Slow Cooker Chicken Fra Diavolo Recipe
This Slow Cooker Chicken Fra Diavolo recipe is a super tasty, spicy marinara sauce with fall-apart tender chicken, cooked all day in a slow cooker, make this an easy meal to get dinner on the table quickly weeknights or any night. Serve with a side of pasta and a simple green salad. This is sure to be a hit with everyone in the family.
Slow Cooker Chicken Fra Diavolo
Ingredients
- 1/4 C olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic - finely minced
- 1 T crushed red pepper flakes or more to taste
- 1 T dried basil
- 1 t dried oregano
- 6 oz tomato paste - 1 can
- 1/4 C red wine
- 28 oz pureed San Marzano tomatoes - 1 28-oz can
- 6 chicken breasts - boneless and skinless
- kosher salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 C chopped fresh basil
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a dutch oven over medium heat.
- Add the wine, garlic, red pepper flakes, basil, and oregano and cook until the garlic is a cooked, about 2 minutes.
- Stir in the tomato paste and cook for an additional 5 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes and season with salt and black pepper, to taste.
- Remove from heat and transfer to slow cooker.
- Pat chicken breasts to remove excess moisture, then season with salt and pepper.
- Add chicken and cook on high for 6-7 hours on high or 8-9 hours on low.
- Sprinkle with torn fresh basil leaves.
- Serve immediately.
- * If you like your sauce thicker, remove chicken and keep warm. Then transfer sauce to a saucepan and cook for 7-10 minutes until sauce reduces and is thickened. Top chicken with sauce and serve immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
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