Old Fashioned Slow Cooker Chicken Stew - Chew Nibble Nosh

Ingredients

• 1 tsp. canola oil
• 2 small onions, chopped fine
• 3 Tbsp. tomato paste
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tsp. fresh thyme, minced
• 1/3 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup dry white wine
• 4 cups chicken stock, plus more as needed
• 1/2 lb. red potatoes, chunked (about 2 cups total)
• 3 carrots, peeled and sliced into 1/2 inch thick pieces
• 8 oz. white mushrooms, stemmed and halved (quartered, if large)
• 2 bay leaves
• salt and pepper
• 3 (12 oz.) bone-in split chicken breasts, skin removed, trimmed of all visible fat
• 1 cup frozen peas