Chicken with pumpkin in a slow cooker

Chicken with pumpkin in a spicy gravy, cooked in a slow cooker, is very tasty, juicy and tender. Oriental spices give it an amazing aroma and taste, and pumpkin and prunes saturate the dish with their natural sweetness. Serve pumpkin chicken best with a side dish of couscous, sprinkled with fragrant fresh cilantro, if desired.

Ingredients

• 2 chicken legs
• 400 g pumpkins
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1.5 st. chicken broth (water)
• 100 g prunes
• 1 bulb
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• salt, pepper to taste
• 0.5 tsp turmeric
• 0.5 tsp zira
• 0.5 tsp coriander
• olive oil

Directions

1. Pour a little olive oil into the multicooker bowl. Peel the pumpkin, cut into large pieces and put in a slow cooker.
2. Peel and finely chop the onion, wash the prunes thoroughly. Add onion and prunes to pumpkin.
3. Rub the chicken thighs with salt and pepper and place over the pumpkin.
4. In a bowl, mix chicken broth (water), tomato paste, zira, coriander, turmeric and 0.5 tsp. salt.
5. Pour mixture over chicken and vegetables.
6. Close the lid of the multicooker and cook in the Baking / Stewing / Frying mode, about 1-1.5 hours.
7. Serve with couscous. Bon appetit!