Crock Pot Chicken

It seems as though we always have a bag of leg quarters in the freezer, and we always have trouble deciding what to do with them. This is one we always have the ingredients for, and makes for an easy dinner paired with rice or potatoes.

• Ready In: 7 hrs 20 mins
• Serves: 3-6

Ingredients

• 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)

Directions

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.