Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs with Tomatoes and Peppers

4.60 from 5 votes

An easy to make slow cooker meal with chicken thighs, tomatoes and peppers

Course Main Course

Cuisine Slow Cooker

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 6 hours

Total Time 6 hours 10 minutes

Servings

Calories 688kcal

2 red onions sliced
10 small chicken thighs browned first
1 red pepper chopped
1 yellow pepper chopped
400 g tin of chopped tomatoes
handful cherry tomatoes (optional) I include these if I have cherry tomatoes to use up
3-4 tbsp tomato purée
2 tsp red wine vinegar
1-2 tsp oregano
salt and pepper to taste
fresh basil to serve

Brown the chicken thighs in a pan (I tend to do this dry or use 1 tsp of olive oil), then place them in the base of the slow cooker pot.
Add the sliced onions, chopped peppers on top of the chicken, then add the tin of chopped tomatoes, additional cherry tomatoes if you are using them, tomato puree, red wine vinegar and oregano.
Season to taste with salt and pepper.
As you can see this fills my large slow cooker quite well. I used my 5.7 litre slow cooker for this recipe.
Cook for 1 hr on high then 4 on low (or 5-6 hours on low).
Serve with torn fresh basil leaves, with pasta, rice or crusty bread.