Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore Just Like Grandma Made

ByTheresa Huse
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Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore – Need I say more? We adapted our family favorite chicken caccaitore recipe into one of our easy crockpot recipes. Can I say shut the front door! Because people are going to be knocking it down to get into your house to eat this dinner idea. It is that  GOOD! 

Do you ever crave home-style easy chicken recipes that bring back fond memories of growing up? One of my favorites is a pasta dish that my mom only made on weekends. It was my grandma Nina’s Chicken Cacciatore recipe. Why we didn’t get this dish more often? I often wondered as a child. They were busy working during the week and there were many hours of stirring the pot while the meal cooked on those lazy weekends filled with good dinners. 

First you had to make the sauce, fry the chicken and combine them. Then it was a long cook time to get the chicken tender and flavors to meld in the sauce. She would use cuts of chicken with the bone in and the skin on to really bring out the flavors. But, gone our the days of spending entire days in the kitchen. We just cut the time down, let the slow cooker do the stirring. Occasionally check on it and then serve it up when the chicken is cooked. 

We love pouring this homemade cacciatore over freshly made pasta. Oh, comfort food how I love thee. 

Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore

Easy Recipes Chicken Cacciatore An Easy Slow Cooker Recipe

What if I could recreate my grandma’s recipe by a few quick steps and by making this a Ragu Pasta Sauce Recipe? That’s just what I did.

First, I lightened up the recipe by using lean skinless boneless chicken and saved time by using this Ragu Homestyle Sauce. Then, let all the simmering and cooking be done in the slow cooker. 

  • Today I’m showing you exactly how to bring back my grandma’s Chicken Cacciatore recipe for the modern day kitchen!

Easy Recipes Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore This recipe tastes just like grandma's but, only takes 10 minutes to prep and finishes cooking in the slow cooker. The chicken is tender. Serve over pasta noodles.

Crockpot Chicken Cacciatore

You’ll love this recipe because with a few quick steps you will have this recipe cooking in the slow cooker. Then you’ll be able to get all the things done that are on your list.

  • Car pooling kids
  • Laundry
  • Cleaning
  • Bills 
  • you get the idea

Bonus, cooking in the crock-pot or slow cooker doesn’t heat up the kitchen! Which means this can be cooked anytime of year! The recipe is just as flavorful as my grandma’s traditional Chicken Cacciatore recipe. Let’s get cooking!

Easy Recipes Bowl of Chicken Cacciatore

Here’s what you will need to make Chicken Cacciatore

Ingredient List:

The only other cooking you do is sautéing the onions and garlic in olive oil in a skillet. Note- This is a boneless chicken cacciatore recipe. If you want you can use chicken thighs with the skin and bones which then will have to be removed from the sauce or during eating. If you decide to do that you will get even a more flavorful cacciatore. 

How to make chicken caccitore in the slow cooker 

Easy Recipes Onions Cooking for Chicken Cacciatore

  1. Peel, then chop up the onion and garlic.
  2. Next sauté them in about 2 tablespoons olive oil until softened on a medium/low heat. Then set to the side.

 Chicken Cacciatore Slow Cooker 

 

Easy Recipes | Steps For Making Chicken Cacciatore in the slow cooker

  1. Slice your bell peppers.
  2. Open your can of chicken broth, jar of sauce and pour 1 cup of white wine.
  3. Add in 1 tsp. Italian Spices, 3 Bay Leaves and 1/4 tsp. black pepper.
  4. Add all these ingredients into the slow cooker. * I pre spray with a non stick cooking spray
  5. Cook in the slow cooker on high for 4-6 hours *depending on the thickness of your chicken pieces.

Right before your ready to serve up your easy slow cooker Chicken Cacciatore Recipe cook your Rigatoni or other pasta noodles according to the directions on the package. Garnish with shredded Parmesan Cheese and thinly sliced scallions.

Easy Recipes | New Homestyle Ragu Pasta Sauce Thick & Hearty Mushroom helps make this easy slow cooker chicken cacciatore recipe

This recipe is so easy to recreate in your own kitchen. This is a flavorful meal the entire family will love.

Our hero today was New Ragu Homestyle Thick & Hearty Mushroom Sauce but, you can use any of the Ragu sauces. No endless crushing tomatoes, finding the perfect flavors, they are all packed into one jar, made just like my grandmas. 

Easy Recipes Slow Cooker | Chicken Cacciatore In a Bowl next to a fork and spoon

Easy Recipes | Ragu Recipes | New Homestyle Ragu Pasta Sauce

Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore | How to cook chicken cacciatore in the slow cooker
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Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore

This slow cooker chicken cacciatore recipe is just like my grandmas only adapted to fit the modern busy person. It's easy to make, little prep and finishes in the slow cooker. Giving you time to get other things done. Bonus, it doesn't heat up the kitchen. Don't you love crockpot recipes? I sure do and think you will love this as much as we do. 

