RECIPES
Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore
by Livestrong_Recipes | Jan 29, 2019
Photo Credit: Mark Sisson
- PREP
- 30 m
- COOK
- 5h 30m
- TOTAL
- 6 h
If you’re not familiar with chicken cacciatore, it’s classic Italian-American food. The tender chicken falls off the bone into a thick sauce of tomatoes, bell peppers, mushrooms, and garlic. It’s flavorful—but in a mild “everyone’s gonna like this” sort of way.
INGREDIENTS
SERVES 8
- 8 serving Chicken Thigh Bone In
- 5 clove garlic
- 1 slice , medium onion
- 2 cups canned crushed tomatoes
- 1 medium green bell pepper
- 1 medium red bell pepper
- 2 chopped raw Cremini Mushrooms
- 1 tbsp Bay Leaf
- 1 tbsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tbsp olive oil
DIRECTIONS
1
Season the chicken generously with salt. Heat a skillet over medium-high heat with a drizzle of avocado oil or extra virgin olive oil. When the skillet is hot, add chicken. Cook until lightly browned, about 4 minutes a side. Do not crowd the chicken in the skillet; brown in two batches if necessary.
2
Add the browned chicken to the slow cooker.
3
In the same skillet that the chicken was cooked, add the onions. Turn heat down to medium. Saute until onions are soft, 5 to 8 minutes. Add garlic and cook 1 minute more. Season lightly with salt.
4
Add onion and garlic to slow cooker. Add tomatoes, bell peppers, mushrooms, bay leaf, and red pepper flakes. Mix well, so the chicken is completely coated in tomatoes.
5
Cover and cook on high 4 hours, or low 8 hours.
6
*For this recipe, leaving the chicken skin on the chicken thighs tends to make the dish too oily
