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Chunky chicken, bean and vege pot

This is a great winter dish that is full of flavour and very easy to make. The sauce creates a delicious broth, warming, comforting and exactly what you want during the colder months.

  • Hands-on time: 20 mins
  • Time to make: 7 hrs 20 mins
  • Serving: 6 people
Ratings: 4.5
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 onion, sliced
  • 4 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 tablespoon oil, plus
  • spray oil
  • 6 boneless and skinless chicken thighs
  • 1 red chilli, deseeded and chopped
  • 2 tablespoons mild chilli paste (we used Gourmet Garden)
  • 2 cloves star anise
  • 200g dried cannellini beans, soaked overnight and rinsed
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 150g dried apricots, chopped
  • 200g potato, chopped
  • 1 kumara (200g), skin on, chopped
  • 350g butternut squash, skin on
  • 1 cup reduced-salt vegetable stock, plus 1 ½ cups water
  • 2 tablespoons cornflour  (optional), to thicken
  • To serve
  • freshly chopped parsley
  • crusty grainy bread
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Preheat slow cooker to low. Cook onion with garlic in the oil in a non-stick pan until softened. Place in cooker. Add chicken to pan with a little spray oil and brown.

    2 Add to slow cooker with remaining ingredients, adding the liquid last. Mix well. Cover and cook for 6—7 hours.

    3 Season to taste. To thicken the sauce, mix some of the liquid with the cornflour to form a paste. Stir into the dish until thickened.

    4 Serve with chopped parsley and crusty bread.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free bread and check chilli paste, stock and cornflour are gluten free.

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