Crooked Crockpotted Caccitore

Welcome to heaven, come on in:) Thats what this recipe is saying to you. Trust me, I made this for my mother inlaw and she is a seriuos food critic. Well, thats not her job but after almost 60 years of cooking she tells me when my food, "Just doesn't taste right."

Not this time!!! She could'nt get enough of it. Trust me, print this one out. It will become a family favorite.

Goes well with a chilled Rose wine.

Have fun and as always<
Dish it up!!!
Brian


Crooked CrockPotted Cacciatore

1 (2 1/2 to 3 lb.) chicken (not frozen) ( I remove the skin after it’s cooked, with the bones, but for a healthier dish you might want to remove before you cook it)
1 small can of stewed tomatoes
3 Large Roma tomatoes, diced
1 can tomato sauce
4 cloves garlic, diced
1 Large onion chopped or sliced
½ bell pepper
2 stalks of celery, chopped up
1 tsp. oregano
1 Tablespoon. sweet basil chopped
2 bay leaf
1/2 tsp. rosemary (dried is cheaper unless your like me and grow your own)
1 tsp. cilantro
½ tsp chili powder
½ tsp coriander
1 ½ cups water

Ok, so there is a good amount of stuff that goes into this recipe but in the end it is Soooo worth it!!!

If you can you might want to cut up the whole chicken in parts, or make someone else do it for you J and follow these next steps. If you want to only use white meat or just dark meat don’t worry, it will still come out freaking bomb.

So the first step that I do you don’t have to but it turns out amazing if you do it also.

Step one: Get a big pot and put in 1 tablespoon oil. Heat up the pot on medium and set your chicken in with skin on.

Let cook for about one minute then add onions, garlic and stewed and fresh tomatoes.

Cook for only about five minutes total in that pot.

Step two: Take your pot mix and put it in a crock pot.

Add all of the rest of the ingredients except for the salt. Turn on high and let it do its thing for about eight hours. Add salt an pepper last.

The celery has a lot of salt already and the tomatoes have sugar in them so if you want to salt even more, wait till the very last 30 minutes before you stop and eat it.
This dish goes great over rice with some broccoli on the side!!!

Hope you enjoy.

Dish it up!!!