So that dang Kframe put a gun to my head and forced me to buy a slow cooker last week. I was planning on my first meal being some stew meat I had, but alas, that was in the garage fridge that crapped out a few days ago.
So I started searching for recipes I could do this weekend that didn't require a trip to the city for ingredients. I stumbled upon Tuscan chicken. Apparently I am out of the loop and this is a very popular dish that I've never heard of before. A quick trip to my little podunk grocery store and I was good to go. This came out really, really good.
I did tweak the ingredients a bit. Of course my store didn't have the Castelvetrano olives, but a quick search showed that Manzanilla olives make a fair substitute, and they had those. I also doubled the spinach and next time might use even more. I put the cornstarch and water mixture in at the gitgo instead of doing the whole "transfer to serving dish thing". I also added shredded parmesan cheese based on that being used in a pan recipe that I saw. Also, I didn't have the herb seasoning, so I just rubbed Italian salad dressing into the chicken thighs.
After I started it cooking, I perused some more recipes, and the next time I make this - and there WILL be a next time - I think I will use breasts instead of thighs. Some of the pan recipes said not to use breasts, I guess because they might dry out, but I don't think that will happen in the slow cooker. Or I might mix breasts and thighs. Also I saw some interesting spice choices, like using paprika.
I paired this with some fresh baked artisan bread, and I gotta say, dipping the fresh out of the oven warm bread in the sauce was ridiculously good. I had to stop myself from eating bread and sauce - it could have been a meal in itself.
Anyway, recommended.
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/8420617/slow-cooker-tuscan-chicken/
