Slow-Cooker Mediterranean Chicken

Name: Slow-Cooker Mediterranean Chicken
Prep time: 7 h 15 min
Cook time: 7 h 15 min
Total time: 7 h 15 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 medium bell pepper, cut into 1-inch pieces; 1 medium butternut squash, peeled and cut into 2-inch pieces; 411 grams can stewed tomatoes, undrained; 237 milliliters uncooked couscous; 0 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons ground cumin; 59 milliliters raisins; 118 milliliters Old El Paso® salsa (any variety); 567 grams boneless skinless chicken breast halves , each cut into 3 pieces

Slow-Cooker Mediterranean Chicken might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 40% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains roughly 40g of protein, 5g of fat, and a total of 488 calories. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet. Head to the store and pick up bell pepper, chicken breast halves, ground cumin, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the ground cumin you could follow this main course with the Moroccan Chocolate Mousse as a dessert.

Instructions

Layer squash, bell pepper and chicken in 4- to 5-quart slow cooker.

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Bell Pepper

Whole Chicken

Squash

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Slow Cooker

Mix tomatoes, salsa, raisins, cinnamon and cumin; pour over mixture in slow cooker.

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Cinnamon

Tomato

Raisins

Cumin

Salsa

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Slow Cooker

Cover and cook on low heat setting about 7 hours or until squash is tender and juice of chicken is no longer pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut. During last 10 minutes of cook time, cook couscous as directed on package.

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Couscous

Whole Chicken

Squash

Juice

Remove chicken and vegetables from slow cooker with slotted spoon.

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Vegetable

Whole Chicken

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Slotted Spoon

Slow Cooker

Serve over couscous. Stir sauce in slow cooker; spoon over chicken mixture. Note: This recipe was tested in slow cookers with heating elements in the side and bottom of the cooker, not in cookers that stand only on a heated base. For slow cookers with just a heated base, follow the manufacturer’s directions for layering ingredients and choosing a temperature.

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Couscous

Whole Chicken

Base