Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore

Ingredients

• 800g Boneless skinless chicken thighs, fully thawed, halved
• 1 Onion, sliced
• 1 Red capsicum, cut into strips
• 200g Mushrooms, halved
• 3 cloves Garlic, crushed
• 400g can Diced tomatoes
• 2 tbsp Tomato paste
• ¼ cup (60ml) Chicken stock
• 1 tsp Dried oregano
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• Pasta or crusty bread, to serve

You’ll need: Slow cooker

Method

1. 1

   Put the onion, capsicum, mushrooms and garlic in the slow cooker and place the chicken on top.

2. 2

   Mix the tomatoes, tomato paste, stock and oregano with a pinch of salt and pepper and pour over. Use only this much liquid, as the vegetables release more as they cook.

3. 3

   Cover and cook on low for 4–5 hours or on high for 2½–3 hours, until the chicken is very tender and cooked through. Check the thickest piece is white with no pink (75°C on a thermometer).

4. 4

   Break the chicken into chunks in the sauce and taste. If the sauce is thin, leave the lid off on high for 15–20 minutes.

5. 5

   Serve over pasta or with crusty bread.