Slow Cooker Garlic Chipotle Lime Chicken-
This super simple slow cooker garlic chipotle lime chicken is a very flavorful, paleo, low carb dish that can be tossed in the slow cooker in a snap.
A set it and forget it crockpot dinner with Instant Pot Slow Cooker directions.
PinSlow Cooker Garlic Chipotle Lime Chicken is a super easy-to-make, low-carb, and paleo dish.
Basically, you whip up the sauce and throw it over the chicken in the crockpot or Instant Pot, then set it and forget it until dinner.
This can be made milder to a little spicy depending on how much ground chipotle powder you use.
I made mine mild as my poor hubby can’t handle spicy food, but if I had my way I would crank up the spices all the way up.
Serve with some cauliflower rice for a favorite low-carb meal!
This can also be easily made in the Instant Pot as well and I've added slow cooker Instant Pot directions below.
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PinSlow Cooker Garlic Chipotle Lime Chicken
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ lb chicken breasts or thighs, boneless skinless *can use frozen
Sauce Ingredients:
- ⅓ cup tomato sauce, no sugar added
- 2 tablespoon olive oil or avocado oil
- 2 to 3 garlic cloves
- 2 tablespoon mild green chilies, canned
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 3 tablespoon lime juice
- ⅓ cup fresh cilantro or flat-leaf Italian parsley
- 1 ½ teaspoon sweetener of choice: Swerve sweetener for low carb or coconut sugar for paleo
- ½ teaspoon to 1 teaspoon ground chipotle powder (mild to spicy)
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ cup chicken broth *only for Instant Pot version
Slow Cooker Directions:
- In a food processor or blender, add all the sauce ingredients and pulse until smooth.
- In a slow cooker on high or low heat add chicken breasts or thighs.
- Pour the sauce over the top of chicken. Close the slow cooker lid and cook for 4 to 6 hours on high or 6 to 8 hours on low. Serve & enjoy.
Instant Pot Slow Cooker Directions:
- In a blender or food processor add tomato sauce, chicken broth, olive oil, garlic cloves, green chiles, apple cider vinegar, lime juice, cilantro, erythritol sweetener, chipotle powder, sea salt, and black pepper. Pulse until blended. Set aside.
- Spray the bottom of the inner pot of the Instant pot lightly with non-stick coconut oil spray. Add chicken thighs to the pot.
- Pour the sauce over the chicken. Close, lock the lid, and flip the steam release handle to the Venting position.
- Select Slow Cook on "More” setting and set the cook timer for 4 hours.
- When the cook time is complete, open the lid and transfer the chicken to a serving platter.
- Select Sauté (Normal) and let the sauce simmer in the pot until thickened, about 6-8 minutes. Pour over chicken & serve.
Nutritional Data for Low Carb Version: Yield: 6 servings, Amount Per Serving- Cal: 183, Carbs: 2 g, Net Carbs: 2 g, Fiber: 0 g, Fat: 9 g, Protein: 22 g, Sugars: 1 g.
*Nutritional data are estimates based on the products I used*
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Slow Cooker Garlic Chipotle Lime Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 ½ lb chicken breasts or thighs boneless skinless *can use frozen
- Sauce Ingredients:
- ⅓ cup tomato sauce, no sugar added
- 2 tablespoon olive oil or avocado oil
- 2 cloves to 3 garlic
- 2 tablespoon mild green chilies canned
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 3 tablespoon lime juice
- ⅓ cup fresh cilantro or flat leaf Italian parsley
- 1 ½ teaspoon sweetener of choice: Swerve or coconut sugar
- ½ teaspoon to 1 teaspoon ground chipotle powder mild to spicy
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ cup chicken broth *only use for Instant Pot version.
Instructions
Slow Cooker Directions
- In a food processor or blender, add all the sauce ingredients (except for the chicken broth) and pulse until smooth.
- In a slow cooker on high or low heat add chicken breasts or thighs.
- Pour the sauce over the top of chicken. Close slow cooker lid and cook for 4 to 6 hours on high or 6 to 8 hours on low. Serve & enjoy.
Instant Pot Directions:
- In a blender or food processor add tomato sauce, chicken broth, olive oil, garlic cloves, green chiles, apple cider vinegar, lime juice, cilantro, erythritol sweetener, chipotle powder, sea salt, and black pepper. Pulse until blended. Set aside.
- Spray the bottom of the inner pot of the Instant pot lightly with non-stick coconut oil spray. Add chicken thighs to the pot.
- Pour the sauce over the chicken. Close, lock the lid and flip the steam release handle to the Venting position.
- Select Slow Cook on “More” setting and set the cook timer for 4 hours.
- When the cook time is complete, open the lid and transfer the chicken to a serving platter.
- Select Sauté (Normal) and let the sauce simmer in the pot until thickened, about 6-8 minutes. Pour over chicken & Serve.
