Lime Chicken With Peppers

Total Time: 3 hrs 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 minced garlic cloves
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 1/2 lbs chicken tenders
• 1/2 medium red onion, chopped
• 1 red pepper, cut into long strips
• 1 green pepper, cut into long strips
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1/2 cup flour (divided)
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 lb spinach fettuccine, cooked and drained (or regular fettucine noodles)
• cilantro, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 combine garlic, broth, 2 tbsp lime juice, soy sauce, chicken, red onion, and red and green peppers in slow cooker.
• 2 stir to coat chicken.
• 3 cook on low for about 4 hours (depending on how fast your slow cooker cooks).
• 4 in a large skillet, melt butter over low heat.
• 5 as soon as butter is melted sprinkle in 1/4 cup of flour.
• 6 stir with wire whisk.
• 7 slowly add in whole milk and stir with whisk; it should be pretty thick.
• 8 take your measuring cup and dip it in the slow cooker and get about 1/2 cup of the liquid and pour it into the skillet.
• 9 add in the rest of the flour (another 1/4 cup) and stir.
• 10 get more liquid from slow cooker and add it into creamy mixture
• 11 add in about 2 tbsp to 1/4 cup of lime juice to the cream mixture (depending on how much you like lime).
• 12 add in the rest of the contents from the slow cooker and stir to combine.
• 13 add in the pasta and coat.
• 14 serve with cilantro for garnish, if desired.