Slow Cooker Summer Chicken Casserole

Name: Slow Cooker Summer Chicken Casserole
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 6 h 25 min
Total time: 6 h 45 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 tsp. dried chilli flakes; 8 bone-in skin-on chicken thighs; 1 tsp. olive oil; 3 x 400g tins butter beans, drained and rinsed; 750 mL hot chicken stock; 400 g Tenderstem broccoli; Finely grated zest 1 lemon; 25 g flat-leaf parsley, leaves picked and roughly chopped

Let the slow cooker do the hard work with this simple chicken casserole. Remove the chicken skin and bones before serving, if you prefer.

By The GH Kitchen TeamPublished: 31 May 2022

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Let the slow cooker do the hard work with this light chicken and lemon Summer stew!

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Yields:

4 serving(s)

Prep Time:

20 mins

Cook Time:

6 hrs 25 mins

Total Time:

6 hrs 45 mins

Cal/Serv:

501

Ingredients

2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tsp. dried chilli flakes
8 bone-in skin-on chicken thighs
1 tsp. olive oil
3 x 400g tins butter beans, drained and rinsed
750 ml hot chicken stock
400 g Tenderstem broccoli
Finely grated zest 1 lemon
25 g flat-leaf parsley, leaves picked and roughly chopped

Directions

1. Step 1 In a large bowl, mix the garlic, chilli flakes and some seasoning. Add the chicken and toss to coat.
2. Step 2Heat oil in a large non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat. Fry chicken until browned all over, in batches if necessary. Remove to a plate.
3. Step 3Put the butter beans and stock in the bowl of a slow cooker. Stir gently. Arrange the chicken on top and cover with the lid. Cook on low for 6hr, or until the chicken is cooked through and falling off the bone.
4. Step 4Add the broccoli, pushing it down into the beans and stock to make sure it’s covered. Re-cover with the lid and cook for a further 15min. 5 Stir through the lemon zest and parsley, check seasoning and serve.

Per serving:

Calories: 501
Protein: 58g
Total fat: 12g
Saturates: 4g
Carbs: 30g
Total sugars: 3g
Fibre: 19g

The GH Kitchen Team

The GH Kitchen Team are Good Housekeeping’s resident recipe developers and all-round food obsessives. GH Kitchen Director Sarah Akhurst is our resident hosting pro and loves nothing more than putting on a foodie feast for friends. Our GH Kitchen Manager Linzi Pucino is our very own Italian food expert (originally hailing from the North East of Scotland!) and can be found working her way through midweek recipes that cover all bases, from haggis to ragu! Our Kitchen Editor ⁠Nadine Brown loves digging into the stories behind her favourite foods and enjoys applying her eclectic tastes to more modern, flavour-forward recipes - just don't give her too much chilli! Our Junior Food Content Produce ⁠Frankie Prichard combines a love of beautiful presentation and flavour-led, seasonal cooking in her recipe development, along with a passion for bringing people together through food. With a wealth of professional kitchen experience between them, they’re dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work every single time

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