Slow Cooker Chipotle Lime Chicken Thighs

• 1 cup sliced onion
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1 cup carrots
• 4 lbs. Skinless chicken thighs (you can throw in a few breasts for those that don\'\'t like chicken on the bone
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 (15oz can) tomato sauce
• 1 Tbsp minced chipotle chiles in adobo sauce (1 tsp of sauce)
• 1/4 cup lime juice and 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 avocado sliced
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
• 1 (14 oz) can coconut milk
• 1 cup Water
• 2 cups rice
• Finely grated lime zest

Preparation

1 Arrange onion, celery, and carrots in bottom of slow cooker
2 Season chicken thighs with salt and pepper and arrange over chicken
3 In medium bowl, whisk together tomato sauce, lime juice, chipotle chiles with sauce, and garlic. Pour mixture over chicken.
4 Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.
5 Cook rice using 1/2 water and half coconut milk.
6 Add in lime zest
7 Serve chicken atop rice garnished with avocado and cilantro

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Recipe inspired by Robin Miller at the Food Network Phot from Flickr - Stpehn-Rees