Elizabeth Slocum says
We did Chicken thighs, 6 smaller, and doubled the sauce. We are saucy people :). Topped on egg noddles for some and then orzo, we ran out of egg noodles, for others. 10/10 vote from all the family!
AnneHC says
So yummy it is addictive! Make lots: for a crowd or to freeze. Save one or two pieces of the chicken and the extra sauce to make an incredible soup. Pull apart the chicken an throw in riced cauliflower, smoked sausage and whatever veggies you have on hand. Makes a great clean-out-the-fridge base.
Stacey says
Thank you, Anne, for trying the recipe and for your kind words and tips.
Mary says
It sounds like you put the chicken breast in whole. Do you shred the chicken once they're cooked? Sorry, I wasn't clear on this. Thanks!
Stacey says
Hi Mary, I put in the chicken pieces whole ad I don't shred the chicken, but you could shred the chicken for tacos or other recipes.
Sharon says
You mention chicken broth but it's not in the ingredients? Also is tomato sauce, ketchup, puree, or tinned chopped toms?
Stacey says
It is above the sauce ingredients:"1 ½ lb chicken breasts or thighs, boneless skinless *can use frozen"
Stacey says
Tomato sauce is the puree and the chicken broth is 1/4 cup and only for the Instant Pot version.
Kelleen says
Is that the correct cooking time for the IP? I purchased all of the ingredients and apparently I should had looked at the directions as we dinner done in the next 30 min. Titles a bit misleading as you’re not using your IP your just using your crock pot setting on your IP. Just a recommendation...
Stacey says
The title only says "slow cooker" and only has added IP slow cooker instructions for people who don't own a slow cooker and use their IP as a crockpot. The recipe was slow cooker only for years then I had several requests from viewers who only own an IP and wanted slow cooker directions for their IP.
Kay says
Ok, so I just tried this the other night and it was PHENOMENAL! The flavor is absolutely amazing and it’s pretty easy to make, coming from someone who can’t cook really at all! Thank you for this! It’s on our (very short) ‘Favorites’ list.
Stacey says
Thank you so much, Kay, for trying the recipe and for your very kind words.
Kitty says
This recipe looks amazing, and I give bonus points for being able to use my crock pot. I do have a question, though. How does 1 1/2 pounds of chicken make 6 servings? That would be a 4 ounce portion.
Stacey says
It is 6 if you're using boneless skinless chicken thighs, but probably only 4 -5 servings if you're using the larger boneless skinless breast halves.
Melo says
Still looking for IP recipe that was mentioned back in September.
Stacey says
Melo, IP directions are now included. Sorry, it had some small adjustments I needed to rework for IP.
Jennifer says
I doubled recipe but my end result looked NOTHING like your picture. Mine ended up very liquidity and not the rich color that yours was... what did I do wrong?!!! Think I may try it in the oven bc crockpot creates more water.
Stacey says
I think doubling the recipe would make more liquid. You may need to not quite double the liquid ingredients.
Natalie says
I haven’t seen any posts here for awhile...wondering if you ever purchased an IP and if so, recipe modification??? 🙂
Eager to try this!
Natalie
Stacey says
Hi Natalie, yes, I have made this in the IP and will be soon adding directions for that. Thanks for reminding me 🙂
Kay says
Recipe looks INCREDIBLE! If you were to use an oven instead, how long would you bake for, and at what temp? I know you have only done in it a crock pot, I am just considering trying the oven method for days I'm starting dinner right after shopping.
Stacey says
Hi Kay, I think you could bake it at 400F for around 30 to 35 minutes.
Jane says
Thank you for posting this!
I can't follow a recipe to save my life so here were the changes I made today:
- doubled the recipe
- only had tomato paste so used a big dollop and added about 1/3 cup water
- used an entire tin of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
- one big jalapeño pepper, seeds and all
- had some kombucha vinegar so used that
- squirted lime juice until I got the tang I was happy with
I just ate a thigh from the pot and it is delicious. Boxed the rest of the meat up for lunches and covered with sauce. The rest of the sauce got lovingly bottled, to be used on other meats next week. Man is it good!
Stacey says
Hi Jane, thank you so much for trying the recipe and sharing your additions. I particularly like the jalapeño pepper addition, but my hubby would think I'm trying to burn him with my spicy foods. I'm like"what, jalapeños are not even that spicy, I could have used habaneros!" Yes, pork would be amazing with the sauce!!BTW, it sounds like you are an excellent cook.
Joanna says
That was delicious and super flavorful! I seared the chicken thighs (bone in/skin on) before I put them in the crockpot because I like the skin that way. They were fall off the bone tender after four hours. I recommend bumping up the spice if you like spicy foods because this was not spicy. I still absolutely loved it and already convinced my dad to make it for himself this weekend. Five stars for sure!! The sauce is incredible and I think this would be great with a pork shoulder, too. Will definitely make again and again! Thanks for the recipe!
