Slow cooker chicken stew with onions, mushrooms, and at least 40 cloves of garlic Recipe
Ingredients
- Slow cooker chicken stew with onions, mushrooms, and at least 40 cloves of garlic
- 10 pieces of chicken, legs and thighs, bone-in and skin on (I use 5 of each)
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 6 Tbsp butter, divided
- 1 tsp each: kosher salt and fresh black pepper
- 40 (or more) whole cloves of garlic, peeled
- 12 oz small white onions (I love cippoline onions)
- 1 Tbsp thyme leaves
- 2 cups dry red wine
- 1/4 cup all-purpose unbleached flour
- 16 oz whole button mushrooms, cut in half
- 1/4 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped
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