Making It My Way

Blog post #138 of 365

I'm always looking for a good easy recipe. This one is so easy! I snagged it from a friend.

Slow Cooker Orange Chicken

Ingredients:

4 boneless chicken breasts, chopped into small chunks
1/3 cup flour
olive oil
1/2 Tbl. salt
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
3 Tbl. ketchup
6 oz. frozen orange juice concentrate (thawed)
4 Tbl. 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.

Serve over rice and even add veggies if you want a healthier meal.

When I tried it I didn't have time for the slow cooker so I covered my pan after browning my chicken and cooked about half way through about 10 minutes then I coated them with the orange mixture and cooked through about 30 minutes. While the chicken cooked I seamed some brown rice in my rice cooker and steamed some broccoli, zucchini, mushrooms, and carrots. Talk about a yummy, easy, fairly healthy meal.