With very little work, this easy Crockpot dish for chicken thighs delivers incredible flavor. It only takes few hours of preparation to have this tasty supper on the table. A simple recipe for chicken thighs in a slow cooker! Chicken cooked to delicate perfection and simmering in a delicious blend of garlic and lime!
These chicken thighs are infused with a subtle honey sweetness and a dose of umami saltiness from the soy sauce, which is added while the chicken thighs are cooked slowly in the Crock-Pot. It’s a tasty little marinade that keeps well over slow cooking; just remember to brown for a few minutes at the end to help everything come together.
Key Ingredients for Garlic Lime Chicken Recipe
- Chicken: Six bone-in skin-on chicken thighs, trimmed.
- Sauce: half a cup of soy sauce.
- Lime Juice: one-fourth cup lime juice.
- One tablespoon Worcestershire sauce.
- Garlic: Two tablespoons of finely chopped garlic.
- Ginger: 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger.
- Mustard: Half a teaspoon of dried mustard.
- Pepper: ½ teaspoon of ground pepper.
- Honey: 1/4 cup honey.
- Tapioca: One tablespoon of rapid cooking tapioca.
Directions: How to Make Cilantro Lime Chicken in the Crockpot?
- First, mix the sauce ingredients in a medium bowl.
- Place chicken in a crock pot.
- Further, pour sauce over the chicken.
- After that, cook in a slow cooker for 4–6 hours on high or up to 8 hours on low.
- When the crock pot cooking is done, broil until the food is crispy and browned (for about three to six minutes).
- Shred the chicken directly in the pot with two forks, then add the cilantro. Toss the chicken, sauce, and cilantro until thoroughly blended. Enjoy!
This meal works well as a freezer crockpot dinner. Simply put all ingredients in a freezer bag, meal prep container, or reusable silicone bag, then freeze for up to months. Thaw fully before cooking, as indicated.
Quick Recipe Tips for Garlic Lime Chicken:
- Many recipes for crockpots cook for eight to ten hours. If you cook chicken breasts on low for more than six hours, the meat can get dry and rough. Therefore, unless you want to shorten the cooking time, do not substitute chicken breasts.
- Reduce the amount of time you cook if you choose to go without bones.
- To enhance the final dish’s appearance and lessen its rubbery texture, you may also brown it in a skillet with olive oil before broiling it at the end.
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