Slow Cooker Spanish Chicken Stew
A flavoursome Spanish Chicken stew cooked in the slow cooker and simply packed with delicious, warming Spanish flavours. A proper feel-good healthy, hearty, filling family dinner.
I love to make (and eat) this delicious Spanish Chicken Stew, it's got all the sunshine flavours of Spanish food, but in a warming one pot casserole that's perfect for autumn or winter dinner.It's super easy to throw our slow cooker chicken stew together in the morning before you go out, all the vegetables are chunkily chopped making it quick to make.
You can make this with fresh peppers if you like, I prefer the jarred ones, they give a sweeter flavour. And because it's a true one pot chicken casserole with potatoes in the stew, it makes for a really easy dinner when you get home, just serve spooned into bowl with crusty bread for dipping in.
INGREDIENTS FOR SLOW COOKER SPANISH CHICKEN STEW
- Cloves garlic - minced - if you want to be quicker - just use Lazy Garlic or a teaspoon of garlic powder instead.
- Red onion - peeled and chunkily chopped
- Carrots - peeled and chunkily chopped
- Sticks celery - sliced
- Chargrilled peppers - from a jar of antipasti - roughly chopped
- Diced chicken breast - you can use chicken mini fillets for this recipe - they're so quick to just snip into bitesized pieces with sharp kitchen scissors.
- Cans chopped tomatoes
- New potatoes - peeled and roughly chopped
- Smoked paprika
- Dried oregano
- Pinch salt and black pepper - to season
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HOW TO MAKE SPANISH CHICKEN STEW IN THE SLOW COOKER
Just add all the ingredients to the slow cooker, stir well and then cook on high for 4 hours or low for around 7-8 hours - until everything is cooked through properly and thoroughly.
If the slow cooker Spanish Chicken stew needs thickening - do so by mixing a couple of teaspoon of cornflour into a paste with some cold water, then stir though the stew and boil to thicken.
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RECIPE VARIATIONS
- You can make this slow cooker chicken stew recipe with chicken thigh fillets if you prefer, make sure they're boneless and skinless.
- Add some extra vegetables and stir in a tin of chick peas and some chopped spinach for the lat 30 minutes of cooking.
- Add in some sliced cooking chorizo sausages with the ingredients at the beginning of the recipe.
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HOW TO SERVE SLOW COOKER SPANISH CHICKEN STEW
Serve spooned into bowls, sprinkle with chopped flat leaf parsley. Add some crusty bread for mopping up the juices.
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LOVE YOUR LEFTOVERS
Leftover Slow Cooker Spanish Chicken Stew can be cooled and stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator overnight for use the next day. Alternatively store in a freezer-safe container in the freezer for unto 3 months. Defrost food thoroughly before reheating, and always reheat to the recommended food-safety temperature.
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Slow Cooker Spanish Chicken Stew
Delicious warming slow cooker chicken stew with all the flavours of Spanish sunshine food!
Ingredients
- 3 cloves garlic - finely chopped
- 1 red onion - roughly chopped
- 3 carrots - chunkily chopped
- 2 sticks celery - sliced
- 3 chargrilled peppers from a jar
- 1lb (500g) diced chicken breast
- 2 x 14oz canned chopped tomatoes (2 x 400g tins)
- 1lb (500g) new potatoes - peeled and halved
- 1 tbs smoked paprika
- 2 teaspoon dried oregano
- pinch sea salt
- pinch black pepper
Instructions
- Heat the slow cooker to high
- Add all the ingredients to the slow cooker - stir well to combine then cook on high for 4 hours or until the chicken is cooked through properly and the vegetables tender.
- If the stew needs thickening do this by adding 2 teaspoon cornflour to a cup, mixing into a paste with a little cold water, then stir through the stew and boil to thicken.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 185Total Fat: 2gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 26mgSodium: 110mgCarbohydrates: 30gFiber: 7gSugar: 11gProtein: 14g
Nutritional content will vary depending on the exact ingredients you use and how careful you are with measuring - this nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate - you should always calculate your own nutritional information especially if you have specific dietary requirements.
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Disclaimer - in a lot of our slow cooker recipes we use a crockpot where the inner pan in safe to use on the hob as well as in the crockpot. If you don’t have a hob safe slow cooker - then use a pan for any hob cooking then transfer to the slow cooker pan for slow cooking.
Wendy is the creator of Daisies & Pie, a UK food blog sharing easy meals and home lifestyle tips since 2012
