Chicken Thighs with Too Many Tomatoes Sauce

Sunday is family day in our home. We try to do something active or educational and fun every week. This week we went to Oldwick Orchard for apple picking. I was happy to find that they also had vegetables. We picked apples, tomatoes, peppers and broccoli. Have you ever picked broccoli? I had not, and it was fun. Jack and I searched all the rows till we found those round mounds of goodness peeking out of the huge green leaves.

We picked a lot of tomatoes, way to many in fact. They were so beautifully round and colorful. I had to develop a recipe to use a massive amount, and the “Chicken thighs with too many tomatoes sauce” recipe was born.

INGREDIENTS

Serves 6

• 12 
skinless organic chicken thighs
• 3 cups of fresh chopped tomatoes
• 1
(6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 
onion, chopped
• 3 
garlic cloves, minced
• 1 
teaspoon 21 Salute Seasoning –Trader Joe’s
• ½ 
teaspoon salt
• ½ 
teaspoon pepper

 

DIRECTIONS

1. Place chicken in the crockpot.
2. In a bowl combine remaining ingredients, stir well.
3. Pour sauce over chicken and cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6 hours. Serve over rice or sautéed spinach with a salad.

• Notes:

1. If you don’t have fresh tomatoes use 1
(14.5 oz) can of diced tomatoes.
2. If you use fresh tomatoes and want a smooth sauce, remove chicken and blend tomatoes with an immersion blender or transfer to blender.

Enjoy and take a picture and post on this thread!