Crock Pot Chicken Italian

You will need the following ingredients.

8 chicken thighs(I used them with skin on)
5 fresh garlic cloves minced
2 jars of vodka sauce(I used Bertolli you can use whatever you like or make your own)
16 oz chicken stock
Onion(I used one large white onion use what you have or what you like) Large Dice
1 large package of cramini mushrooms cut in quarters
1 8 oz can of stewed tomatoes
1 tablespoon italian seasoning
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
3 tablespoons olive oil


Well tonight I had a little fun with my crock pot. I was getting off work and I wanted chicken cacciatore but didnt really want to make it. So I grabbed the following ingredients from the store and headed home and got to work.

Use a large crock pot(Nothing smaller than a 6 qt crock pot) turn it on high and put about half the stock in it. Then take a large skillet and put a couple tablespoons of olive oil in the bottom and turn to medium high. Salt and pepper the chicken and put 4 pieces skin side down and cook until skin is crispy. Flip in pan and let cook for 1-2 minutes. Remove from pan and put skin side up into the crock pot. Repeat with last four pieces of chicken. (If you dont have a large skillet do as directed with fewer pieces until all has been cooked) With this process do not cook chicken all the way through just enough to crisp the outside. Once all chicken is in the crock pot add the rest of the chicken stock, stewed tomatoes, garlic, italian seasoning and 1 of the jars of vodka sauce. Turn crock pot on high and let go until chicken begins to fall off the bone.(About 2 hours) Add the mushrooms and onions to the crock pot and allow to cook for about 1 more hour. (I remove the lid for the last half hour to allow the sauce to reduce a bit)
Serve over your noodle of choice (I like linguine for this!)