The best thing about a slow cooker is that it does not need you. Autumn 2024: just back from a campervan road trip – van to unpack, dogs to walk, and the usual chaos of returning home. The Crock-Pot went on before any of that started. A chicken leg, cannellini beans, leek, carrot, a splash of white wine, and eight hours on low. By the time everything had been unpacked and Issy & Poppy had been walked, there was dinner waiting. Casa Adora smelt like autumn.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 chicken leg (thigh and drumstick), dusted in cornflour
- ¼ large onion, sliced
- ¼ leek, sliced
- ½ carrot, sliced into rounds
- ½ celery stalk, sliced
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 50g cooked cannellini beans
- ½ tbsp olive oil
- 150ml chicken stock
- 50ml dry white wine
- 1 tsp tomato purée
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- ½ tsp smoked paprika
- ¼ tsp dried thyme
- ¼ tsp dried rosemary
- 1 bay leaf
- Salt, pepper and celery seeds to taste
- Fresh parsley, chopped, to serve
How to Make Slow Cooker Chicken Casserole
- Heat the olive oil in the slow cooker insert or a frying pan. Sear the chicken on both sides until golden. Remove and set aside.
- Sauté the onion, leek, carrot and celery for 3–4 minutes. Add the garlic, tomato purée, smoked paprika, thyme and rosemary and cook for another minute.
- Pour in the stock and wine. Stir well, then add the bay leaf, cannellini beans and chicken.
- Cook on low for 6–8 hours or high for 3–4 hours.
- Serve scattered with fresh parsley, with crusty sourdough alongside.
The Dijon mustard and smoked paprika do most of the work here — the sauce has depth without any effort. The cannellini beans thicken things slightly and soak up the cooking liquid beautifully. If you enjoy this kind of unhurried cooking, the autumnal slow cooker wild rabbit takes the same approach with different results.
This slow cooker chicken casserole recipe is part of the Chicken Recipes hub — a complete collection of chicken and poultry recipes from Casa Adora and the road.
This recipe is also part of the Slow Cooker & Slow Cooking Recipes collection — every slow cooker recipe and slow-cooked dish from Casa Adora and the road, gathered in one place. Browse all recipes here.
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