Great to hear that Keith, thank you for sharing:-)

Hi June, no, fresh tomatoes would not give the “sauce” texture and would be watery. But you could always try and prove me wrong and let me know if you do try it with fresh.

Glad to be of help:-)

Awesome Becca, good to use up what you have before Christmas. Do let me know how it was.

Trying this tonight. I added some celery, too, as I had some on hand. Smells really good so far!

Ah, I don’t use the ones that crumble but great tip for those that do:-)

Great Sarah, yes you can certainly freeze it, I have:-)

Hi Kirsty, you make a strong stock with 150 ml or water and one good quality stock cube.

Do you make up the chicken stock with 500ml water as on the packet. But then just use 150ml of that. Or is it 150ml of water with 1 Chicken stock? Thanks

Thank you for taking the time to comment Andrea, so glad you and your family love the recipe:-)

This was easy and tasted amazing kids loved it !

Thanks Shelley, enjoy:-)

This would work. I do it with so many recipes. I’m making this one tonight can’t wait for the family to try it

Hi Helen, I have never done this but in theory it should work. Just be sure to totally defrost in fridge overnight. I would probably leave the chicken thighs in their packaging and just add to the thawed mix on the day of cooking. Let me know how you get on if you try this.

So glad you and your family enjoyed it Ste:)

Superb.
The smell as it cooks is amazing.
All the family enjoyed it and i will be definitely cooking it again.
Thank you for sharing

That makes me so happy Mel, thank you so much for your feedback:-)

Have made this meal a few times now and have to say it’s sooooo tasty. The combination of flavours are amazing. Certainlya meal for these cold dark evenings

Hi Annette, no you don’t need to brown first. The cooking time might be less with breast meat though.

Awesome, so glad you like it and have made it to your liking:-)

I recently purchased a slow cooker & this recipe was a total success. I did use Chicken breasts & they were so tender! Making it tomorrow & using Chicken thighs this time. I left out the Olives as yuk for me & also added a little red wine. The end result was not at all watery. Thank you, love it!

But my recipes are metric so I doubt it and 1 pound would be 1 lb so don’t think it’s that.

I can only think that the sixteen olives (16 Kalamata olives, pitted), was read as, ‘lb Kalamata olives’. I’m pretty sure that a pound of olives would overpower most dishes.

Interesting Paul, no-one else has ever had this problem, this was my 11th most popular dish in 2019. Can I ask you what type and brand of olives you used and were they in brine or oil? You could leave the olives out altogether or just put few in but I thought 4 per person was a reasonable amount and have never felt they overpowered the dish.

Yes you can freeze portions and reheat:-)

Hi, I nearly had heart failure just then thinking the recipe had gone! It’s at the bottom of the post like all my recipes.

Excellent Tim, so glad you enjoyed it:-)

Tried it very good. Reminds me of the ‘pollo alla cacciatora’ my Nonna used to make

Thanks Rebecca, it really is a gem of a recipe as takes so little effort;-)

Love that saying Dump and Go…that’s so me! Not just that but how awesome is the moment when you come back to the house and open the door to the awesome smells of slow cooking. Will be giving this recipe a go for sure

Hi Alison, I have to say I have never (I don’t think) put chicken breasts in the slow cooker, unless part of a whole chicken. Breast meat is easily cooked quickly and doesn’t need the long slow cooking to make it succulent. You can buy skinless & boneless thighs and the thigh meat is far more flavoursome than the breast meat. But if you really can’t face thighs then you could try using breasts and the cooking time would be the same. Let me know how you get on as I would be interested to know!

Fab Myra, wine sounds like a great addition!

Excellent Lisa, so glad you and your kids liked it:-)

Just made this and I’ve got empty bowl from my two children. Great recipe for a busy mum. Thank you

Hi Teresa, thank you for your kind words. I’ve never given the olives any thought but after several hours of cooking they will be softer than straight out of the jar. If you prefer you olives firmer then you could always add them towards the end:-)

I haven’t made Irish Stew since I was at school, it couldn’t have been a very good recipe as I never made it again:-) I do hope you give this a try as it’s so good and with so little effort!