Spanish chicken first time !

[cattywat]

So I've got the ingredients to make the sauce and I wanted to slow cook it.
I've never slow cooked chicken before though, only beef. Do I brown it like i would the beef before hand ? I'm guessing so ! I'm just worried it'll still be pink later on!

I never brown chicken! Chicken breast pieces probably 3 hours on high in sauce or chicken breasts - whole maybe 4 hours on high? Nathan Anthony slow cooker book is pretty good for minimal fuss meals 👍🏼

Really don't you ?? I thought chicken would have to be browned !! It's chicken pieces. With beef I usually cook on high for 2 hours and then low for another 6 and it's always lovely like that but very aware this is different meat lol

I never brown chicken either just throw it all in.

If it has skin on, yes I brown it, but not for chicken breast. Personally, I don’t think chicken turns out nicely in the slow cooker. It goes a bit of a weird mushy texture. You’d be much better off cooking in a casserole dish (if you are planning to brown chicken, you can do it in there and de-glaze before making sauce). Two hours in casserole dish and will definitely be done if not sooner.

I do have a casserole dish, but not sure if I can use it on the hob?
No skin just mini chicken fillets that I plan to dice up. Also how could I thicken the sauce ??
I make curries from scratch and have mastered these, they thicken on the hob though !

I don't even brown beef or venison chunks when I do a slow cooker casserole.

A frying pan with a lid on the hob will do just fine. Heat up high and then turn down very low. Coat the chicken with flour before frying and your sauce will thicken.

It will be lovely.

The pan and the lid need not match exactly if you don’t have one. Something that vaguely fits with foil or baking paper underneath will work, too.

Thank you so much !!
How long do I cook on high before turning the heat down?
And am I just cooking for a couple of mins each side then transferring into the casserole dish ?
How long do I the cook for in the oven and what temp?
Sorry for all the questions, you might aswell just come round and cook it for me 🤣

Happy to come and cook for you.

For chicken fillets, into flour then flat in the pan to fry quickly! on each side. Do in batches if need be. Remove to a plate.

In the floury pan, onion garlic etc, stir gently for a minute. Add spices, tomato and whatever else. Stir to release anything stuck to the pan. Chicken back in, lid on, turn to high until it bubbles. Watch it.

Turn to quite low and simmer for 15- 20 minutes. Fillets take very little time to cook. (Those mumsnetters talking 2 hours are cooking with thighs or whole breasts).

Taste and correct your seasoning. If sauce is too runny, a tsp of cornflour in a cup with a spoon of the sauce and mix to a cream with no lumps. Chicken out, add cornflour to the sauce, stir and bubble for 5 minutes with the lid off.

Chicken and sauce into a dish and serve.

Chicken fillets cook so quickly, I wouldn’t bother with the oven. A pan on the hob is quick and easy.