Stacey says
Thank you so much for making the recipe and your very kind words. Also for sharing your tips & process. Yes, I like to bump up the spices as well, but my hubby says I'm trying to burn him with spicy food, so I try to tone it down for the people that don't have a higher spice tolerance. I agree though, I think it is even better with the spices kicked up a notch! 🙂
Becky says
Has anyone made this in the Instant Pot?
Stacey says
I haven't yet, but an Instant pot is on my wishlist.
Jacqui says
Can you please clarify if tomato sauce is ketchup or just tomato purée/ sauce from a can?
Thanks so much
Jacqui
Stacey says
Hi Jacqui, It is tomato puree from a can or carton, not ketchup.
Lynne says
This recipe sounds wonderful, but is the sweetener necessary? Is it too sour or tart without it? I just don't add sweeteners to anything.
Stacey says
Lynne, The sweetener is not necessary,it is optional and just enhances the flavors, but is not a deal breaker to leave it out.
Bonnie says
I didn’t have ground chipotle so I substituted it with smoked paprika & a dash of powdered cayenne pepper. Cooked the sauce with 4 bone in chicken thighs in the oven. The sauce was so good I want to make it & eat it with chips as a salsa! Thanks!
Stacey says
Thank you, Bonnie, for trying the recipe, for your kind words, and for your sharing your tips.
Becky Winkler (A Calculated Whisk) says
I love chipotle! This recipe is right up my alley.
Stacey says
Thank you Becky 🙂
Melissa says
You mention cumin in the instant pot directions but it’s not in the ingredients list or crockpot directions?? How much?
Stacey says
That ingredient (cumin) was not supposed to be in either of the directions. I removed it & thank you for letting me know.
Carrie Forrest says
This chicken recipe looks to be extremely hearty, healthy, and delicious. Also, it’s a slow cooker recipe so it’s truly the perfect recipe for all circumstances.
Stacey says
Thank you Carrie 🙂
Rachel says
Nom! I need more recipes to use up my chipotle powder, this looks like a good one.
Stacey says
Thank you Rachel 🙂
Taesha says
Yum! This sounds lovely and I am always on the hunt for new slow cooker recipes to add to my rotation!
Stacey says
Thanks Taesha 🙂
Michele @ Thriving On Paleo says
This looks like something you'd get in a nice restaurant, yet I love how you make it a slow cooker recipe! I love any meal that you can just mix a few things and throw it in a crock pot.
Stacey says
Thank you kindly Michelle 🙂
Mary says
Have you done this recipe in the IP under pressure??
Kelly Bejelly says
Stacey – This looks AMAZING! I’m like you and like my spices on full blast. Also, you know how much I love slow-cooker meals that are easy, quick and delicious. I’m adding this to my list right now.
Stacey says
Thank you much sweet Kelly 🙂
Kari says
Yum! This sounds incredible, and I'm always looking for easy crockpot recipes to satisfy my Mexican and Tex Mex cravings!
Stacey says
Thank you Kari 🙂
Emily @ Recipes to Nourish says
This sounds delicious! I love lime so much, and it sounds delicious paired with all of that garlic and chipotle!
Stacey says
Thank you Emily 🙂
Jessica DeMay says
This sounds delicious and I bet I can make it in my Instant Pot. It sounds like it has so much flavor-yum!
Stacey says
Thank you Jessica, I think slower cooker and instant pots are similar, so it would work.
Katja says
I have been using my slow cooker so much this winter already. I'm excited to try this recipe. Thanks!
Stacey says
Katja, I have been using it so much too. thank you 🙂
Cristina says
sounds aaaaaammmaaazzzing!!
Stacey says
Thank you so much Cristina 🙂
ChihYu says
Love slow cooker meals and this garlic chipotle lime chicken sounds amazing ! I'm mouthwatering here !
Stacey says
Aw, thank you ChihYu 🙂
Irena Macri says
Sounds so yummy! This would also make a great recipe for the pressure cooker. I might have to test it out 🙂
Stacey says
Thank you Irene 🙂
Halle From Whole Lifestyle Nutrition says
I just love that you made this with the crockpot! I am always looking for comforting recipes for my crockpot and this one fits the bill! Can not wait to make this, thank you!
Stacey says
Thank you Halle, I love my crockpot too!
Renee says
My mouth is watering! I love smokey chipotle any day of the week! Those green chilies make it fantastic i bet!
Stacey says
Thank you Renee 🙂
Kim | says
This recipe really appeals to me. I don't use my crockpot enough, but will break it out to try this one. Thanks for the great recipe.
Stacey says
Thank you Kim. I use mine all the time. I'm thinking about getting an Instant pot next.
Maya | Wholesome Yum says
Set it and forget it dinners are the best! Love the flavors in your dish!
Stacey says
Thank you Maya 🙂
Georgina Bomer says
Oh I love these ingredients! Yummmm!
Stacey says
Thank you Georgina 🙂
Katrin says
This dish sounds so incredibly flavourful I want to make it straight away. Love the combination of chili and lime.
Stacey says
Awe, thanks Katrin. 🙂