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Spicy Slow Cooker Chicken with Lime Basil & Mint

Prep Time:30 minutes Cook Time: 45 minutes Servings: 4 minutes

Busy week coming up? Cook up these easy poached chicken breasts infused with flavor from fish sauce, Thai chiles and lime zest in your slow cooker on Sunday. Then enjoy the leftover chicken three different ways over the days to come—ladled with the broth over rice noodles, layered with vegetables on a sandwich and mixed with mayo to make a creamy chicken salad.

Ingredients:
  • 3 cups low-sodium chicken broth
  • 3 shallots, very thinly sliced
  • ¼ cup fish sauce (see tips)
  • 2 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
  • 2-4 thai chiles, very thinly sliced, or 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
  • 2 teaspoons lime zest
  • 4 pounds skin-on, bone-in chicken breasts
  • 2 cups julienned or grated carrots
  • ½ cup lime juice
  • ⅓ cup sliced fresh mint
  • ⅓ cup sliced fresh basil
Directions:
  1. Combine broth, shallots, fish sauce, brown sugar, chiles (or crushed red pepper) and lime zest in a 6-quart slow cooker. Nestle chicken meat-side down in the broth. Cook on High for 3 hours or Low for 6 hours.
  2. Remove the chicken to a clean cutting board. Discard the skin and shred the meat. Return the chicken to the slow cooker and stir in carrots, lime juice, mint and basil.
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