Slow Cooker Moroccan Inspired Chicken

Slow Cooker Moroccan Inspired Chicken is tasty and healthy!  Shredded chicken, served on rice, pasta, quinoa, cous cous or mashed potatoes!  This is another recipe where you can add any vegetable you want or need to use.  We love recipes like that. Who doesn’t?

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You can use chicken breasts or chicken thighs to make this Slow Cooker Moroccan Inspired Chicken.  I use whichever I need to use or have in my freezer or fridge. 

My husband prefers chicken thighs, but then he favors dark meat, always.  Myself, I am a huge fan of chicken breast and use it every chance I get! 

This works out when we are sharing one of those rotisserie chickens you buy ready made at your local grocery store!  He can have the legs and wings and I am more than happy with the chicken breasts!

This dish is all about the flavor of the chicken mixture.  I just love it.  When you are making Slow Cooker Moroccan Inspired Chicken be sure to taste it to see if you prefer extra cumin, coriander, cinnamon, pepper or salt!  

I know I tend to go on about this but tasting your food as you go is so important.  I use so many spoons when I cook, just to make sure everything tastes the way I want it to. 

When I was much younger I always made recipes exactly the way they were written.  Not anymore and I encourage you to do the same, if you don’t already!

Have a look at our recipe below.  I usually serve this dish with rice but have served it over so many things!.  From mashed potatoes, to cous cous to quinoa to pasta!  All delicious!  I can’t wait to hear which you think is best!

Ingredients in Slow Cooker Moroccan Inspired Chicken

• chicken breasts or chicken thighs
• carrots
• onion
• celery
• canned tomatoes
• cumin
• coriander
• cinnamon
• salt
• pepper
• black olives (optional)
• cooking spray

How to make Slow Cooker Moroccan Inspired Chicken

Spray your slow cooker with cooking spray. 

In a small sized bowl combine cumin, coriander, cinnamon and 2 teaspoons of pepper and 1 teaspoon of salt. 

Coat chicken in spice mixture. 

Add the canned tomatoes, celery, onion, carrots, and olives. 

Cover and cook on low for 6 to 7 hours or on high for 3 to 4 hours or until the chicken is cooked. 

Once cooked, remove chicken from slow cooker, and shred using 2 forks. 

Return the chicken to your slow cooker and stir until combined. Serve chicken and vegetable mixture over rice, pasta, quinoa, cous cous or mashed potatoes. Enjoy!

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Slow Cooker Moroccan Inspired Chicken

Slow Cooker Moroccan Inspired Chicken is tasty and healthy! Shredded chicken, served on rice, pasta, quinoa, cous cous or mashed potatoes!

Course Main Course

Cuisine Moroccan

Keyword best slow cooker, chicken breast, chicken dinner, chicken thighs, easy slow cooker, wrap

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 chicken breasts, or chicken thighs, boneless, skinless
• 1 cup carrots, shredded
• 1 medium onion, sliced
• 2 celery ribs, sliced
• 2 cans (28 oz) canned tomatoes, diced, undrained
• 1 tblsp cumin, ground - (more or less to taste)
• 1 tblsp coriander, ground - (more or less to taste)
• 1 tblsp cinnamon, ground - (more or less to taste)
• 1 tsp salt - (more or less to taste)
• 2 tsp pepper - (more or less to taste)
• 1/2 cup pitted black olives, optional
• cooking spray

Instructions

1. Spray your slow cooker with cooking spray. 
2. In a small sized bowl combine cumin, coriander, cinnamon and 2 teaspoons of pepper and 1 teaspoon of salt. 
3. Coat chicken in spice mixture. 
4. Add the canned tomatoes, celery, onion, carrots, and olives. 
5. Cover and cook on low for 6 to 7 hours or on high for 3 to 4 hours or until the chicken is cooked. 
6. Once cooked, remove chicken from slow cooker, and shred using 2 forks. 

7. Return the chicken to your slow cooker and stir until combined. Serve chicken and vegetable mixture over rice, pasta, quinoa, cous cous or mashed potatoes. Enjoy!

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