Slow Cookers For Dummies
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This chicken provençal recipe uses the slow cooker. Unlike traditional chicken provençal, a slow cooker simmers slowly, so the food stays moist, eliminating the need for basting. Serve the chicken with French bread to soak up the wonderful juices.

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 6 to 7 hours on Low

Yield: 4 servings

4 medium potatoes

3 carrots

1 whole head fresh garlic

1 chicken (3 1/2 to 4 pounds)

2 medium onions

20 cherry tomatoes

20 white button mushrooms

1 cup pitted ripe olives, drained

Salt

Freshly ground black pepper

1 cup olive oil

1 tablespoon dried thyme

  1. Peel the potatoes and cut them into 1/2-inch-thick slices.

  2. Cut the carrots diagonally into 1/4-inch-thick slices.

  3. Peel all the garlic cloves and thinly slice them.

  4. Cut the chicken into pieces.

  5. Cut the onions into quarters.

  6. Lightly spray a 6-quart slow cooker with vegetable oil cooking spray.

  7. Layer the potatoes and carrots in the slow cooker.

  8. Scatter half the garlic slices over the vegetables.

  9. Season with salt and black pepper to taste.

  10. Salt and pepper the chicken pieces.

  11. Place the chicken on top of the vegetables.

  12. Scatter the remaining garlic, the onions, tomatoes, mushrooms, and olives around the chicken.

  13. Drizzle the olive oil over the chicken and vegetables.

  14. Sprinkle the thyme over the chicken.

  15. Cover and cook on Low for 6 to 7 hours.

Per serving: Calories 659 (From fat 378); Fat 42g (Saturated 7g); Cholesterol 106mg; Sodium 561mg; Carbohydrate 32g (Dietary fiber 6g); Protein 42g.

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Tom Lacalamita has written five appliance cookbooks and appeared on Good Morning America®, CNBC®, and NPR®. Glenna Vance is a food writer and recipe developer.

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