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Slow Cooker Orânge Chïcken, despïte ïts unnâturâlly brïght-orânge hue, orânge chïcken ïs â tâkeout dïnner fâvorïte.
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook time: 60 minutes
Total time: 85 minutes
Servings: 6 Servings
• For the chïcken:
• 1/4 cup cornstârch
• 1 teâspoon kosher sâlt
• 1/2 teâspoon freshly ground blâck pepper
• 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skïnless chïcken breâsts or thïghs, cut ïnto 1 1/2-ïnch pïeces
• 2 tâblespoons vegetâble oïl
• For the orânge sâuce:
• 1 tâblespoon fïnely grâted orânge zest (from 1 orânge)
• 3/4 cup freshly squeezed orânge juïce (from 2 orânges)
• 1/4 cup grânulâted sugâr
• 3 tâblespoons honey
• 1 tâblespoon cornstârch
• 1 tâblespoon low-sodïum tâmârï or soy sâuce
• 1 tâblespoon rïce vïnegâr
• 2 cloves gârlïc, mïnced
• 1 teâspoon toâsted (Asïân) sesâme oïl
• 1/2 teâspoon grâted peeled fresh gïnger
• 1/4 teâspoon red pepper flâkes
• For servïng:
• Cooked whïte rïce
• Whïte sesâme seeds
• Thïnly slïced scâllïons
• Orânge slïces
1. Mâke the chïcken: Mïx the cornstârch, sâlt, ând pepper together ïn â gâllon-sïzed zïp-top bâg. Add the chïcken pïeces, seâl the bâg, ând shâke untïl the chïcken ïs well-coâted.
2. Heât the oïl ïn â lârge nonstïck skïllet over medïum-hïgh heât untïl shïmmerïng, âbout 3 mïnutes. Add the chïcken ïn bâtches, mâkïng sure not to crowd the pân, ând cook âbout 2 mïnutes per sïde. The chïcken mïght not brown, but the cornstârch coâtïng wïll become crïspy ând dry. The chïcken wïll not be completely cooked ât thïs poïnt, ând thât ïs OK. Trânsfer the chïcken to â 4-quârt slow cooker ând repeât wïth âny remâïnïng chïcken.
3. Mâke the sâuce: Plâce âll the ïngredïents ïn â medïum bowl ând whïsk to combïne. Pour over the chïcken.
4. Cover ând cook untïl chïcken reâches 165°F on ân ïnstânt-reâd thermometer, 1 1/2 to 2 hours on the LOW settïng or 45 mïnutes to 1 hour on the HIGH settïng.
5. Usïng â slotted spoon, trânsfer the chïcken to â bowl. Pour the sâuce ïnto â lârge skïllet ând brïng to â boïl over medïum-hïgh heât. Cook untïl the sâuce ïs reduced by hâlf ând thïckens enough to coât the bâck of â spoon, âbout 7 mïnutes. Add the chïcken to the sâuce ând toss to combïne.
6. To serve, spoon over cooked rïce, sprïnkle wïth sesâme seeds ând scâllïons, ând serve wïth orânge slïces, ïf desïred.
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Slow Cooker Orânge Chïcken, despïte ïts unnâturâlly brïght-orânge hue, orânge chïcken ïs â tâkeout dïnner fâvorïte.
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook time: 60 minutes
Total time: 85 minutes
Servings: 6 Servings
INGREDIENTS:
• For the chïcken:
• 1/4 cup cornstârch
• 1 teâspoon kosher sâlt
• 1/2 teâspoon freshly ground blâck pepper
• 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skïnless chïcken breâsts or thïghs, cut ïnto 1 1/2-ïnch pïeces
• 2 tâblespoons vegetâble oïl
• For the orânge sâuce:
• 1 tâblespoon fïnely grâted orânge zest (from 1 orânge)
• 3/4 cup freshly squeezed orânge juïce (from 2 orânges)
• 1/4 cup grânulâted sugâr
• 3 tâblespoons honey
• 1 tâblespoon cornstârch
• 1 tâblespoon low-sodïum tâmârï or soy sâuce
• 1 tâblespoon rïce vïnegâr
• 2 cloves gârlïc, mïnced
• 1 teâspoon toâsted (Asïân) sesâme oïl
• 1/2 teâspoon grâted peeled fresh gïnger
• 1/4 teâspoon red pepper flâkes
• For servïng:
• Cooked whïte rïce
• Whïte sesâme seeds
• Thïnly slïced scâllïons
• Orânge slïces
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Mâke the chïcken: Mïx the cornstârch, sâlt, ând pepper together ïn â gâllon-sïzed zïp-top bâg. Add the chïcken pïeces, seâl the bâg, ând shâke untïl the chïcken ïs well-coâted.
2. Heât the oïl ïn â lârge nonstïck skïllet over medïum-hïgh heât untïl shïmmerïng, âbout 3 mïnutes. Add the chïcken ïn bâtches, mâkïng sure not to crowd the pân, ând cook âbout 2 mïnutes per sïde. The chïcken mïght not brown, but the cornstârch coâtïng wïll become crïspy ând dry. The chïcken wïll not be completely cooked ât thïs poïnt, ând thât ïs OK. Trânsfer the chïcken to â 4-quârt slow cooker ând repeât wïth âny remâïnïng chïcken.
3. Mâke the sâuce: Plâce âll the ïngredïents ïn â medïum bowl ând whïsk to combïne. Pour over the chïcken.
4. Cover ând cook untïl chïcken reâches 165°F on ân ïnstânt-reâd thermometer, 1 1/2 to 2 hours on the LOW settïng or 45 mïnutes to 1 hour on the HIGH settïng.
5. Usïng â slotted spoon, trânsfer the chïcken to â bowl. Pour the sâuce ïnto â lârge skïllet ând brïng to â boïl over medïum-hïgh heât. Cook untïl the sâuce ïs reduced by hâlf ând thïckens enough to coât the bâck of â spoon, âbout 7 mïnutes. Add the chïcken to the sâuce ând toss to combïne.
6. To serve, spoon over cooked rïce, sprïnkle wïth sesâme seeds ând scâllïons, ând serve wïth orânge slïces, ïf desïred.
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