Crockpot Chicken in Red Wine. But, that doesn't mean you can't use red wine to cook chicken with. Crockpot chicken recipes with red wine are proof that using red wine with chicken can be delicious. Add carrots, onions, bacon, salt, pepper, thyme, garlic, bay leaves, wine and broth.

Slow cooker chicken with red wine and mushrooms. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Place butter, chicken, salt, pepper, garlic, mushrooms, onions, wine, thyme, and bay leaf in crock pot. You can have Crockpot Chicken in Red Wine using 13 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Crockpot Chicken in Red Wine

It's 4 of skinless chicken breasts.
Prepare 150 grams of lean bacon cut into 1 inch pieces or lardons.
Prepare 15 ml of vegetable oil.
Prepare 2 clove of crushed garlic.
You need 300 ml of red wine.
It's 30 grams of tomato paste.
Prepare 500 ml of chicken stock.
It's 1 of bay leaf.
It's 1/2 tsp of dried thyme.
Prepare 250 grams of shallots or button onions, peeled.
Prepare 200 grams of small button mushrooms or quartered if large.
Prepare 30 grams of cornstarch.
It's of chopped parsley or coriander.

Combine chicken broth and flour; pour mixture into crock pot, and stir. Slice the carrots, onions & celery into similar-sized pieces. Peel and crush the garlic cloves. Place all of the ingredients except the wine into the crock pot insert, placing the herbs on top of the chicken.

Crockpot Chicken in Red Wine step by step

Spray crockpot with oil..
Heat oil in a frying pan, add bacon / lardons and fry until any fat runs, drain and add to crockpot.
Place chicken breasts in pan and seal on both sides without browning, drain and place in crockpot..
Pour off most of oil, lightly fry shallots, add garlic to pan, add tomato paste, add wine and deglaze pan, add stock(made from cube is fine) add bayleaf and thyme pour into crockpot, season with salt and black pepper..
Turn crockpot to low, add mushrooms, cook for 4 hours., check chicken is cooked through..
Slake cornstarch with 30 ml cold water, pour into crockpot, stir and turn to high for 15 minutes, until thickened..
Garnish with chopped parsley..
Serve with pilaf or boiled rice or creamey mashed potatoes and vegetable of choice, fresh peas are good..
I bought diced chicken breast by mistake, I reduced cooking time to 2 hours and it was perfect..
You can add a dash or two of balsamic vinegar at step 6, for a richer taste..
You can substitute white wine for red wine for an alternative taste, in this case omit balsamic vinegar but you can add a dollop or two of cream or creme fraiche just before serving..
My daughter is allergic to mushrooms so there are no mushrooms in title picture, I cooked them separately and added to dish when served!.

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