Slow-Cooker Chicken Cacciatore

Name: Slow-Cooker Chicken Cacciatore
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Cuisine: Europe, Italian
Ingredients: 2 pounds, chicken thighs (about 2 pieces), bone-in, trimmed; , Salt and pepper; 1 tablespoon, vegetable oil; 1 pound, cremini mushrooms, quartered; 1 , onion, chopped fine; 4 , garlic cloves, minced; 2 teaspoons, dried oregano; 1/2 teaspoon, red pepper flakes; 1/4 cup, tomato paste; 1 , 28-ounce can diced tomatoes, drained; 1/2 cup, red wine; 1/4 ounce, dried porcini mushrooms, rinsed and patted dry; 3 pounds, chicken breasts (about 4 pieces), bone-in, skin removed; 1/4 cup, finely chopped fresh basil; 1 tablespoon, red wine vinegar

8 comments

Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2009

Tender chicken and robust tomato sauce are the heart and soul of chicken cacciatore. The slow cooker just didn't understand.

SERVES6 to 8

TIME4 hours on low

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For our Slow-Cooker Chicken Cacciatore, we omitted the chicken broth commonly used in many stove-top recipes because it made the sauce too watery. We sautéed half of the canned, diced tomatoes for the same reason. Mushrooms were essential t...

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