A restaurant-worthy recipe in the comfort of your own home with only minutes of prep work. Simple ingredients are slow-cooked for a rich and aromatic dish with rustic Italian flavor.

The Internet is full of Paleo (and not-so-Paleo) chicken cacciatore recipes. The trick is finding one that is perfect for you, your family, and your tastes.

You can use a whole chicken, breasts or thighs, a sauté pan or a slow cooker, and a complicated ingredients list or just a few ingredients.

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Personally, I prefer a short ingredients list and to use a slow cooker, because I like to just throw everything in the pot and come back to a perfectly cooked meal in six or eight hours. I have used a whole chicken, boneless breasts, bone-in breasts, and thighs; the bone-in cuts add more flavor but what I use typically depends on the sale prices for pastured chicken.

This recipe, which I altered from one I found on Nom Nom Paleo, serves six so you can adjust downwards if you don’t want leftovers…but it reheats beautifully!

Try serving it over cilantro lime cauliflower rice!

Pro Tip: If you like your sauce thickened, pre-cook this dish, cover and refrigerate overnight, then re-heat and simmer it down to reduce the liquid.

PaleoHacks Team

Paleo Crockpot Chicken Cacciatore Recipe

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Total time:6 hrs
15 mins

Cook Time: 6 hrs 6 hours

Prep Time: 15 mins 15 minutes

Paleo Crockpot Chicken Cacciatore Recipe

Recipe by: PaleoHacks Team

Slow-cooked chicken and tomatoes yield a rich and aromatic rustic Italian dish.

Ingredients

• 3 lbs chicken
• 2 T of butter or oil of your choice
• 1 large onion, minced
• 1/4 c tomato paste
• 1 1/2 t of dried oregano
• 2 to 3 cloves of garlic, minced (add more if you love garlic)
• 1/4 t of red pepper flakes (more or less depending on your preferences for spicy meals)
• 1 can of diced tomatoes, drained
• 1/2 cup of chicken stock
• 2 lb of cremini or white mushrooms, quartered if large, halved if small
• 1/2 cup of red wine (optional)

Instructions

• Cook the butter, onions, tomato paste, oregano, garlic, and red pepper flakes in a small saucepan until the onions are soft.
• Put the onion mixture into the crockpot.
• Stir in the tomatoes, chicken stock, mushrooms, and wine, if using.
• Season the chicken pieces with salt and pepper and add them to the crockpot.
• Mix everything together.
• Cover and cook on low for four to six hours.

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