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.
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
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.
Nutrition
Calories: 648kcalCarbohydrates: 41gProtein: 49gFat: 30gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 7gMonounsaturated Fat: 12gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 144mgSodium: 1296mgPotassium: 1586mgFiber: 11gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 8787IUVitamin C: 23mgCalcium: 170mgIron: 7mg
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