Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, crockpot chicken ratatouille. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Crockpot Chicken Ratatouille is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Crockpot Chicken Ratatouille is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
Layer half the vegetables in a large crock pot in the following order: onion, eggplant, zucchini, garlic, green peppers, tomatoes. Next sprinkle half the basil, oregano, sugar, parsley, salt and pepper on the veggies. Many of my crock pot recipes involve more than just "dump and go." I have found you will get more flavor in the recipe if you brown the meat first, then deglaze the pan and use that liquid. This recipe, however, is genuinely a dump, set-it-and-forget-it meal and it turns out perfectly.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook crockpot chicken ratatouille using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Crockpot Chicken Ratatouille:
- Prepare 1 large pack chicken thighs (or you can use boneless chicken)
- Get 1 can Crushed Tomatoes (28 oz)
- Take 1 can diced tomatoes
- Prepare 1 teaspoon Oregano
- Get 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- Make ready 1 teaspoon dry basil leaves
- Prepare 1 can Chick Peas (garbanzos,undrained)
- Prepare 1 large eggplant, cut into cubes
- Take 3 zucchini, cut into coins
- Prepare 1 onion, sliced
- Prepare 1 green pepper, sliced
- Make ready 1 teaspoon parsley Flakes
- Take Fresh garlic, minced (5-6)
- Make ready Salt
Place the eggplant in crock pot. Stir in the tomato paste, olives, and the fresh basil. Serve hot, room temperature or chilled. Check the chicken is cooked through and no pink remains.
Steps to make Crockpot Chicken Ratatouille:
- Peel and cut eggplant into cubes, then place into a colander with a bowl underneath to catch drippings and generously apply salt to your cubed eggplant, let sit out with the salt for about 30 min.(this will extract the xtra moisture that’s in the eggplant)…..
- Rinse chicken and pat dry, season with some black pepper and place on a baking pan, set oven to broil and broil chicken until slightly browned, then place into crock pot (use this step only if your using bone - in chicken thighs, skin on), I took out the skin on my chicken thighs,otherwise cut chicken and place into crockpot…….
- Cut up your zucchini, onion, green pepper, and mince your garlic, rinse off the salt from your eggplant and drain well, and place all veggies into crockpot, including can of undrained chick peas…..
- Pour the tomatoes over the chicken and veggies in crockpot, then sprinkle your remaining ingredients over all….
- Stir gently, cover and cook on low for 8 hours…..
- Eat and enjoy with white rice or by itself 🍛!!!! 😋
Serve hot, room temperature or chilled. Check the chicken is cooked through and no pink remains. Serve with pasta, rice or crusty bread, a baguette would be ideal! Simply omit the chicken from this dish to make a tasty vegetarian and vegan ratatouille! Check out my slow cooker archives for loads more.
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