What's For Dinner: Slow-Cooked Chicken Caesar Sandwiches

So, when we got married in 2007 my husband and I received a slow cooker as one of our wedding presents. Since we were living in my parents basement at the time, we didn't have a need for it and packaged it away with all of the other presents as we continued to save for a downpayment for our first home. When we bought our home in 2009, we unpacked the slow cooker and all our other gifts and found a nice spot for it on a shelf. Last year, I finally learned how to use it! If I had any idea how simple a slow cooker was to use, I would have taken it out years earlier!

This recipe for slow cooker chicken casear sandwiches is modified from one I found in a magazine a few months ago. If you search online for one, you'll find dozens of different variations, this is mine.

Slow Cooker Chicken Casear Sandwiches
Ingredients:

• 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs
• 1 cup Caesar salad dressing (any brand, I use the Western Family Roasted Garlic version)
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 2 tbsp real bacon bits
• 1/4 cup parsley
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 2 cups lettuce, for topping the sandwiches
• 4 hamburger buns

Instructions:

• Place chicken in slow cooker with approximately 2 cups of water, just enough to make sure the chicken is covered. Put the cover on the slow cooker and cook on low for 4 hours
• After 4 hours, remove the chicken from the cooker and drain the water. Place the chicken on a cutting board and use 2 forks to shred the chicken and remove any additional fat
• Put the chicken back in the slower cooker and add dressing, parmesan, bacon bits, parsley, and pepper over the top. You can follow the recipe here or you can eyeball it a little bit - I tend to go heavier on the dressing and a little lighter on the parsley because you can really taste it in the finished recipe
• Stir everything together, cover again, and cook on high heat for another 30 minutes
• When finished, spoon mixture on to buns and top with lettuce (I added mayonaise to the buns first, but you can modify it as you like)

Here is how our finished product turned out:

My husband is probably the easiest person to cook for, he loves almost everything I make and tells me how great everything is (probably so I will keep cooking for him). He said these were awesome and I agree. A little bit time consuming, especially since we didn't start slow cooking until after 3 pm which meant we were waiting until 8 pm to eat but it's easy enough to make.