Crock Pot Chicken A La Criolla

Criolla (literally creole) is a Spanish word widely used to describe Caribbean or Hispanic cuisine. In this simple yet flavorful dish, boneless skinless chicken thighs are stewed in the slow cooker with bell peppers, onions, garlic, tomatoes, olives, cilantro and spices. Served over rice, this is one tasty and inexpensive meal for 9 points plus!

Category: Main Dish

Cuisine: Caribbean

1 review 
Ready in 45 minutes
by kendra_s_yang

Ingredients

10 (2 lbs) chicken thighs skinless, boneless, fat trimmed

1 small onion diced

1 clove garlic crushed

1 bell pepper chopped, or sliced

4 plum tomatoes

2 tablespoons alcaparrado or capers (pitted spanish olives)

8 oz canned tomato sauce

1/4 teaspoon oregano

1/4 teaspoon cumin

salt to taste

1 bay leaf more if wanted

1/4 cup cilantro chopped, plus 2 TBL more for serving


Directions

Directions: Place chicken, onion, garlic, pepper and tomatoes in the crock pot. Season with salt, cumin and oregano. Mix well so everything is seasoned. Add tomato sauce, alcaparrado (or olives) along with 1 tbsp of the brine (juice from capers/olives)1/2 cup water, bay leaf and cilantro. Mix well and set crock pot to HIGH 4 hours or LOW for 6 hours. When done, taste for salt and seasoning and adjust spices as needed. Add 2 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro and serve over rice.

Reviews


A little bland...could use some re-seasoning at the end. I used capers instead of olives.

kendra_s_yang

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