Slow Cooker Latin Chicken

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 pounds skinless chicken thighs
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1/4 cup loosely packed cilantro leaves
• 2 large sweet potatoes, cut into chunks
• 1 red bell pepper, cut into strips
• 2 (15.5 ounce) cans black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• 1/4 cup loosely packed cilantro leaves
• 1 cup hot salsa
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 3 large cloves garlic, chopped
• lime wedges, for garnish

1. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet; season the chicken thighs with salt and pepper. Sprinkle 1/4 cup cilantro over the chicken thighs; brown the chicken in the frying pan, 3 to 5 minutes each side.
2. Arrange the chicken in the bottom of a slow cooker. Place the sweet potatoes, red bell pepper, and black beans on top of the chicken. Mix together the chicken broth, 1/4 cup cilantro leaves, salsa, cumin, allspice, and garlic together in a bowl; pour into the slow cooker. Set slow cooker to LOW and cook for 4 hours. Garnish with lime wedges to serve.

olive oil, chicken thighs, salt, cilantro, sweet potatoes, red bell pepper, black beans, chicken broth, cilantro, hot salsa, ground cumin, ground allspice, garlic, lime wedges

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/177078/slow-cooker-latin-chicken/ (may not work)