Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore Recipe
- Prep time: 15 Minutes
- Cook time: 8 Hours
- Total time: 8 Hours & 15 Minutes
- Serves: 8
Ingredients
- 1 kg (2.2 lb) of chicken pieces
- 1 onion, sliced
- 2 tsp garlic, crushed
- 1 red bell pepper, sliced
- 2 cups mushrooms, quartered
- ¼ cup red wine
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 Tbsp tomato paste
- 800 g (1.8 lb) crushed tomatoes
- ½ Tbsp basil, dried
- ½ cup kalamata olives, pitted
Instructions
- In a slow cooker, add all the ingredients except for the olives.
- Cook on low for 8 hours or until the chicken is cooked.
- Add the olives and season with salt & pepper.
- Serve & Enjoy.
Recipe Tips
- You can replace the red wine for white wine, or you can leave the wine out altogether.
- Slow-cooked chicken cacciatore is easy to leave and forget since it’s unlikely to overcook. It's perfect for those days when you’re worried you might be held back at work or have something else on that might prevent you from being able to keep an eye on the slow cooker.
- A quarter of a cup of wine might seem too little, but it’s important to remember that in a slow cooker, the taste of wine will remain quite strong even after cooking for eight hours. If you don’t like the taste, then it might be worth leaving it out of this dish.
- The olives are optional but do add a lot of flavor to the dish. Keep in mind olives are sometimes quite salty, so you might not need to add any extra salt at the end.
- Tomato passata or tomato puree are excellent substitutions for crushed tomatoes.
- The cut of chicken you use is entirely up to you. Personally, I prefer chicken off the bone, such as thigh or breast, but you will find that chicken with the bone in will work better.
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