Slow Cooker Chicken Merlot

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Slow Cooker Chicken Merlot

Looking for that perfect week night meal? Using a slow cooker to make Chicken Merlot is not only easy, but a great way to allow flavors to build gradually during the slow cooking process.

Prep Time20

Cook Time5

Total Time5 20

Course: Entree

Cuisine: American, French

Servings:

Calories: 648kcal

Ingredients

3½ lbs whole chicken cut into pieces (or parts of your choice) skin removed
1 large onion rough cut into chunks
16 ounces mushrooms cut in half or quarters
3 carrots peeled and rough cut
5 stalks celery large slice
16 ounces cannellini beans drained and rinsed
4 cloves garlic peeled but left whole
6 ounces tomato paste
8 ounces merlot or red wine of your choice
8 ounces chicken broth
1 teaspoons dried basil
½ teaspoon salt more or less to taste
¼ teaspoon black pepper more or less to taste

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Instructions

Add the tomato paste, red wine, chicken broth and spices to a small bowl
.Whisk the ingredients together until well blended.
Remove vegetables and chicken when the cooking has completed. Cover both and keep warm while you finish the sauce.
Add the chopped vegetables and cannellini beans to the slow cooker.
Place the chicken pieces on top of the vegetables.
Pour the red wine mixture over top of the chicken.
Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 5 hours or high-heat setting for 2 ½ hours.
Remove the vegetables and chicken from the slow cooker and cover to keep warm.
Pour all liquid from the slow cooker into a saucepan.
Heat the sauce over medium-high heat until it begins to boil, then reduce the heat to medium, cooking long enough to reduce the sauce by half, until the sauce is thick and clingy.
Place the mushroom mixture on top of a serving platter, topped with the chicken pieces and ladle the sauce over the chicken.
Serve the Chicken Merlot with roasted potatoes, rice, or your favorite grain. You’re going to love this slow cooker recipe.

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