Perhaps the most beloved and appetizing part of a delicious poultry is chicken thighs. In a slow cooker, cooking them is incredibly simple, besides, the options are quite diverse, and you can experiment for a long time. Chicken is combined with any side dish, its meat is rather lean and soft, therefore it is suitable for small family members. Gourmet stuffed chicken thighs will be good for the holiday, and fried or stewed with vegetables will please you on a normal day. What recipes to choose for someone who is not familiar with the technique of cooking chicken?
Pickled chicken thighs in a slow cooker
To prepare this dish, you should take six chicken thighs, a couple of cloves of garlic, two hundred grams of tomatoes in their own juice, spices and salt. Rinse the meat thoroughly before cooking. Place the thighs in a deep bowl, salt and season, add chopped garlic and diced tomatoes, as well as a few tablespoons of their juice. Mix everything thoroughly and give the dish a quarter of an hour to marinate well. Turn the slow cooker into frying mode, put the chicken there and fry each side for ten minutes. Switch the device to the "stewing" mode, fill the meat with the remains of the marinade and cook for about half an hour. The chicken prepared in this way is very juicy and spicy. Garnish can be anything, tastes best such a chicken in combination with fried or baked potatoes.
Spicy chicken thighs in a slow cooker
This dish will appeal to those who like rich spices and pungency. Take eight thighs, onions, a few fresh tomatoes, half a teaspoon of dry adjika, the same amount of dried basil and marjoram, pepper, salt. Thoroughly washed and dried thighs, pepper and salt, grate adjika. Halve the tomatoes and onions. Put half the vegetables on the bottom of the multicooker, place the chicken on top and cover it with the remaining vegetables. Sprinkle with aromatic spices on top. Turn on the device in the "extinguishing" mode and cook the chicken fifty-five minutes. Due to the fact that the dish is cooked without frying in oil, these chicken thighs in a slow cooker can be considered quite dietary. Vegetables will serve as a low-calorie side dish, but if desired, you can supplement them with buckwheat porridge or something else.
Savory chicken thighs in a slow cooker
This recipe will be liked most by those who, even in winter weather, dream of the taste of barbecue, since the dish will require liquid smoke with the typical aroma of food cooked on a fire. You will need six hundred grams of chicken, a couple of cloves of garlic, spices and liquid smoke. So, cook the chicken thighs. Rinse the meat and apply a knife cuts in the form of a lattice. Put it in a deep bowl, season and sprinkle with garlic, previously peeled and cut into small slices. Pour the liquid smoke over the dish and let it marinate for half an hour. Put the prepared chicken in the bowl of the multicooker, turn on the device in the "stewing" mode and wait about fifty minutes. Thighs should be served hot, although it will be very tasty when cold. Any side dish is suitable - from potatoes to salad.