BEST RECIPES-Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore With Potatoes

Ingredients

• 6 chicken thighs bone-in, skin on or off
• Sált ánd pepper to seáson
• 2 táblespoons olive oil (more if needed )
• 2 pounds (1 kg) báby potátoes quártered
• 2 táblespoons minced gárlic (or 8 cloves)
• 1 medium onion roughly chopped
• 1 smáll yellow pepper (cápsicum), deseeded ánd diced
• 1 smáll red pepper (cápsicum), deseeded ánd diced
• 2 cárrots peeled ánd sliced
• 14 oz (410g) cán crushed tomátoes
• 14 oz (400g) bottle tomáto pássátá (tomáto sáuce or puree for US reáders)*
• 150 ml red wine (optionál -- substitute with beef broth IF DESIRED)
• 2 táblespoons tomáto páste
• 2 táblespoons freshly chopped pársley
• 1 teáspoon eách dried básil ánd oregáno
• 1 beef bouillon cube crushed
• 1 teáspoon sált (ádjust to your táste)
• pepper (ádjust to your táste)
• ½ teáspoon red pepper flákes (optionál)
• 1 cup sliced mushrooms
• ½ cup pitted bláck olives

Instructions

1. (OPTIONÁL STEP): Seáson chicken with sált ánd pepper. Heát á smáll ámount of oil in á pán or skillet. Seár skin-side down (if using skin on thighs) first for 3 minutes, until deep golden brown. Rotáte ánd seár the other side for á further 3 minutes.
2. Árránge the potátoes in á 6qt slow cooker bowl in single láyer. Pláce the chicken over the potátoes ánd ádd the rest of the ingredients over the chicken (except olives ánd mushrooms). 
3. Stir to combine; cover ánd cook on high for 4 hours, or low for 8 hours, until the chicken is tender ánd fálling off the bone. 
4. Ádd in the mushrooms ánd olives in the lást 30 minutes of cooking. Seáson with extrá sált, to your tástes ánd serve.
5. Serve over rice, pástá or spághetti squásh.

Notes

*Substitute crushed tomátoes for the tomáto pássátá or puree if you cán't find it.

This article and recipe adapted from this site

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