Steamed chicken breasts in a slow cooker

Dietary, light, for weight loss, for dinner and a snack! Steamed chicken breasts in a slow cooker turn out soft and juicy. They are suitable for those who follow a diet, as they do not contain excess fat. Breasts can be served as a main dish, as well as used for making salads and sandwiches.

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Steamed chicken breasts in a slow cooker

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 50 % 18 g

Fats 50 % 18 g

Carbohydrates 0 % 0 g

238 kcal

GI: 0 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 40 min

Step 1:
How to make steamed chicken breasts in a slow cooker? Prepare the products. It is better to take the chicken chilled — it will turn out juicier. Pre-defrost the frozen one. I have a breast on the bone, but you can also cook fillets like this. Together with the breast, I cooked vegetables — potatoes, carrots and broccoli.
Step 2:
First of all, thoroughly wash the chicken breast, rub it with salt, spices and leave it in the refrigerator for one or two hours. You can make your own chicken seasoning by mixing a mixture of peppers, curry, garlic powder and any other of your favorite spices. By the way, I did not remove the skin from the breast — it will keep the juice inside. Wash and peel the vegetables (if you will also cook with them).
Step 3:
Pour water into the bowl of the slow cooker, about 1/3 of its height.
Step 4:
Set the steaming basket, put the chicken in it. Arrange the peeled vegetables around the edges. Set the multi-cooker mode suitable for steaming, I have it called "steam", you may have a different name. Set the time to 40 minutes. If you are going to cook vegetables together with the breast, then take them out after 20 minutes.
Step 5:
After the signal of readiness, open the slow cooker, take out the chicken with vegetables. Remove the skin from the finished chicken breast, it is no longer needed. Serve with fresh, boiled or baked vegetables. Enjoy your meal!

In some slow cookers, the baskets are quite shallow, and the whole chicken breast does not fit. In this case, cut the breast into 2 parts, or cook a couple of breast fillets, in which case it is better to wrap them in foil.

Note that the quality and taste of the finished dish largely depends on the proper defrosting of the ingredients. How to avoid mistakes and choose the best way to defrost chicken read in article about proper defrosting of products .

Keep in mind that the cooking time and mode are indicated approximately in the recipe. All slow cookers work differently and even the same models of the same manufacturer may have their own characteristics. Before you start cooking a new dish for you in a slow cooker, carefully study the instructions for it, and then in practice try to cook dishes that are familiar to you first, and then new ones, choosing the mode and time individually for your own technique.

If you use ready-made spice mixes, be sure to read the composition on the package. Often, salt is already present in such mixtures, take this into account, otherwise you risk over-salting the dish.