Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore
This slow cooker recipe makes a hearty chicken marinara sauce that is perfect for topping pasta, spaghetti squash or zucchini noodles. Scroll all the way to the end of this post to print out the recipe. Nutritional information and Weight Watchers points are included on this one (see the top of this post). If you’re counting WW points for this recipe, you’ll want to serve it over zoodles or spaghetti squash or eat it on its own. Also, you’ll want to use chicken breasts in this recipe instead of the chicken thighs that the recipe calls for (for a lower point count).
Today’s recipe comes from my friend Gina’s new cookbook: Skinnytaste Fast and Slow: Knockout Quick-Fix and Slow Cooker Recipes by Gina Holmolka: Clarkson/Potter, 2016. I was SO EXCITED to get this book in the mail the other day. Gina put her heart and soul into this second book of hers, and every recipe conveys that. 140 recipes are included in the book– all either slow cooker or quick oven/stovetop recipes. Here are some more recipes I’ve bookmarked to make later: Banana-Almond Smoothie Bowl, Breakfast Banana Split, Slow Cooker Creamy Tomato Soup, Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Chili, Drunken Seafood Stew, Slow Cooker Hamburger Stroganoff, Cauliflower-Potato Tacos, Slow Cooker Stuffed Turkey Tenderloins with Gravy, Greek Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner, Fork and Knife Cheeseburgers, Slow Cooker Brisket with Onions, Baked Fish and Chips, Salad Pizza… oh my gosh… I could go on and on! It’s really a great cookbook. There is nutritional information included for every recipe.
Gina’s original recipe calls for bone-in skinless chicken thighs (bone-in means the chicken will stay nice and tender). I had trouble finding bone-in thighs, so I used full chicken legs (drumstick + thigh) instead. If you want this to be ZERO points, you will use chicken breast instead (see the recipe at the end of this post for more details).
All kinds of goodies go into this one- onions, bell pepper, mushroom, tomato, herbs and spices.
4 hours later, dinner looks like this. The chicken is taken out, pulled apart, bones discarded and the meat put back in.
We love this dish! My son eats his chicken cacciatore over thick fettuccine noodles. My husband and I (forever watching our waistlines) enjoy ours over roasted spaghetti squash. Both are delicious! Check out another recipe from this book on RecipeBoy.com » Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes!
Here are a few more chicken recipes you might enjoy:
Tuscan Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner Chicken Divan Light Chicken Parmesan Smothered Chicken Casserole Chicken with Mustard Rosemary Lemon Chicken Skewers
