Chicken Cacciatore

My family, actually the kids, love tomato-based food - soups, pasta, dishes...So I decided to try this new recipe but have to make a few changes by removing the wine which is used in the original recipe. This is the first time I'm trying, and I'm glad it's a hit in my family! The recipe is actually very simple, since it's using slow-cooker, so all you have to do is dump everything and check it again in 3-6 hours time :)

4 chicken thighs
1 can of tomato soup
2 bay leaves
2 teaspoon of chicken stock
2 teaspoon dried oregano
1 stalk of celery - diced
2 tomatoes - diced
1 carrot and 1 potato - sliced or diced, up to you
1 cup button mushroom - sliced or quartered
Sugar, salt and pepper to taste

Put in the vegetables (minus the tomatoes), bay leaves, dried oregano, first and the chicken on top, pour in enough water to cover the chicken and turn on the slow-cooker. If using low-heat, cook for about 6 hours but if high-heat cook about 3 hours.
Then, remove the bay leaves and half of the soup (water). Add in the tomatoes, tomato soup, chicken stock, sugar, salt and pepper, stir all and leave for about 15-30 minutes more before serving.

Since I have planted oregano, I used fresh ones. For the vegetables, you could also add in olives, sweet yellow and red pepper, eggplants or maybe others, if you are brave enough to try the varieties.

You can enjoy this either with spagetti, rice or bread :)