Crock Pot Chicken

Total Time: 7 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 7 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 3 chicken leg quarters, split
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 2 teaspoons garlic, minced
• 2 (10 ounce) cans cream of chicken soup
• 1 (10 ounce) can cream of celery soup
• 1 (10 ounce) can milk
• 0.5 (10 ounce) can water
• 1 tablespoon liquid smoke
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 5 tablespoons butter
• tony chachere's cajun seasoning (or any cajun blend you prefer)

Recipe

• 1 saute onions and garlic with oregano in 1 tablespoons butter in a wide pan. when onions have browned, remove and set aside.
• 2 rinse chicken and pat dry. split the quarters and sprinkle with tony c's on each side.
• 3 brown the halved chicken quarters in same pan in two batches, one for the thighs and one for the legs. use 2 tablespoons butter per batch.
• 4 leaving the excess butter in the pan, put the onions and garlic back in the pan, along with the soups, milk, water and 1 tablespoon liquid smoke and bring to a rapid simmer. whisk while heating, deglazing the pan in the process.
• 5 put chicken and sauce in crock pot and cook on low for 6 to 7 hours, medium 4-6 hours, or on high for 3-4 hours.