Busy Day Chicken And Summer Squash

Busy Day Chicken And Summer Squash

I was in living room late yesterday afternoon trying to get some work done and some spring cleaning finished up as one of my favorite summer meals was cooking away on the stove.

 The wonderful aroma wafting though the air from the pot cooking in the kitchen was driving me crazy and making me very hungry. I tried to ignore the hunger pains  and get the work done but it wasn’t working finally I gave up and  went outside and worked in my garden that helped a little since I was not longer smelling the chicken cooking. 

When I came back inside my dinner was ready and I could finally sit down to this delicious meal.

I decided to make this meal last night because I knew I was going to have a very busy day grocery shopping gardening spring cleaning and doing some listings on EBay.

It could be anticipated I would be hungry after a day like that so I last night I took a big pot out of the cabinet and put the chicken and the vegetables in it. I then poured some Italian dressing over it to let marinate overnight.

Relax it’s not complicated its easy I just like to marinate the vegetables and chicken over night but you can do it the same day if you would like it’s really up to you. If you do start it the night before it will be ready to put on the stove when you get home from work or shopping.

 This morning I picked up my neighbor from work she asked me about what I had made for dinner last night because it smelled so good. I told her I had made chicken and vegetables for dinner. 

 I often share what I make with her as I did this time because 

she likes the ideas I come up with and we share a similar taste in food   .

 She asked me a good question could she make this dinner by putting it in the crock pot on low and letting it cook all day while she worked? I thought about it and yes of course that would be another way to do it and it might even be an easier way of making this dinner for a hard working person with very little time to cook meals. 

I have made it one way for so long I never thought of the crock pot but next time it is marinated I will give it a try.

 It should work just fine.

For now though this is how I made this meal yesterday. 

I started by putting about four chicken pieces in a pot (chicken still on the bone) then I cut up some corn yellow squash onion and potatoes and  then I covered it all with Italian dressing and then let it marinate overnight in the refrigerator.

After I let it marinate overnight I took the pot out of the refrigerator and put it on the stove to cook covered on low for about an hour.

Here is a breakdown of how much and what I used for those people who prefer a recipe:

Chicken and Squash Dinner

4 pieces of chicken on the bone (thighs legs wings etc)

½ small yellow or green squash

½ medium onions sliced up

2 ears of corn broken in half

2 cubed potatoes

Fresh ground pepper and Sea salt to taste.

Italian dressing

Combine all the vegetables and chicken.

Pour Italian dressing over the vegetables and chicken (just enough to coat the vegetables and the chicken. No need to drown them to marinate them)

Marinate overnight in large pot

Next day cover pot and allow cooking over a slow flame for about one hour.

It’s then ready to serve. How much simpler can it get?

The good thing about the recipe is you can use whatever vegetable you wish with the chicken.

 What I put in it today are my favorites plus a couple left over potatoes. Usually I don’t have potatoes in my chicken dinner but today I did.

The unchanging part of this recipe is the chicken and the Italian dressing the rest as I said is up to you.

I think if you give this meal a try it could become a favorite meal very quickly that you will want to make over and over again this summer.