Name: Chicken breasts in creamy lime and chili sauce
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 4 Chicken breasts; 1 tbsp Olive oil; 1 Onion; 3 Garlic cloves; to taste Chili peppers; 1 cup Broth; from 1 lime Lime juice; from 1 lime Lime zest; 1/4 cup Cilantro (leaves); 1 tsp Sweet paprika; to taste Salt and pepper; 1/3 cup Heavy whipping cream

Instructions

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Season the chicken breasts with salt and pepper. Heat the olive oil in a skillet and sear the chicken for about 5 minutes per side. Remove the chicken from the skillet.
Add the finely chopped onion, garlic, and chili to the skillet and sauté for about 2–3 minutes, until the onion softens. Pour in the chicken broth, add the lime juice and zest, cilantro, paprika, and pepper, and stir. Return the chicken breasts to the sauce. Cook for about 7–8 minutes, turning the chicken occasionally.
Stir in the cream, season with salt and pepper to taste, and simmer a little longer. Serve the chicken with roasted potatoes or a vegetable salad.

Tip: If you don't like cilantro, replace it with the same amount of parsley—the sauce will still taste fresh, and the lime will shine through just as well.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 350 kcal
Protein: 41 g
Carbohydrates: 8.0 g
of which sugars: 2.9 g
Fat: 16 g
of which saturates: 6.5 g
Fiber: 1.2 g
Salt: 0.9 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Šťavnaté kuracie prsia v smotanovej omáčke s limetkou a čili