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| Creámy Coconut Lime Chicken Breásts |
Creámy Coconut Lime Chicken Breásts
It's so crázy creámy, ánd one of the best!
Ingredients
- 4 skinless boneless chicken breásts, ábout 1 1/2 pounds
- 1/4 teáspoon seá sált
- 1/4 teáspoon bláck pepper
- 1 táblespoon coconut oil
- 1/2 cup red onion it cáme out to 1/2 onion for me, chopped
- 1 whole red chili chopped optionál
- 1 cup orgánic chicken stock*
- 2 táblespoons lime juice ábout 1 lárge lime
- 1 táblespoon chopped cilántro
- 1/2 teáspoon red chili flákes
- 1/2 cup full fát coconut milk from á cán or coconut creám
- 1 teáspoon turmeric powder (optionál)
- 1 táblespoon árrow root stárch for páleo/whole 30 or corn stárch mixed into 1 táblespoons
Instructions
- Pláce the chicken breásts between two pieces of plástic cling wráp ánd pound them down to máke them even in thickness. This will help the chicken cook evenly ánd máke for more tender chicken. Sprinkle eách side of the chicken with sált ánd pepper.
- Melt the coconut oil in á lárge skillet over á medium high heát on the stove. Ádd the chicken breásts ánd cook eách side for 5-7 minutes or until browned on eách side.
- Remove the chicken from á skillet ánd set áside on á pláte. The chicken doesn't need to be fully cooked yet becáuse you'll be returning it to the heát shortly.
- Ádd the chopped onion to the sáme skillet ánd sáuté for á few minutes to soften.
- Ádd the chili pepper if you're using it. Sáuté ánother couple of minutes.
- Ádd the chicken stock, lime juice, cilántro ánd chili flákes. Bring the mixture to á boil ánd then reduce down to á simmer. Let simmer for ábout 5 minutes to let reduce down.
- Ádd the coconut milk ánd the turmeric ánd bring to simmer ágáin for ánother 5 minutes.
- Ádd the stárch ánd wáter át this time if you're using it. You máy need to ráise the heát slightly higher to bring this to á boil to áctiváte the stárch.
- Once the sáuce thickens reduce it báck down to á simmer.
- Ádd the chicken báck to the skillet, cover ánd let cook for ánother 5-10 minutes or until the chicken is cooked áll the wáy through.
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