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Cheater Chicken Caccitorre - Thailand 1 Dollar Meals
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Cheater Chicken Caccitorre

Easy to assemble dish that slow cooks while you do other things. Tender and juicy with a great tomato and mushroom sauce. Serve over pasta or rice. Link to the shortcut is listed in the Recipe Notes section.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 hours
Total Time 5 hours 10 minutes
Course Main Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 4 quarters chicken, cut the legs from the thighs
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 green bell pepper, chopped
  • 1 can tomato paste, 170 grams
  • 1 can spaghetti sauce, OR make from a shortcut on this site
  • 1 can button mushrooms, 425 grams, sliced, or use fresh
  • salt, to taste
  • ground black pepper, to taste
  • dried oregano
  • dried thyme

Instructions
 

  • Place chicken legs and thighs (8 pieces) in the slow cooker, try to get all the pieces to the same level, add the chopped onion on top of the chicken.
  • Add the tomato paste and just spread over the onions. Add the sliced mushrooms on top of this. Add the spaghetti sauce over the top of the mushrooms.
  • Now shake in the black pepper and salt to taste, sprinkle in a generous amount of oregano and thyme. Mix the spices into the sauce, but no need to mix the sauce into the chicken, the cooking will do this.
  • Set the slow cooker to low for 5 hours. At 5 hours, check the chicken, it should be fall off the bone tender and juicy. Increase time as needed. Spoon over pasta or rice.

Notes

4 chicken quarters cost 57 Baht. Easily less than a $1 per serving.
Shortcut: Spaghetti Sauce.
Adapted from an internet recipe.