Slow Cooked Chicken and Shrimp with Orzo
A good shrimp slow cooker recipe is hard to find. Good thing you've found this delicious easy recipe for a slow cooker. With this slow cooker cooking recipe, it's love at first bite.
Cooking MethodSlow Cooker
Ingredients
- 12 ounce boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 14 1/2 ounce diced tomatoes, Italian style
- 2 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1/2 cup port wine, or chicken broth
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 bay leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 8 ounce frozen peeled shrimp, thawed and drained
- 9 ounce frozen artichoke hearts, thawed and coarsely chopped
- 2 cup orzo, cooked
- 1/2 cup feta cheese, crumbled
Instructions
- Rinse chicken; pat dry. Cut chicken thighs into quarters.
- In a slow cooker, place the onion and garlic. Top with the chicken pieces.
- In a bowl combine the undrained tomatoes, tomato paste, port wine, lemon juice, bay leaves, salt, and crushed red pepper. Pour over all.
- Cover; cook on low heat setting for 6 to 7 hours.
- Turn to high heat setting. Remove bay leaves. Stir in shrimp and artichoke hearts. Cover; cook for 5 minutes more.
- Serve chicken and shrimp mixture over hot cooked orzo. Sprinkle with feta cheese.