Slow cooker spicy chicken breasts

Ingredients

• 4 – 5 chicken breasts
• 6 – 7 small tomatoes
• 1 onion
• 1 small can tomato paste
• 2 jalapeño peppers
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• refined sugar, to taste
• 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
• 1/2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 2 teaspoons paprika powder
• 50ml (2 fl oz) water
• salt and pepper to taste

Kitchen equipment needed

• Slow cooker, we used a slow cooker by Crock-pot
• Chef’s knife + cutting board
• Medium-sized skillet

Preparation — 15 minutes

FINELY dice the onion, click here to read how to dice onions like a pro. CHOP up the three cloves of garlic, and finely slice the two jalapeño peppers. If you want the dish to be more spicy, include seeds too, otherwise remove them first from the jalapeño peppers. WASH the small tomatoes and slice them in halves.

HEAT UP the medium-sized skillet, add in 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil. When hot, add in 1 teaspoon of chili powder and 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds. BAKE for 2 minutes to really let the flavors come out. ADD diced onion, chopped garlic and sliced jalapeño peppers. BAKE for another 5 minutes on medium heat. ADD tomatoes, 1 teaspoon of mustard, 2 teaspoons of paprika powder, 3 tablespoons of white wine vinegar, tomato paste, corn starch, water and 1/2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce. GIVE it a good stir, turn down the heat to medium-low and let simmer for 5 minutes. ADD sugar to taste.

Let the slow cooker do it’s work — 3 hours

POUR everything from the skillet into the slow cooker, season with salt and pepper. REMOVE any excess fat from the chicken breasts, and place them into the slow cooker pot. COVER the chicken breasts with sauce. TURN on the slow cooker, set temperature to maximum and time to 3 hours.

SERVE with plain white rice, we also added a simple salsa (not pictured in ingredients).

Bonus: Simple sweet salsa

Simple sweet salsa ingredients

• 1 mango
• 1/2 white zucchini
• handful dried apricots.
• 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar

SLICE / dice the mango, zucchini and apricots. TRANSFER to a large bowl, add white wine vinegar and mix it up. That’s all there is!

Bon appétit !

Summary

Recipe Name

Slow cooker spicy chicken breasts

Published On

2015-08-06

Preparation Time

15M

Cook Time

3H

Total Time

3H15M

Average Rating

3.5 Based on 3 Review(s)

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