1. Lightly flour chicken and brown; transfer to slow cooker.
2. Sauté mushrooms and onion,garlic, curry powder, cayenne and spread over chicken. Add carrots, celery, raw potato, salt and pepper to taste;.
3. add chickpeas if using.
4. Add just enough broth mixture to cover ingredients.
5. Cook 6 hours or more on Low.
6. Add green peppers the last hour of cooking.
7. If necessary, thicken broth before serving by removing potato from cooker, mashing with some broth and returning to pot.
8. Serve over rice.