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Slow cooker chicken cacciatore

1
Points® value
Total Time
7 hr 45 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
7 hr 30 min
Serves
4
Difficulty
Easy
This is low-and-slow cooking at its best. Cacciatora or hunter-style, indicates the type of food Italian hunters would typically eat after getting home from a long morning in the countryside. These dishes traditionally combine meat and broth with onions, mushrooms, and tomatoes; bell peppers and wine are optional. The sweetness and punch of onion rounds out the dish. Throw it all in a slow cooker and you’ll end up with tender, fragrant meat, melting vegetables, and an intense broth, perfect for a warming weeknight meal. Serve this stew with some crusty bread or over steamed rice to capture every ounce of the broth's deep flavour. The olives add a bright and briny addition but can be left out if you prefer. Sprinkle some fresh parsley over your bowls for a clean finish and pop of colour.

Ingredients

Canned crushed tomatoes

14½ oz, fire-roasted

Red wine

2 fl oz, (1/4 cup)

Canned tomato paste

1 tbsp(s)

Garlic

2 clove(s), large, minced

Dried oregano

¾ tsp(s), crushed

Table salt

¾ tsp(s), or to taste

Black pepper

¼ tsp(s)

Uncooked bone-in skinless chicken thigh

4 thigh(s)

Mushrooms

2 cup(s), sliced

Green bell pepper

1 medium, thinly sliced (fresh or frozen)

Onion

1 small, chopped (fresh or frozen)

Olives

10 medium, black, chopped

Instructions

  1. In 3- to 5-quart slow cooker, whisk tomatoes, wine, tomato paste, garlic, oregano, salt, and black pepper. Add chicken, mushrooms, bell pepper, and onion. Cover and cook for 6 to 7 hours on Low or 3 to 31⁄2 hours on High. Sprinkle with olives before serving.
  2. Serving size: 1 chicken thigh and about ¾ cup vegetables