Oh man, you are in for a treat with this Slow Cooker Cilantro Lime Chicken! As usually, this is a set it and forget it type recipe, with just a few small steps at the end.
I tried to make this dish taste like the Fiesta Lime Chicken that they have at Applebee’s, but I wanted it to be super easy, and also a little bit healthier. So even though there is a cream sauce, it’s made with just 1/2 cup of half and half plus 1 Tbsp of butter for the entire dish, which serves at least 4 people.
But just that little bit of creaminess goes so well with the tangy but acidic lime juice.
When you’re preparing your chicken, make sure to butterfly them lengthwise – no one likes a giant super thick piece of chicken, right? Trust me, you want a high ratio of yummy sauce per each bit of chicken.
Serve it with a nice green vegetable, and maybe some rice. Yeah, rice would soak up that sauce really well.
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Slow Cooker Cilantro Lime Chicken
Ingredients
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts butterflied in half
- 1/4 of an onion minced
- 1 lime
- 1 chicken bouillon cube
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1 Tbsp chopped fresh cilantro or 1 tsp dried cilantro
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- a pinch of red pepper flakes
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup half and half
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 1 Tbsp corn starch
Instructions
- Place the onions in the bottom of the slow cooker.
- Top with chicken.
- Top the chicken with all other ingredients except the half and half and corn starch.
- Cut the lime in half and juice one of the halves into the slow cooker. It should be about 1 Tbsp of lime juice.
- Cook on high for 4 hours (or medium for 6, low for 8)
- Remove chicken from the slow cooker and cover to keep warm.
- In a small sauce pan, whisk together the corn starch and half and half.
- Heat over medium heat, whisking often until it bubbles and thickens, and then add in the butter and whisk it in as it melts.
- Add the thickened half and half to the liquid in the slow cooker and blend well.
- Close the lid and let the sauce cook for 5 minutes.
- Serve chicken. Top with sauce and garnish with additional cilantro and lime wedges from the other half of a lime.
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