Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore

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Ingredients





  • two
    tablespoons
    olive crude oil, divided


  • i
    pound
    bone-inward, skinless chicken thighs*


  • ane
    pound
    boneless, skinless chicken breasts


  • i
    carmine bell pepper, thinly sliced


  • 1
    greenish bell pepper, thinly sliced


  • ane
    large yellowish onion, thinly sliced


  • ii
    cloves garlic, finely chopped


  • one
    (28 ounce) tin can crushed tomatoes*


  • one
    (15 ounce) tin can tomato sauce


  • 2
    tablespoons
    tomato glue


  • 2
    bay leaves


  • 1
    teaspoon
    dried oregano


  • ane/two
    teaspoon
    dried basil


  • one/four
    teaspoon
    common salt


  • i/4
    teaspoon
    pepper


  • handful of fresh basil leaves, torn


  • chopped fresh oregano for serving


  • freshly grated parmesan cheese for serving


  • pasta or zucchini noodles for serving





Instructions





  1. Season both sides of the chicken thighs in addition to breasts generously with salt as well as pepper. Heat i tablespoon of the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken too sear for four-five minutes per side, until gold. You will probable have to do this in batches depending on the size of your pan. Add to the wearisome cooker.




  2. Using the same pan, add together the remaining tablespoon of olive fossil oil, together with add the peppers, onion, too garlic. Season with a twosome pinches of common salt together with pepper. Sauté for v-7 minutes or until softened. Add to the dull cooker.




  3. Add the crushed tomatoes, love apple sauce, Lycopersicon esculentum glue, bay leaves, dried oregano, dried basil, common salt, in addition to pepper to the slow cooker. Stir to combine. Cook for iv-five hours on high or for seven-8 on depression.




  4. Once finished, stir the handful of basil into the sauce in addition to flavour to taste alongside common salt as well as pepper. Serve over pasta together with garnish amongst fresh oregano in addition to freshly grated parmesan.







Recipe Notes


*I used os-inward, skinless thighs, merely yous tin can use the thighs amongst the peel on for fifty-fifty more than season. Same goes for breasts - if you lot function os-inward, peel on, your sauce will accept fifty-fifty more flavour!

*Try to become really skilful quality Italian crushed tomatoes - it volition brand all the difference inwards your sauce. It'sec worth the few extra dollars!





Overhead shot of a plate of chicken cacciatore over pasta with a fork twirling noodles resting on the plate



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