Mediterranean Chicken Crockpot Recipe

This Mediterranean Chicken recipe for the crockpot slow cooker uses frozen artichoke hearts, a jar of green olives, and a can of tomatoes to make a delicious sauce that is a super easy dump it all in recipe.

Perfect for a busy school or work night!

Day 62.

One of the really cool things about crockpot cooking is that you can throw frozen things in the crock to cool all day long and they will tenderize and release a whole bunch of flavor while they cook slowly in their own juices.

This is a grown-up version of lazy chicken.

The taste is sophisticated, but the preparation takes all of twelve seconds. The most difficult part of this dinner was remembering to take a picture before we ate it all.

We've been having spring-type weather, and the day that I threw this together, I didn't want to stand around in the kitchen--and wanted to be able to stay outside with the kids after school at the playground.

I put this on at 8am, and was overjoyed to have a light, healthy, and flavorful meal with very little effort when we got home at 5 o'clock, tired, hungry and whiny.

The Ingredients:
serves 4

2-3 pounds chicken. I like boneless thighs; any kind will work.

1 (10-ounce) bag of frozen artichoke hearts

1 cup green olives, no juice

1 (26-ounce) can of tomatoes (and juice)

The Directions:

put everything in your crockpot.

turn on.

cook on low for 8 hours, high for 4-6.

Serve over pasta, rice, or quinoa.

We ate it with quinoa, and it was a great pairing.

and it kind of made me want to go on a vacation.

The Verdict.

Sometimes the best tasting recipes are also the easiest. It's really not important (well it's not important to me!) to slave away in the kitchen to get a good tasting meal.

I am a set it and forget it kind of girl and this recipe fits that criteria!!

:-)