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Stupid questions about this slow cooker Chicken Cacciatore recipe - does the 2tbsps of olive oil go in with the other ingredients or is it just to sear the chicken?
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Stupid questions about this slow cooker Chicken Cacciatore recipe – does the 2tbsps of olive oil go in with the other ingredients or is it just to sear the chicken?


Hey guys,

I feel immensely silly asking this. I'm in the middle of making this cacciatore recipe and am a bit confused about the olive oil:

https://cafedelites.com/slow-cooker-chicken-cacciatore/

It seems kind of weird to me to just throw a bunch of oil in with everything else but it seems like that's what that recipe is telling me to do since the searing instructions refer to using 'a small amount of oil' to sear which makes it sound like the 2 tablespoons on the recipe list is seperate from this?

by DoughnutTechnical647

3 Comments

  3. omalley89_travel

    So, long term chef here. If you are slow cooking this you can probably do either. Olive oil has a pretty low boiling point – can break down if it gets too hot. I would probably cook it all together. Chicken also dries out pretty quickly. I would want to keep it as moist as possible.

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