Name: Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore With Potatoes Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 4 h
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 6 chicken thighs; salt and pepper; 2 tbsp olive oil; 2 lbs baby potatoes; 2 tbsp garlic; 1 medium onion; 1 small yellow pepper; 1 small red pepper; 2 carrots; 14 oz crushed tomatoes; 14 oz tomato passata; 150 ml red wine; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 2 tbsp parsley; 1 tsp dried basil; 1 tsp dried oregano; 1 beef bouillon cube; 1 tsp salt; pepper; ½ tsp red pepper flakes; 1 cup mushrooms; ½ cup pitted black olives

How To Make Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore With Potatoes

Enjoy this dish prepared in an authentic hunter style. For this Italian chicken cacciatore dish, we are using the basics: onion, garlic, and some herbs.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 4 hours

Total: 4 hours 10 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

6chicken thighsbone-in, skin on or off
Salt and pepper
2tbspolive oil
2lbsbaby potatoesquartered
2tbspgarlicminced
1mediumonionroughly chopped
1smallyellow pepper
1smallred pepper
2carrotspeeled and sliced
14ozcrushed tomatoes
14oztomato passata
150mlred wine
2tbsptomato paste
2tbspparsleyfreshly chopped
1tspdried basil
1tspdried oregano
1beef bouillon cubecrushed
1tspsalt
pepper
½tspred pepper flakesoptional
1cupmushroomssliced
½cuppitted black olives

Instructions

Season chicken with salt and pepper. Heat a small amount of oil in a pan or skillet.
Sear skin-side down first for 3 minutes, until deep golden brown. Rotate and sear the other side for a further 3 minutes.
Arrange the potatoes in a 6qt slow cooker bowl in a single layer. Place the chicken over the potatoes and add the rest of the ingredients over the chicken.
Stir to combine; cover and cook on high for 4 hours, or low for 8 hours, until the chicken is tender and falling off the bone.
Add in the mushrooms and olives in the last 30 minutes of cooking.
Season with extra salt if desired, and serve.