Summer Slow Cooker Chicken Piccata and Zoodles
Buttery, lemony chicken is served over fresh zucchini noodles for a delicious summer slow cooker meal you’ll return to again and again.
Servings: 4
Calories: 588kcal
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- .5 tsp fresh ground pepper
- 4 chicken breasts, cubed
- .5 cups butter
- .66 cups white wine
- Juice and zest of 1 lemon
- .5 cups caper berries (or ¼ cup capers)
- 1.5 tbsp cornstarch
- .25 cups chicken broth
- 1.5 cups cherry tomatoes
- 4 cups spiralized zucchini noodles
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Salt and pepper chicken. Brown in hot skillet on both sides. Transfer to slow cooker. Add butter, white wine, juice and zest of lemon, and caper berries. Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours. Or on high 3-4 hours.
- Whisk cornstarch into chicken broth, then whisk mixture into crockpot. Add tomatoes. Cover and cook on high for 20 minutes or so, just until the mixture begins to thicken.
- Serve over zucchini noodles. Salt and pepper to taste.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 588kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 35.7g | Fat: 46.2g | Saturated Fat: 19.3g | Cholesterol: 162mg | Sodium: 1421mg | Fiber: 2.2g | Sugar: 3.2g