Slow Cooker Paleo Thai Chicken - Dump and Go Dinner
Cooking up this Paleo Thai Chicken in the slow cooker couldn't be any easier! Cumin scented onions and chicken join colorful bell peppers in a lime-infused almond butter sauce for a Whole30 friendly dish you can make with little effort.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds Chicken, Boneless Breasts
- 1 ½ cups dice Bell Pepper, Red
- 1 ¼ cups dice Onion
- ½ cups Chicken Broth/Stock
- ¼ cups Coconut Aminos, #1
- 1 tablespoon Cumin
- 3 teaspoons mince Garlic, Cloves
- ½ teaspoons Red Pepper Flakes
- ⅛ teaspoons Salt
- ⅛ teaspoons Black Pepper
- 2 tablespoons Arrowroot
- ⅔ cups Almond Butter
- 1 tablespoon Coconut Aminos, #2
- ¼ cups juice Lime
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Cooking Instructions
Freeze For Later Cooking Day Directions
These directions help you cook or prepare this meal PRIOR to being frozen for serving later (see Serving Day Directions when you are ready to prepare it to eat).
Why would I want to freeze this?
- Divide chicken, bell pepper, onion, chicken broth, coconut aminos #1, cumin, garlic, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper among 1/2 indicated number of gallon freezer bags. Remove as much air as possible and seal.
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Make From Frozen Serving Day Directions
These directions help you cook or reheat this meal AFTER it's been frozen for when you are ready to eat it.
- Thaw: In fridge
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Make It Now Cooking Directions
These directions are for cooking this recipe to serve immediately and NOT to freeze for later.
- Place chicken, bell pepper, onion, chicken broth, coconut aminos #1, cumin, garlic, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper into slow cooker and stir to blend.
- Cook on low for 4 1/2 to 5 hours.
- 30 minutes before serving, whisk arrowroot powder, almond butter, coconut aminos #2 and lime juice together in a small bowl.
- Add ingredients to slow cooker and let cook for another 15-30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
- Servings Per Recipe
- 4 Servings
- Serving Size
- about 1.5 cups Amount Per Serving
- Calories
- 648
- Total Fat
- 31g
- Saturated Fat
- 4g
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 166mg
- Sodium
- 689mg
- Total Carbohydrates
- 35g
- Fiber
- 8g
- Sugar
- 12g
- Protein
- 62g
- WW Freestyle
- 11
20 Comments
Join the discussionWhat are coconut aminos #1?
If you read through the recipe you can see we have to divide the coconut aminos. To be more helpful we broke it out to #1 and #2. See the directions above.
Thanks I see that they are divided in the recipe but what are ‘coconut aminos’? Is it coconut oil?
Coconut aminos are a soy sauce type replacement. You can see one we commonly use here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/produ…
Absolutely wonderful idea. I love Thai, I use my crock pot often and I love the pre-planning aspect. Doing some freezer meals to help with my weekly cook up! So glad I found this site!
Welcome Sybil!
I served this over spaghetti squash in order to fake thai noodles, and I loved it! I really missed my thai peanut noodles and this totally matched up to that level of deliciousness!
I live in Europe, what would be a good alternative for the Coconut Amino since we do not have it here (I think)
You could use soy sauce or soy Aminos, (although strict paleo does not permit soy).
I hope I don’t sound dumb but I don’t understand the reasoning behind dividing this recipe into 2 bags. Can someone help me understand?
Many thanks!
Elizabeth, I believe it’s so that the sauce doesn’t get too watered down from the frozen chicken. If you don’t mind a more watery sauce, I’m sure it would be fine to combine into one bag.
Half the number of indicated bags? You mean one or two?
What’s the difference between bags and ‘indicated number of bags’?
I just want a crock pot recipe to make and eat some and freeze the rest. This recipe sounds like It was written by an engineer.
The reason it says indicated number of freezing bags is because with a membership, you can customize the number of servings. With several additional servings, extra freezer bags would be required. Our system automatically increases by a freezer bag for every 4 or more servings. So, if you are making 2 meals for 4 people, half would be just one bag. I hope that helps!
Oh NO! I just put this in the crock pot all at once. I failed to read that the sauce goes in later. Did I ruin it?
Hi Rachel, you could always make a little extra sauce and add it in later if you feel like it needs more flavor. The cooking may dilute the sauce a bit.
I’d like to use my instant pot! Any recommendations? It’s been thawing overnight in the fridge, but I don’t have time to do the slow cooker before dinner time!
Of course, Cole! We actually have an Instant Pot version of this same recipe here to make it easy for you! >> https://onceamonthmeals.com/recipes/instant-pot-paleo-thai-chicken-lunch-version/
I loved it but kids did not. It does need some heat.
I’m glad you loved this dish Jamie but sad your kids didn’t feel the same : ( maybe add some sriracha next time to kick up the heat a little bit?
Will do!