Slow cooker Persian chicken stew recipe
- Serves 4
- 8 mins to prepare and 5 hrs to cook
- 523 calories / serving
- Freezable
Ingredients
- 750g chicken thighs on the bone
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- ½ tsp turmeric
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, peeled and sliced into rings
- 25g walnut halves
- 550g new potatoes, halved if large
- 100g dried dates
- 150ml chicken stock
- 2 tbsp harissa paste
- 150g natural yogurt
- steamed greens, to serve
Directions
- Combine the chicken thighs and spices in a mixing basin. Toss thoroughly to coat.
- In a frying pan, heat the olive oil and cook the onion for 2 minutes before adding the walnuts. Cook for an additional minute.
- In a slow cooker, place the potatoes. Add the chicken, then the onions and walnuts that have been sautéed. Pour in the stock and sprinkle the dates on top.
- Cook over a low heat for 4½-5 hours, or until the chicken is cooked through (with no pink meat showing).
- Meanwhile, stir the Harissa paste into the yogurt.
- Serve the chicken on a bed of steamed greens such as kale with the spiced yogurt on the side.