This New Orleans-inspired Slow Cooker Chicken and Sausage Creole simmered in a rich tomato broth, is perfect to make for Fat Tuesday!
Slow Cooker Chicken and Sausage Creole
This delicious one-pot creole dish is a quick and easy weeknight meal that’s light in calories, but heavy in flavor. Just put all ingredients into the slow cooker (it takes just 15 minutes to prep) and let it simmer all day. It’s wonderful served over rice (or cauliflower rice).
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Hi Everyone, I’m Heather K. Jones. I’m a registered dietitian and the founder of Feel Better Eat Better, an online weight loss program for women who struggle with emotional eating, binge eating, overeating or body image issues—click HERE to sign up for my free weight loss workshop coming soon!
I love New Orleans… and I love creole food! It’s hearty, comforting and soooooo satisfying. Creole cuisine is a blend of the many cultures of New Orleans including French, Spanish, West African, Haitian, German, and Italian, just to name a few.
How To Make Chicken and Sausage Creole
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Slow Cooker Chicken and Sausage Creole
Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs, trimmed of fat
- 9 ounces chicken Andouille sausage sliced into rounds
- 1 cup chopped onions
- 1/2 cup chopped carrots
- 1 green bell pepper seeded and chopped
- 1 red bell pepper seeded and chopped
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 cup low sodium chicken broth
- 1 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes
- 3 ounces 1/2 a 6-ounce can tomato paste
- 1/2 cup tomato sauce
- 1 ¾ teaspoons Creole seasoning
- Dash of cayenne pepper
- 3 scallions chopped (for garnish)
- 3 cups cooked brown rice for serving (optional)
Instructions
- Place all of ingredients in the slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or high for 3-4 hours.
- Shred the chicken and add it back to the slow cooker. Evenly distribute the creole among 6 bowls and top each with green onions. Serve alone or over brown rice.
One of my favorites! I put a tiny bit less of the Cajun seasoning and omit the cayenne since I am a spice wimp. Poor planning on my part forced me to use partially frozen chicken, 2 cups of frozen onion and pepper mix, and tubed garlic paste. It did not affect the flavor at all and I may just use frozen and paste moving forward to save prep time. Excellent and easy recipe!! I had it tonight over quinoa and brown rice and sliced avocado on top. YUM!
This was my first time making this recipe! And I pretty much followed every step and every ingredient, did add celery … Did not have creole seasoning , I used Cajun seasoning compared the two (I needed to add oregano and thyme. ) My slow cooker on low cooked this about an hour quicker than most. And at the very end, I took a chance and added one cup of rice. It cooked it perfectly! I cannot believe how delicious this was and my family agreed!
I’ve been making this for recipe years and I swear it gets better each time! Definitely one of my absolute favorites! Some things I’ve added/changed that I’ve really enjoyed are:
– browning the sausage
-diced red and yellow bell pepper as well
-diced celery
-diced jalepeno
-can of green chilies
-garlic (the more the merrier in the opinion)
-slap ya mama- hot creole seasoning
-frozen cut okra – adding 30 minutes before done
Thank you so much for such a great recipe.
By no means necessary but fun to change it up 🙂
OMG!!! Amazing!
I tweaked it a little based on what I had at home and some of the reviews.
I only had 1 andouille chicken sausage link so I added a sweet Italian link. I used breast meat that I chopped into small pieces. I also switched out the carrots for chopped celery to give it more of the Cajun authenticity. I seared the veggies first then the meats. I bumped up the creole seasoning to 2 teaspoons.
Everything went into the Instant Pot for about 18 minutes. My husband & I loved it