Slow Cooking Thursday – Chicken Thighs with Olives in Tomato Sauce
March 19, 2009 in chicken, slow cooker
I don’t use chicken thighs often. I’m not big on dark meat unless it’s in a casserole but it seems like you need 20 thighs to get enough meat for a big dish. They’re always on sale though, so I want to use and I want to love them. You wouldn’t believe how excited I was to find a decent sounding recipe!
It turned out to be a really good recipe. My husband, who looked into the pot while it was cooking and called it “monkey brains”, loved it and he’s typically not a fan things like this. He also wanted me to say that the sauce was really good on rice.
Slow Cooking Thursday – Chicken Thighs with Olives in Tomato Sauce
Ingredients
- 12 chicken thighs (about 4 pounds), skinned
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, divided
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1½ tablespoons minced garlic
- ¼ cup dry white wine
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 to 3 teaspoons crushed red pepper
- 1 (28-ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained
- ¼ cup sliced pitted kalamata olives
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
Instructions
- Sprinkle chicken with ½ teaspoon salt and ⅛ teaspoon black pepper. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken to pan; cook 2 minutes on each side or until browned. Place chicken in an electric slow cooker. Add garlic to pan, and sauté 30 seconds, stirring constantly. Add wine, scraping pan to loosen browned bits; cook 30 seconds. Place wine mixture in cooker. Add tomato paste, crushed red pepper, and tomatoes to cooker. Cover and cook on HIGH 4 hours. Stir in remaining ½ teaspoon salt, remaining ⅛ teaspoon pepper, olives, and parsley.
from Cooking Light
I have a bunch in my freezer that I didn’t know what to do with – I am excited now!
This sounds like a great recipe! Can’t wait to try it out. Thanks or sharing.
Most of the ones I have are from Target and are plastic. ;) They don’t really photograph as plastic though. Have you ever looked at urbanoutfitters.com’s dinnerware? They’re always coming out with funky patterns and I think the plates are around $6 or so. And they’re glass. I’ve been meaning to buy some of their stuff but I always forget about them until after I’ve bought the Target stuff.
The photo itself is making me drool….YUM!
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Hmm I love chicken tights and that sauce sounds yummy!
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This looks tasty,. Thanks for sharing!
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