Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore Recipe

  PREP TIME: 15 mins | COOK TIME: 6 hrs | TOTAL TIME: 6 hrs 15 mins | YIELD: 6 servings

My go-to for weeknights. This easy Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore is a delicious dinner with lush chicken thighs in rich tomato herb sauce, olives, and loads of vegetables. It’s a healthy meal, excellent for your entire family!

Ingredients

6 bone-in chicken thighs, skin removed

1 medium onion, thinly sliced

1 15-oz. can of diced tomatoes, preferably fire-roasted

3 tbsp pure tomato paste

pinch crushed red pepper

½ c. chopped olives, such as pitted black Italian olives

1 tbsp smoked paprika

1 ½ tsp Italian Seasoning

1 red bell pepper, finely chopped

½ tsp chopped fresh rosemary

4 oz. crimini mushrooms, sliced

2 tsp coarse kosher salt, divided

How to make Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore

Step 1: In the bottom of a large slow cooker, mix the diced tomatoes and tomato paste.

Step 2: In a small dish, place the smoked paprika, Italian seasoning, 1 teaspoon salt, and crushed red pepper. Mix well until combined.

Step 3: On a sheet of parchment, lay the chicken and sprinkle the spice mixture all over, turning the chicken pieces until fully coated.

Step 4: In the sauce in the slow cooker, arrange the chicken. On top, pour any extra spices from the parchment. Then, layer the olives on top along with the onion, bell pepper, and mushrooms.

Step 5: Put the lid on and set it to cook for 6 hours on low.

Step 6: Gently pull the chicken out of the slow cooker when the timer goes off, making sure to keep the thighs intact.

Step 7: Into the vegetable mixture, stir the rosemary and the rest of the 1 tsp salt.

Step 8: Serve the chicken right away with the vegetable mixture and sauce. Enjoy!

Notes:

To create a lovely sauce, do not stir the veggies into the chicken in step one. Basting will soften and release their juices and drip down on the chicken.

You can transfer the sauce to a saucepan and reduce it on the stove if it is too thin to your preference. Once you’ve achieved your desired thickness, whisk in the salt and rosemary.

Nutrition Facts:

SERVING SIZE: 1 chicken thigh, and 3/4 cup sauce CALORIES: 206 SUGAR: 5 g FAT: 11 g SATURATED FAT: 2 g CARBOHYDRATES: 10 g FIBER: 3 g PROTEIN: 16

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Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore Recipe

My go-to for weeknights. This easy Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore is a delicious dinner with lush chicken thighs in rich tomato herb sauce, olives, and loads of vegetables. It's a healthy meal, excellent for your entire family!

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 6 hrs

Total Time 6 hrs 15 mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine Italian

Servings 6 people

Calories 206 kcal

Ingredients

  

• 6 bone-in chicken thighs skin removed
• 1 medium onion thinly sliced
• 1 15- oz. can of diced tomatoes preferably fire-roasted
• 3 tbsp pure tomato paste
• pinch crushed red pepper
• ½ c. chopped olives such as pitted black Italian olives
• 1 tbsp smoked paprika
• 1 ½ tsp Italian Seasoning
• 1 red bell pepper finely chopped
• ½ tsp chopped fresh rosemary
• 4 oz. crimini mushrooms sliced
• 2 tsp coarse kosher salt divided

Instructions

 

• In the bottom of a large slow cooker, mix the diced tomatoes and tomato paste.
• In a small dish, place the smoked paprika, Italian seasoning, 1 teaspoon salt, and crushed red pepper. Mix well until combined.
• On a sheet of parchment, lay the chicken and sprinkle the spice mixture all over, turning the chicken pieces until fully coated.
• In the sauce in the slow cooker, arrange the chicken. On top, pour any extra spices from the parchment. Then, layer the olives on top along with the onion, bell pepper, and mushrooms.
• Put the lid on and set it to cook for 6 hours on low.
• Gently pull the chicken out of the slow cooker when the timer goes off, making sure to keep the thighs intact.
• Into the vegetable mixture, stir the rosemary and the rest of the 1 tsp salt.
• Serve the chicken right away with the vegetable mixture and sauce. Enjoy!

Notes

To create a lovely sauce, do not stir the veggies into the chicken in step one. Basting will soften and release their juices and drip down on the chicken.

You can transfer the sauce to a saucepan and reduce it on the stove if it is too thin to your preference. Once you’ve achieved your desired thickness, whisk in the salt and rosemary.