As January is slow cooker month, we’re sharing some tasty slow cooker recipes which were created for FareShare Greater Manchester by the Manchester United Foundation’s chefs. Slow cookers are a great way to produce low-cost tasty meals using left overs and are very cheap to run.
Slow Cooker Savoury Chicken
Serves 4 portions
Cooking time: 6-7 hours on a low heat
Ingredients:
- 6 medium chicken thighs (skinless and boneless)
- 1 large onion (diced)
- 1 red pepper (diced)
- 1 green pepper (diced)
- 1 yellow pepper (diced)
- 1 tin of chopped tomatoes (400g)
- 1lb (300g) baby new potatoes
- 300ml water
- 1 chicken stock cube
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp dried, mixed herbs
- Pinch of sugar
- Pinch of salt
- Pinch of pepper
- 1 tsp gravy granules
Method:
- Wash the potatoes and place them in the bottom of the slow cooker, season with salt & pepper.
- Place the chicken thighs, peppers and onion into the cooker. Add the tomatoes, stock cube, gravy granules, sugar, garlic & herbs.
- Add water to cover the food and cook with the lid on for 6 ½ hours on a low heat.
- After the timer goes off, lift the lid and check the potatoes are cooked. Press them with the back of a spoon and they should just begin to break up under the pressure. Taste the sauce and check the consistency (it should just be beginning to thicken). Cook for a further 30 minutes.
- After 30 minutes, lift the lid and check the sauce for flavour and thickness. Serve if ready, if not leave the lid off and cook for a further 30 minutes or until the sauce looks like rich gravy.
- Serve with buttered baguette (optional).
