Who’s ready for some chicken cacciatore, slow cooker style? With school starting back up and the busyness of every day life returning, I find that I am having less and less time to put together a quality meal for my family.
One of the easiest ways that I combat this problem is through the use of my slow cooker. If you are a mom (or a dad!) and haven’t gotten one of these snappy little contraptions yet, I highly recommend you pick one up. They’re not that expensive and they can save you a world of hurt on busy school night evenings when all you have to do is open up the top of the cooker and eat.
And as far as this meal goes, the best part about it is that we can use the leftovers to make a complete second dinner (more on that tomorrow, can you stand the wait?) which, dare I say, was just as tasty if not even a bit better! And that’s saying a lot because this cacciatore was pretty darn good.
I know, I know, you’re busy. Let’s get to it.
Ingredients Needed:
1 Whole Chicken Cut into its Respective Pieces
1 Cup of Flour
1 tsp of Salt
1/4 tsp of Pepper
1Tbsp + 1/2 tsp of Curry
1 28 Oz Can of Tomatoes
1/2 Cup of Red Wine
1 Tbsp of Fresh Basil (or 1 tsp of Dry)
4 Cloves of Garlic
1 Onion, Chopped
1/2 Cup of Chicken Broth
2 Green Peppers
Mix your flour, 1 Tbsp of the curry, 1/2 tsp of the salt, and the pepper together in a bowl.
Dredge the chicken in the flour and throw it in a large sauce pan with a couple tablespoons of oil heated up on medium high.
Let the chicken cook on all sides for a minute or two each side to get them crispy and yummy on the outside.
To the slow cooker add in your tomatoes, red wine, fresh basil, garlic, onion, chicken broth, peppers, 1/2 tsp of the curry and 1/2 tsp of the salt. Mix it all up good.
Now grab your chicken and set it on top of your tomato mixture.
Close ‘er up, turn the heat on low and let it cook for the next 6 to 8 hours. And here’s what you should have when you open it up to serve dinner.
annnnd… YUM. If that doesn’t look like a tasty meal then I don’t know what does! Boil up a little rice or noodle and serve it up for a tasty, easy weeknight dinner.
I hope everyone with kiddos is having a smooth transition back into the busyness that is back-to-school time! Don’t forget to stop by tomorrow to see what we create with all these yummy leftovers!
Curried Chicken Cacciatore - Slow Cooker Style
Ingredients:
1 Whole Chicken Cut into its Respective Pieces
1 Cup of Flour
1 tsp of Salt
1/4 tsp of Pepper
1Tbsp + 1/2 tsp of Curry
1 28 Oz Can of Tomatoes
1/2 Cup of Red Wine
1 Tbsp of Fresh Basil (or 1 tsp of Dry)
4 Cloves of Garlic
1 Onion, Chopped
1/2 Cup of Chicken Broth
2 Green Peppers
Directions:
Mix your flour, 1 Tbsp of the curry, 1/2 tsp of the salt, and the pepper together in a bowl.
Dredge the chicken in the flour and throw it in a large sauce pan with a couple tablespoons of oil heated up on medium high.
Let the chicken cook on all sides for a minute or two each side to get them crispy and yummy on the outside.
To the slow cooker add in your tomatoes, red wine, fresh basil, garlic, onion, chicken broth, peppers, 1/2 tsp of the curry and 1/2 tsp of the salt. Mix it all up good.
Now grab your chicken and set it on top of your tomato mixture.
Close 'er up, turn the heat on low and let it cook for the next 6 to 8 hours.
Boil up a little rice or noodle and serve it up for a tasty, easy weeknight dinner.
I hope everyone with kiddos is having a smooth transition back into the busyness that is back-to-school time! Don't forget to stop by tomorrow to see what we create with all these yummy leftovers!
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Delicious!! I could eat curry every day and what could be easier than making it in the crockpot. Wonderful pictures Julie!!! Looks so scrumptious!
I’ll be over at 5:30. Work for you? I want to dive right into that crock pot and swim around!
Lots of yummy love,
Alex aka Ma What’s For Dinner
http://www.mawhats4dinner.com
This is fantastic! I made Curried chicken in my slow cooker on Sunday. I was first planning Chicken cacciatore. Wish I would have seen your recipe; I could have combined; next time for sure.
I didn’t know what to do with my slow cooker so I gave it away! Now I have only my super fast cooker, the gas stove.
Ugh!
Looks delish! I find slow cooked dishes always taste better the day after. I always skip the fry in a pan part, if I have to turn on the stove I might as well cook the whole dinner there.
Thanks for visiting me at i.gourmet! I love your pictures… I can almost take the food. 🙂
Gabrielle @ i.gourmet replied: — September 1st, 2010 @ 1:42 pm
I mean taste… I promise I won’t show up and take your food, but it does look that good. 🙂 This is where typing and self editing before you push “post” is always a good thing to do. :)heehee
Thanks for visiting me! This recipe looks delicious – I’ll trade you a bowl of gumbo!
Sounds like the chicken is so flavorful and tender in this preparation, a must try!
oh julie, you had me at crock pot!! I am finding it crazy around our house as well this time of the year and love a good crock pot recipe!!
PS: how did you get this comment thingy on your site, I love it! anne
Julie replied: — September 1st, 2010 @ 9:38 pm
Are you talking about the commentluv? I recently switched over to WordPress and added it as a widget. I think you can add it at blogger, but I’m not sure. Look into it and see! It’s definitely a nice feature to have.
I love using slow cookers- they make life so much easier
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I love the twist you did on this classic Italian dish. That’s what blogging is all about; improvising.
wow! I am just in awe of what you can do with a crockpot! Great job! This looks great!
I’m a slow cooker fan too and this looks so good!
Slow cookers are “the bomb” – there are just so many dishes you can make using them & the best thing is you get to come home after a long gruelling work day & have that great feeling that dinner has been cooked for you. I’m a big fun!
Sounds divine. I love cooking blogs and just found yours tonight while looking through the Tea Party at LBS. You are a definite bookmark:)
Leslie
Julie…the fact that there’s curry in your cacciatore…certainly got my antenna up. I would have never thought of adding this spice to my Italian favourite ;o)
I still don’t have a slow cooker…am holding off until my kitchen real estate increases.
Thanks for sharing such a tasty recipe.
Flavourful wishes,
Claudia
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Things are starting to get back to normal. I’m settling into my last semester of classes and job hunting and getting back onto the wedding planning band wagon.
I could use a slowcooker meal these days…!
Ok, but tell me this…can I use boneless chicken, ’cause I just do NOT do bones.
I had to come by and check you out, ’cause anyone awesome enough to go and follow my husband and make his day, is awesome to me!!! Thank you for that. And THANK YOU for stopping by and supporting me on my SITS day!
But for reals…can I use boneless?
Julie replied: — September 2nd, 2010 @ 7:08 am
Allyson, I honestly don’t see why not! I would think boneless would work just fine. 🙂 Hope you had a great SITS day!
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