Fusion Spiced Crock Pot Chicken Stew With Vegetables Recipes

LOW FAT CROCK POT CHICKEN AND VEGETABLE STEW

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Coat bottom and sides of a 4-quart slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray .
• Place vegetables in the pot.
• Trim chicken thighs of excess fat and cut into pieces.
• Add chicken to the pot, followed by herbs, crushed tomatoes, and chicken broth.
• Cover and cook on low for 7 to 9 hours.
• Serve and enjoy!

BABUSHKA'S SLOW COOKER ROOT VEGETABLE AND CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• Heat a saute pan over medium-low heat. Cook chicken thighs in batches just until skin starts to brown, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Don't overcook; the meat should still be pink and raw on the inside. Set chicken aside in a bowl, reserving juices in the pan.
• Saute onion and celery in the pan until turning translucent and browning at the edges, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl.
• Add potatoes, rutabaga, turnips, carrots, mushrooms, and garlic to the onion-celery mixture. Sprinkle salt, herbes de Provence, onion powder, garlic powder, and pepper on top. Stir and mix vegetables until coated.
• Place 1/2 of the vegetable mixture in a slow cooker. Add 1/2 of the chicken. Layer remaining vegetables and chicken on top. Pour vegetable broth over the mixture in the slow cooker.
• Cook on Low for 7 hours, gently stirring every few hours if desired.
• Use tongs to remove chicken from the stew. Let cool. Separate skin and bones from the meat and shred meat. Stir meat back into the slow cooker.

SLOW-COOKER SPICY CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• Spray 4- to 5-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In slow cooker, mix potatoes, corn, carrots, celery, onion and garlic. Stir in salsa, cumin, chili powder and pepper. Place chicken on top of vegetable mixture. Pour broth over ingredients.
• Cover; cook on High heat setting 4 hours.
• Remove chicken from slow cooker to plate. Shred using 2 forks. Return chicken to slow cooker. Stir tortilla strips into stew. Garnish with cilantro.

SLOW COOKER VEGETARIAN STEW

Steps:

• Heat oil in a nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Saute onions and garlic in the hot oil until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in cumin and cook for 1 minute more. Place mixture in the bottom of a slow cooker and add chickpeas, diced tomatoes, tomato puree, mushrooms, vegetable stock, red wine, carrot, chile pepper, and oregano.
• Cover and cook on Low until vegetables are tender and flavors have melded, about 3 hours. Stir well. Season with salt and pepper and garnish with parsley.

CROCKPOT SPICY CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• Place potatoes, corn, celery, carrots, onion and garlic in slow cooker. Stir in salsa, salt, cumin, chile powder and pepper. Distribute chicken evenly on top of vegetables and pour chicken broth over chicken. Cover slow cooker and cook stew on high for 4 hours.
• Transfer chicken to a plate and shred with two forks into bite-size chunks; return to slow cooker. Mix tortilla strips into stew. Serve warm.

FUSION SPICED CROCK POT CHICKEN STEW WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Wash and pat dry chicken. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon of garam masala on chicken. Brown chicken in pan on both sides. Place in bottom of Crock Pot.
• Cook onion and ginger in same pan as chicken till translucent about 5 minutes. Pour chicken broth in pan and de glaze pan getting all little pieces of flavor mixed into broth. Pour broth on chicken in crock pot add tomatoes and garbanzo beans. Layer on all other vegetables and raisins. Cover and cook on low about 7 to 8 hours depending on how soft you want your vegetables. Turn to warm till serving.
• I served this with couscous but you could also substitute rice.