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 Machado

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 on a plate and set to the side until ready to use. Repeat until all of the chicken is browned.
Add onions, peppers, olives, mushrooms, garlic, crushed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, chicken stock, and remaining 1/2 salt to the slow cooker. Nestle the browned chicken into the sauce.
Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on low for 5 hours.
Spoon the sauce over some polenta, mashed potatoes, pasta, or rice, top with a piece of perfectly braised chicken, and enjoy!

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