Chicken Recipes
Slow cooker chicken cacciatore
This traditional chicken stew is rich and full flavoured, with classic Italian ingredients such as the herbs and olives. Adding lots of vegetables means only a small amount of meat is needed per person, but the sauce is generous so if you want to stretch it a bit further, just add a few more chicken th!ghs.
Ingredients
- 2Â onions, finely chopped
- 2 celery sticks, finely chopped
- 6 garlic cloves, sliced
- 6 large boneless chicken th!ghs, skin removed
- 2 red, orange or yellow peppers, cut into big chunks
- 2 x 400g tins chopped tomatoes
- 150ml/5fl oz chicken stock, made with 1 stock cube
- 2 tsp dried basil
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp wine or balsamic vinegar
- 75g/2¾oz olives, stones removed and drained
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
To serve
- freshly cooked pasta, potatoes or cheesy polenta
- freshly cooked green vegetables or salad
Method
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Turn the slow cooker to the High setting to heat up. Add all of the ingredients with a really good grinding of fresh black pepper and some salt.
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Cook on High for 3 hours or Low for 6 hours until the chicken is really tender. As it cooks, the meat should have broken down into smaller chunks but, if not, break the thighs into pieces with a spoon.
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Serve with pasta, potatoes or cheesy polenta and green vegetables or salad.
Slow cooker chicken cacciatore