Chicken Mediterranean Cruise

Total Time: 6 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 2 slices bacon, chopped
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 1/2 lbs skinless chicken thighs, fat removed
• 1/4 cup flour
• salt and pepper
• 1 1/4 cups leeks, chopped (1 leek)
• 3/4 cup green pepper, chopped (1 medium)
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/3 cup celery, chopped
• 1/4 cup pimiento stuffed green olive, sliced
• 10 ounces canned diced tomatoes and green chilies (rotel tomatoes)
• 14 1/2 ounces canned fire-roasted tomatoes, diced or 14 1/2 ounces canned diced tomatoes
• 1 1/4 cups lager beer (drink whatever is left from the bottle or can)
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup parmesan cheese, grated
• 2 large oranges

Recipe

• 1 shake chicken thighs in a plastic bag with flour, salt and pepper. keep unused flour in the bag.
• 2 with a medium heat, saute chopped bacon in 2 t olive oil until lightly browned in a frying pan. remove bacon pieces and place in a crock pot. keep oil in the pan.
• 3 saute chicken pieces in the same frying pan 3 minutes each side until lightly browned. do not overcook. remove chicken pieces and place in a crock pot.
• 4 in the same frying pan, saute leek, green pepper, celery, and garlic for 2-3 minutes. add remaining flour from the bag. saute 2 more minutes. place the mixture into the crock pot.
• 5 add sliced green olives, diced tomatoes and green chilies (rotel tomatoes), canned fire roasted tomatoes or canned chopped tomatoes, lager beer, basil, paprika, sugar, 1 tsp salt, and parmesan cheese.
• 6 with a microplane grater or grater, grate 1/2 orange peel into the crock pot. pare and section oranges and place the sectioned oranges into the crock pot.
• 7 cover the crock pot. cook for 4 hours on medium heat (i'm using a slow cooker and the heat is higher). with regular crock, cook for 6 hours.
• 8 skim any fat floating on the surface.
• 9 serve over cooked rice or simply serve with crusty well buttered country bread.