Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 3 hours
Servings: 4
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Ingredients
- 8 chicken thighs or legs, skin removed
- 1 cup tomato based Italian pasta sauce, homemade or purchased
- 1 sweet pepper, chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 stalk celery, sliced
- 1 large carrot, sliced
- 8 ounces mushrooms, sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced (or more to taste)
- 1/2 cup dry wine (substitute water and 2 teaspoons vinegar)
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca 
 
This easy, no-fuss preparation produces a delicious Italian-style entrée.

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Directions
  • Spread half of the tomato sauce over the bottom of the slow cooker. Add pepper, onion,
    celery, carrot, mushrooms, and garlic. Cover with chicken pieces.
  • Mix the remaining tomato sauce with wine, soy sauce, and tapioca. Pour over chicken.
  • Cook
    on HIGH about 3 hours, or on LOW about 6 hours.
  • Delicious served over pasta, polenta, rice,
    or potatoes.
TIP: Slow cookers vary in temperature; therefore, the amount of
time each food takes to cook completely will also vary. Get acquainted with the characteristics
of your slow cooker to help you estimate whether a particular dish may require more or less time
to cook than what is called for in the recipe.

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