Rioja Chicken

15 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 8 chicken thighs, skinned (about 3 pounds)
  • 5 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 cup pitted prune (about 3-1/4 ounces)
  • 1/4 cup pimento stuffed olive
  • 2 tablespoons minced fresh thyme or 2 tablespoons dried thyme
  • 1 tablespoon grated fresh lemon rind
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • 1 cup rioja wine (you could use orange juice) or 1 cup dry red wine (you could use orange juice)
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 2 cups hot cooked wild rice or 2 cups hot cooked long-grain rice
  • 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley

Directions

  1. 1
    Combine flour, salt, and pepper in a shallow dish.
  2. 2
    Dredge chicken in flour mixture.
  3. 3
    Place garlic in bottom of an electric slower cooker.
  4. 4
    Arrange chicken over garlic; add prunes, olives, thyme, rind, and bay leaf.
  5. 5
    Combine orange juice, wine, and honey; pour over chicken.
  6. 6
    Cover with lid; cook on high heat for 1 hour.
  7. 7
    Reduce heat setting to low; cook 7 hours.
  8. 8
    Serve over rice.
  9. 9
    Sprinkle with parsley.

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