Slow Cooker Rustic Chicken Stew Recipes

Steps:

• Mix flour, basil, thyme, sage, and black pepper in a large resealable bag; add chicken, seal bag, and shake until chicken is evenly coated.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion and bell pepper until slightly tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Add chorizo sausage and garlic; cook and stir until sausage is cooked, about 5 minutes. Transfer mixture to a slow cooker and top with mushrooms.
• Cook and stir coated chicken (including all the flour) in the same skillet, adding more oil if needed, until chicken is browned, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer chicken to the slow cooker.
• Pour chicken stock into the same skillet, and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the skillet with a wooden spoon. Pour all the liquid and brown bits into slow cooker.
• Mix cream of mushroom soup, cream of celery soup, sour cream, Cajun seasoning, and cayenne pepper in a bowl; spoon into slow cooker.
• Cook on High for 2 hours; reduce setting to Low and cook for 4 more hours.

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Saute garlic and chicken until lightly browned.
• Place chicken and garlic in slow cooker; add water, soup, pepper, salt, seasoning, apple, potatoes, onion and gravy mix. Mix all together.
• Set heat on Low setting and simmer slowly for 6 to 8 hours.

Steps:

• Combine the first 5 ingredients in the crockery pot.
• Stir in the next 5 ingredients.
• Cover and cook on LOW until the chicken is done and the vegetables are tender, 7-9 hrs.
• or on HIGH 4-6 hrs.
• Stir in the peas and cook until they are done, 15 to 30 minutes.
• (Note: Baby carrots make a quick and easy substitute for the 1" thick carrot slices).

Steps:

• In a 5-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 11 ingredients; cover and cook on high for 4 hours. , Mix water and cornstarch until smooth; stir into stew. Cook, covered, 30 minutes more or until the vegetables are tender. If desired, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

Steps:

• Combine first 14 ingredients in an electric slow cooker.
• Cover with lid and cook on high setting for 4 hours or until carrot is tender.
• Combine the water and cornstarch in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk until blended.
• Add cornstarch mixture and frozen peas or edamame (and tofu, if using) to the slow cooker, stir well.
• Re-cover and cook on high-heat setting an 30 additional minutes.
• Serve with hot cooked rice.
• Note: I don't eat much meat and prefer more vegetables, so I often add extra firm cubed tofu at the last 30 minute mark. Tasty! Also good with small new potatoes added at the beginning, which is another good way to stretch the recipe. :).

Steps:

• 1. Place chicken, seasonings, and all vegetables into slow cooker. Cook on low 6 hours.
• 2. Whisk corn starch into milk, stir into slow cooker and cook 15 additional minutes on high.
• 3. To freeze this recipe for later use: Place chicken, seasonings, carrots, and onions into gallon-sized freezer bag. Thaw overnight in refrigerator. Dump bag into slow cooker, add potatoes. Cook on low 6 hours. Continue from step 2.