Thursday, February 23, 2012

stewed crockpot chicken

start by making the tomato sauce

on a cookie sheet place:
1 pint of cherry tomatoes
diced mushrooms
slices of onions
place in the oven at 350 until tomatoes start to pop.

place all of these items into a slow cooker on high.  I added a bit of chicken broth from my soup, water would work as well, some dry italian seasoning,  2 cloves diced garlic, and some basil. Let it simmer for a long as you can.  You can keep in chunky or you can use a stick blender and puree the sauce a bit which is what I did.

add the Chicken or meat of choice
Once the sauce is cooked I added 4 pre-measured pieces of 3.5 oz of chicken to the sauce and allowed it to cook through.  I am looking forward to trying it over my miracle angle hair noodles.  the chicken absorbed tons of flavor, and I plan to eat it with some noodles tonight and maybe with some spinach or cauliflower tomorrow.

you really can't overcook this in a slow cooker.  I let the sauce go on low for about 8 hours and added the chicken and let it go on high for another 4.  I think the longer the sauce cooks the better.  I like my tomatoes sauce with a bit of sugar normally so I added a tiny amount of stevia but that is up to your taste.

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