Name: Chipotle Chicken
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 240 min
Total time: 245 min
Ingredients: 8 medium boneless skinless chicken thighs; 2 tablespoons olive oil; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper (to taste); 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin; 1 medium onion (sliced thinly); 4 cloves garlic (minced); 1 chipotle chili pepper in adobo sauce (chopped); 1 28-oz. can diced tomatoes

Chipotle Chicken

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 4 hrs

Total Time 4 hrs 5 mins

Servings servings

Ingredients

8 medium boneless skinless chicken thighs
2 tablespoons olive oil
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 medium onion sliced thinly
4 cloves garlic minced
1 chipotle chili pepper in adobo sauce chopped
1 28-oz. can diced tomatoes

Instructions

Rub chicken breasts with oil. Combine salt, pepper and cumin and sprinkle over all sides of chicken. Place in crock cooker.
Pour in last 4 ingredients (onion through tomatoes), being careful to not rinse off spices on chicken, and cover with the lid.
Cook for 4 hours on high, or until the chicken is cooked through and the sauce thickens. Stir and serve.

Notes

SERVING SUGGESTION: Steamed green beans and faux-tay-toes (steam cauliflower till tender; drain; mash with butter, cream cheese and salt and pepper to taste till you get a mashed potatoes texture).

GLUTEN FREE: Make sure canned tomatoes and chipotle pepper are gluten free.

NUTRITION: 251 Calories; 13g Fat (45.1% calories from fat); 28g Protein; 6g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 115mg Cholesterol; 148mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain (Starch); 4 Lean Meat; 1 Vegetable; 1 1/2 Fat.

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Chipotle Chicken