Slow Cooked Chicken Stew

Description

Slow cookers are so great for those times when you want a fuss-free dinner. You can literally throw everything in it and leave it all day so you have a lovely wholesome meal waiting for you at dinner time. We left this stew in the slow cooker for 8 hours on a low heat but if you want it ready bit sooner than that, you can turn the heat up to medium and it should be ready in about 4 hours.

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
  • 1 (32 fluid ounce) container vegetable broth
  • 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
  • 2 sweet potatoes, diced
  • 1 cup uncooked quinoa
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 5 mushrooms, chopped
  • 2 teaspoons dried oregano
  • 2 teaspoons curry powder
  • 5 green onions, chopped
  • 1 bay leaf

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat; stir in onion and garlic. Cook and stir until onion and garlic have softened and turned translucent
  2. about 5 minutes.
  3. Place chicken breasts in the bottom of a slow cooker; add onion
  4. garlic
  5. vegetable broth
  6. diced tomatoes
  7. sweet potatoes
  8. quinoa
  9. green onions
  10. mushrooms
  11. curry powder
  12. oregano
  13. pepper
  14. and bay leaf and mix well. Cook on Low until chicken is tender
  15. 7 to 8 hours.
  16. Discard bay leaf. Remove chicken; shred using 2 forks and place back into the stew
  17. mixing well before serving.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 7 hrs 5 mins

Total Time: 7 hrs 25 mins

Servings: 8

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