Course Dinner
Cuisine Italian
Keyword chicken, chicken cacciatore, crockpot chicken cacciatore, crockpot recipe, pasta, slow cooker chicken cacciatore, slow cooker recipe
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours 50 minutes
Total Time 4 hours
Servings 4
Author Theresa Huse DearCreatives.com

Ingredients

  • 1 Yellow Onion
  • •1 Green Bell Pepper
  • •1 Red Bell Pepper
  • •3 Garlic Cloves
  • •1 Jar of the New Ragu Homestyle Thick And Hearty Mushroom Sauce
  • •1 Package Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast
  • •1 Small Can 14.5 oz. 100% Natural Chicken Broth
  • •1 cup White Wine *optional
  • •1 package Rigatoni Noodles or your favorite kind
  • •Olive Oil
  • •Italian Spices
  • •Bay Leaves
  • •Black Pepper

Garnishes

  • Parmesan Cheese
  • Scallions

Instructions

  1. 1.Peel, then chop up the onion and garlic.
  2. 2.Next sauté them in about 2 tablespoons olive oil until softened on a medium/low heat. Then set to the side.
    Easy Recipes Onions Cooking for Chicken Cacciatore
  3. Slice your bell peppers.
  4. 3.Open your can of chicken broth, jar of sauce and pour 1 cup of wine.
  5. 4.Add in 1 tsp. Italian Spices, 3 Bay Leaves and 1/4 tsp. black pepper.
  6. 5.Add all these ingredients into the slow cooker.
  7. 6.Cook in the slow cooker on high for 4-6 hours *depending on the thickness of your chicken pieces.

Recipe Notes

Prior to cooking in the slow cooker you can pre spray with a non stick spray such as Pam.
Ladle finished sauce and fully cooked chicken onto cooked noodles like rigatoni.
This recipe can be cooked on the stove top but, you will have to stir it often so the bottom doesn't scorch.
If you like a thicker sauce use 2 jars of the New Ragu Homestyle Thick And Hearty Mushroom Sauce
Garnish with shredded Parmesan Cheese and thinly sliced scallions.

 Easy Recipes Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore Ragu Recipes

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49 Comments

  2. Love Ragu! You just brought back a memory for me. My mom used to make chicken cacciatore with rice and I hated it! lol This actually looks so much better! Well, pasta makes every dish taste better to me.

    1. Hi Stacie, I hope you try this recipe and it changes your mind! It’s seriously yummy. Even Sammie who typically doesn’t care for red sauces loved it! Thanks for stopping by & hope you took a chance at the giveaway.

  4. I love any dish that I can make in the crockpot, so I do not have as much prep work when I get home. This looks great!

    1. Hi Mary, I agree. It’s helpful for anyone busy. And since I work from home it’s nice to prep a meal quickly and not have to worry about feeding the family later.

    1. Hi Candy, The dish was one that looked like hers I picked it up at a thrift shop. Wish it had been a whole set. Thanks for dropping by.

  6. YUM! I’m a sucker for traditional homestyle Italian dishes, though like you, I don’t have the time to let it cook all day long. So I love that you made traditional Chicken Cacciatore in the slow cooker and with this RAGU Homestyle Sauce! We’ll definitely be making this sometime soon!

    1. Hi Erin, Thanks! Me too my grandma had so many but, she never wrote them down. I wish I had more of her traditional recipes but, am thankful for the ones that my mom wrote down as she watched her cook. Enjoy the recipe.

  9. I totally agree with using skinless chicken breast, but I confess that sometimes I just gotta use thighs!
    Very nice recipe <3

    1. Hi Rae, Yes thighs do have a lot of flavor and you can easily add them in or even swap out the chicken breast for thighs. My mom would cook both as a few of us preferred white chicken meat over dark.

  10. You immediately caught my attention with “just like Grandma’s only easier!” I love discovering recipes for traditional favorites that have shortcuts so all day is not spent in the kitchen hovering over an open flame. LOL Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful recipe that’s quick and easy to prepare.

    1. Hi Denay, Your welcome and I’m glad you enjoyed it. I love traditional recipes but, enjoy making them not as labor intensive. We are all too busy for that, except on occasion.

    1. Hi Chrissa, It’s kind of the same in our house. I’m always saying there are just some brands that are your go to and Ragu is one of ours. Your welcome & I hope you get to try this one.

  17. oh my gosh this looks delicious! I absolutely love chicken cacciatore and the fact that it is in the crockpot is even better! Thanks for sharing!

  22. This looks delicious! And I’m loving the vintage Pyrex. My mom has some just like this and I love them.

  23. This looks so good, that dish with the blue flower totally reminds me of my grandma too!! I loved checking out the Ragu website and finding all those awesome recipes!

    1. Hi Lauren, Funny that’s what everyone is saying about the dish. I seriously don’t even know that my grandma had that specific type. But, I love Pryex. Yes, they have some great recipes that are really easy to make! I’m sure I’ll try more myself.

  24. Thanks for sharing your recipe. I’ve never tried to make chicken cacciatore in the slow cooker. This looks delish!

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