Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore

Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore is a rustic Italian dish with braised flavorful bone-in chicken slow cooked in a luscious tomato sauce and aromatic vegetables that will change your life!

Course Main

Cuisine Italian

Keyword chicken crock pot recipe, chicken slow cooker recipe, hunter-style chicken, slow cooker recipe

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 5

Total Time 5 15

Servings

Calories 559kcal

Author Kat Jeter & Melinda Caldwell

Ingredients

4 Chicken thighs bone in, skin on
2 Chicken drumsticks bone in, skin on
1 1/2 teaspoons Salt divided
1 teaspoon Ground black pepper
2 tablespoons Extra virgin olive oil
1 medium Yellow onion sliced
1 Red bell pepper sliced
1 Green bell pepper sliced
1 cup Kalamata olives
2 cups Baby bella mushrooms sliced (aka crimini)
3 cloves Garlic minced
28 ounces Crushed tomatoes
14.5 ounces Diced tomatoes
1 cup Chicken stock

Instructions

Mix 1 teaspoon of salt and pepper and sprinkle over the chicken.
Heat olive oil in a medium skillet (I love using cast iron) over medium-high heat. Place about 1/2 of the chicken pieces in the skillet skin side down. Cook until browned, about 3 minutes each side. Place browned chicken in the slow cooker while you cook the remaining chicken. Repeat.
Meanwhile: add onions, peppers, olives, mushrooms, garlic, crushed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, chicken stock, and remaining 1/2 salt to the slow cooker.
Cook on low for 5 hours.
Serve over polenta, mashed potatoes, pasta, or rice and enjoy!

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