potatoes
• half a stick of unsalted butter
• about a quarter of a cup of heavy whipping cream or milk
• garlic powder
• a generous pinch of kosher salt
• a little bit of black pepper

For the Butternut Squash

• butternut squash
• three tablespoons of unsalted butter
• a little bit of cinnamon, or a lot
• some kosher salt
• one tablespoon of sugar

Instructions

1. You want to start by putting the chicken in the bottom of your crock pot.
2. The next step is to add the rest of your ingredients.
3. First I’m adding the cream of chicken soup.
4. Add two packets of this chicken gravy mix.
5. Next I’m adding one teaspoon of garlic powder.
6. Then half a teaspoon of poultry seasoning.
7. I’m adding half a teaspoon of black pepper.
8. Then you just want to add your two cups of water.
9. Then you just want to put your lid on your crock pot.
10. Cook this on low for 6 to 8 hours.
11. I finished breaking up the chicken.
12. I turned my crock pot to the warm setting.
13. I just set this to the side until the rest of my food was ready.
14. For the potatoes, I had washed them before and there I was washing them again after I peeled them.
15. I just chopped them into medium sized pieces just so that they could cook pretty quickly.
16. I boiled them until they are falling apart.
17. I add half a stick of unsalted butter.
18. Then I add about a quarter of a cup of heavy whipping cream or milk, whatever I have on hand.
19. Add some garlic powder.
20. I add a generous pinch of kosher salt.
21. Then I just add a little bit of black pepper.
22. Use your mixer.
23. This is where you want to check for texture.
24. If a little bit thicker than I wanted, I added a little more heavy cream.
25. I just used my mixer to combine this.
26. For the butternut squash, I cut it in half.
27. I peel both sides.
28. Then I cut them in half again.
29. Make sure to scoop out all the seeds.
30. I peel it, chop it, boil it.
31. I drained this.
32. I’m adding three tablespoons of unsalted butter.
33. Let the butter melt.
34. Then we’re going to add a little bit of cinnamon, or a lot, depending on your preference.
35. Add some kosher salt.
36. Then I like to add one tablespoon of sugar.
37. After obviously cleaning your beaters, you just go in and mix this.

Cooking Tips

If you have a liner, this is a great recipe to use a crock pot liner with.

If you want to combine everything but the chicken in a bowl and pour it over the chicken in your crock pot, that works too.

I’ve done it both ways and I don’t notice a difference, it cooks down and it all combines into this beautiful gravy, so whatever you choose to do is fine.

You will notice I’m not adding any additional salt because there is salt in the chicken gravy mix.

I definitely think this is one of those crock pot recipes that you can absolutely make on the high setting, but when you cook it on low, it just takes it to another level.

I usually start preparing the potatoes and the squash or whatever side dishes I’m serving about half an hour before we’re planning on having dinner.

I needed garlic powder and some ground cinnamon, and I’m going to show you guys a really easy kitchen hack to help you prepare these two side dishes.

This is to taste, I just do a small sprinkle, I add a generous pinch of kosher salt, and remember, you can always add more at the end when you taste it, but you can never take it away.

Here’s the kitchen hack, use your mixer.

You guys know I love using my mixer to shred chicken, but I also use it to make my mashed potatoes and also my butternut squash.

This literally takes seconds, and there’s no intense mashing.

This is where you want to check for texture.

If you like them to be on the thicker side, you can leave it as is.

My kids love butternut squash, but they do not like it if there are any pieces, so it has to be smooth in order for them to eat it.

Serving Suggestions

We were going for comfort food, so I was making mashed potatoes and butternut squash as a request by my kiddos.

This is an awesome meal to make for company, or if you have family over.

I hope you guys enjoyed this video, this is, like I said, one of our family favorites, and it is definitely comfort food.