Slowcookerchickenchasseur Recipes

SLOW COOKER CHICKEN CHASSEUR

Steps:

• In a medium heat-proof bowl, pour ¼ cup boiling water over dried mushrooms. Let stand for 5 minutes. Season chicken with pepper and salt and place in a 5-qt slow cooker. To slow cooker, add cremini mushrooms, onions, garlic, broth and dried mushrooms (along with soaking liquid). In a small bowl, whisk together wine and flour until no lumps remain. Add wine-flour mixture to slow cooker and stir; cover and cook on high for 3 hours. In the last 30 minutes of cooking, transfer ¼ cup sauce from slow cooker to a heat-proof bowl and whisk in potato flour. Add mixture back into slow cooker, replace lid, and continue cooking for remaining 30 minutes. Garnish with parsley.

SLOW-COOKER CHICKEN CHASSEUR

Steps:

• Cook bacon over medium heat until crisp, about 8 minutes. Add bbacon to the crockpot. Reserve the bacon fat separately. You should have at least 2 T. If not, use vegetable oil for the missing fat.
• Dry chicken with paper towels. Season with salt and pepper. Add 2 t. bacon fat to the skillet. Heat over medium-high heat until just smoking. Brown half of the chicken on both sides, about 10 minutes. Put in the crockpot. (Remove the browned skin if using thighs.) Return the skillet to medium high heat and repeat with 2 more teaspoons of fat and the rest of the chicken. Discard any fat left in the skillet.
• Add the remaining 2 t. fat to empty skillet. Heat over medium heat until shimmering. Add cremini's, red onion and 1/4 teaspoons salt. Cook until mushroom are brown, 10-15 minutes. Stir in the garlic. Cook for 15 seconds. Stir in wine and tomato paste, scraping up any browned bits. Simmer until the wine has reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Put in crockpot.
• Add tomatoes, 1.5 cups broth, porcini's, thyme, bay leaves and red pepper flakes to crockpot. Cover and cook on low until chicken is tender, about 4 hours.
• Transfer chicken to large serving dish. Tent loosely with foil.
• Discard bay leaves. Set the crockpot to high. Whisk flour with remaining 1/2 cup broth until smooth. Stir into crockpot. Cover and continue to cook until sauce is thickened and no longer tastes of flour, 15 to 30 minutes longer.
• Stir in parsley. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Spoon vegetables and some of the sauce over the chicken. Serve, passing the remaining sauce separately.

SLOW COOKER CHICKEN CHASSEUR

Steps:

• Season the chicken with salt and pepper and lightly dust with flour. Put a tablespoon of the butter and the oil in a pan or directly in your crockpot if it allows for searing. Fry the chicken thighs over medium-high heat until golden. Set aside.
• Melt the rest of the butter in your pan / crockpot. Sauté the shallots for five-7 minutes, until slightly softened.
• Add the wine and continue to cook, stirring, until almost completely reduced. Add the mushrooms and garlic and continue to cook for five minutes.
• Stir in the tomato paste, chopped fresh tomatoes, salt and herbs. Add the chicken stock cubes and water or wine. Place the chicken thighs on top together with the bay leaves. Cover and cook on HIGH setting for 3-4 hours, or on LOW for 6-7 hours. Stir halfway though if you can.
• Discard the bay leaves and check the seasoning, adding salt and pepper if needed. Serve sprinkled with parsley or tarragon.

CHICKEN CHASSEUR FOR CROCK-POT

Steps:

• Place all in crockpot, with chicken on top.
• 8 hours on low.

SLOW-COOKER SWEET-AND-SOUR CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute chicken in oil for 4-5 minutes; drain. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Drain pineapple, reserving juice; set pineapple aside. In a 5-qt. slow cooker, combine the chicken, water chestnuts, carrots, soy sauce and pineapple juice. Cover and cook on low for 3 hours or until chicken juices run clear., In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch, sweet-and-sour sauce, water and ginger until smooth. Stir into the slow cooker. Add onions and reserved pineapple; cover and cook on high for 15 minutes or until thickened. Add peas; cook 5 minutes longer. Serve with rice.

SLOW COOKER CHICKEN CHASSEUR

Steps:

• Heat the slow cooker to low. Put the oil in a frying pan over a medium-high heat. Season the chicken and fry, skin-side down, for 4-5 mins until crisp. Turn and fry for 3-4 mins more until golden all over. Put on a plate and set aside.
• Tip the shallots into the pan and fry for 10 mins over a medium heat until soft. Add the garlic and mushrooms and fry for 10 mins more until the mushrooms are golden. Pour in the wine and bubble for a few minutes until reduced by half. Stir in the tomato purée, chopped tomatoes and herbs. Season well and bring to a simmer.
• Tip the sauce into the slow cooker, and top with the chicken thighs (in one layer, if possible). Pour over the chicken stock until the chicken thighs are covered, adding a little more if needed. Cover and cook for 6-8 hrs until the sauce has thickened and the chicken is tender. Transfer the chicken to a plate and bubble the sauce for a few minutes more with the lid off, if you prefer a thicker sauce (you can only do this if there's a reduce function on the slow cooker. If not, pour the sauce into a pan and simmer until reduced). Remove the skin from the chicken before serving, if you prefer.
• Sprinkle over the parsley and serve the chicken and sauce with buttery mash, jackets, pasta or small roast potatoes, if you like.