Monday, October 15, 2012

Slow Cooker Orange Chicken

Not the best picture...but still worth a try!
I found this one on Pintrest. It looked good and it was pretty good. My 4 year old little person gobbled it down!
I made a double recipe and froze half for another night.
The dish wasn't strong in orange flavour, in fact I'm not sure you could even identify it. I did use orange juice and the recipe asked for concentrate.
I also added chopped onion, garlic and capsicum to try to increase the vegetable ratio.












Slow Cooker Orange Chicken

Ingredients:
• 3-4 boneless chicken breasts, chopped into small chunks
• 1/3 cup flour
• olive oil
• 1/2 T salt
• 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
• 3 T ketchup
• 6 oz. frozen orange juice concentrate (thaw or throw it in the microwave for 45 seconds)
• 4 T brown sugar

In a bowl, mix the orange juice, brown sugar, vinegar, salt, and ketchup.
Pour the flour in a small bowl.
Cover the chicken breast chunks in flour and shake off the excess.
Pour a small amount of olive oil in a skillet and brown the flour-covered chicken.
The chicken doesn't need to be fully cooked since it's going in the crock pot.
After the chicken is done cooking, pour the pieces into the crock pot.
Then cover the chicken with your sauce mixture and give the pot a stir.
Cook on low for 5-6 hours or on high for 2-3.


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