Name: Slow-Cooker Garlic Chicken With Couscous
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 240 min
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken (3 ½ to 4 pounds), cut into 6 to 8 pieces and patted dry; Coarse salt and ground pepper; 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil; 1 medium yellow onion, halved and thinly sliced; 6 garlic cloves, halved; 2 teaspoons dried thyme; 1 cup dry white wine, such as Sauvignon Blanc; 0.333 cup all-purpose flour; 1 cup couscous; Chopped fresh parsley, for serving

Slow-Cooker Garlic Chicken With Couscous

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This easy dinner is a cold-weather favorite.

Martha Stewart

Updated on October 11, 2024

Prep Time:

25 mins

Total Time:

4 hrs

Servings:

If you aren’t already making this slow-cooker garlic chicken, you should be. It’s the most delicious, garlicky comforting dish around—and it’s super quick and easy to put together. Brown the chicken and layer the ingredients in the slow cooker, then set it and forget it. Three and a half hours later dinner will be ready (or seven hours later if you cook on low). Just a few ingredients: a whole cut-up chicken, 6 cloves of garlic, some olive oil, dried thyme, and a cup of white wine, cook low and slow creating one of those dishes that everyone loves. Just don’t forget to cook some cous cous (or rice or another grain) to serve with this hearty, flavor-packed chicken dinner.

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Ingredients

1 whole chicken (3 ½ to 4 pounds), cut into 6 to 8 pieces and patted dry
Coarse salt and ground pepper
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 medium yellow onion, halved and thinly sliced
6 garlic cloves, halved
2 teaspoons dried thyme
1 cup dry white wine, such as Sauvignon Blanc
⅓ cup all-purpose flour
1 cup couscous
Chopped fresh parsley, for serving

Directions

Brown chicken in skillet:

Season chicken with salt and pepper. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high. In batches, cook chicken, skin side down, until skin is golden brown, about 4 minutes.
Add onion garlic and thyme to slow cooker, add chicken, then wine and flour:

Combine onion, garlic, and thyme in a 5-to-6-quart slow cooker and season with salt and pepper. Top with chicken, skin side up, in a tight layer. In a small bowl, whisk together wine and flour until smooth and add to slow cooker.
Cook chicken:

Cover and cook on high until chicken is tender, about 3 1/2 hours (or 7 hours on low).
Cook couscous and serve chicken over it:

Cook couscous according to package instructions. Serve chicken and sauce over couscous, sprinkled with parsley.

Oven Variation

To make this recipe without using a slow cooker, use a large Dutch oven. Brown chicken as in step 1, then add remaining ingredients, plus 1 cup low-sodium chicken broth or water. Cover and cook in a preheated 350-degree oven until chicken is cooked through and tender, about 40 minutes.