Description
I am married to a chef, but I can’t cook. So I make a lot of food in my slow cooker when it’s my night to cook. We love France and French cooking, and this recipe is a wonderfully simple, elegant cassoulet that even I can make and he loves. Wonderful for cold nights and dinner parties. Double the recipe for leftovers – it melds overnight very well.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 6 slices turkey bacon
- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken thighs, chopped
- ¼ pound fully-cooked smoked sausage, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- 2 bay leaves
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ¼ cup tomato paste
- 3 (15 ounce) cans great Northern beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained
- 3 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat and cook bacon until crisp and brown
- turning often
- about 10 minutes. Remove bacon and drain on paper towels; crumble when cool. Set bacon aside.
- Cook and stir onion in the same skillet until translucent
- about 5 minutes. Stir in chicken
- sausage
- garlic
- thyme
- bay leaves
- and black pepper; cook until chicken pieces are browned
- 5 to 8 minutes. Stir in tomato paste.
- Transfer chicken mixture to a slow cooker and stir in crumbled turkey bacon
- great Northern beans
- and diced tomatoes. Cover the cooker
- set on Low
- and cook until cassoulet is thickened and the chicken is very tender
- 4 to 5 hours. Sprinkle with parsley before serving.
Prep Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 4 hrs 20 mins
Total Time: 4 hrs 45 mins
Servings: 6