Provencial Chicken Crockpot

Name: Provencial Chicken Crockpot
Cook time: 1 d
Total time: 1 d
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: chicken; bacon; butter; olive oil; carrots; shallots; whey; tomatoes; red wine; marjoram; tarragon leaves; basil; salt; black pepper

Submitted by nconn

Sophisticate your chicken today with this easy crockpot recipe that you will end up storing in your cookbook.

YIELD

6 servings

PREP

30 min

COOK

8 hrs

READY

8 hrs

Ingredients

POUNDS CHICKEN
cut in pieces

SLICES BACON
diced

TABLESPOONS BUTTER

TABLESPOONS OLIVE OIL

EACH CARROTS
peeled, grated

EACH SHALLOTS
chopped *

TABLESPOONS WHEY
or Cognac *

EACH TOMATOES
peeled, chopped

⅔

CUPS RED WINE
dry *

TEASPOON MARJORAM *

TEASPOON TARRAGON LEAVES

TEASPOON BASIL *

X SALT
to taste *

X BLACK PEPPER
to taste *

Directions

Wash chicken pieces. Pat dry with paper towels. Using a large frying pan, brown bacon until crisp. Remove from pan. Pour off drippings. Add butter and oil to frying pan. Sauté carrot and shallots until limp. Push to sides of pan. Add chicken pieces and sauté until brown. Pour in brandy and ignite. When flames die, transfer chicken and vegetables to crockery pot. Add tomatoes, wine, herbs, bacon, salt and pepper. Cover. Cook on LOW 8 hours. Remove cover. Skim off fat. Cook juices down until reduced by half.

Makes 6 servings.

NOTE: This country-style chicken entree intertwines the influence of Spanish, French and Italian cuisines. Rice pilaff or rissoto makes a good side dish.