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Slow Cooker Mandarin Orange Chicken
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Slow cooker version of the Chinese staple. Chicken and OJ cooked in the crockpot and stirred into a thick sauce with mandarin orange slices makes a great dish with white rice.
serves/makes:
ready in:
2-5 hrs
2-5 hrs
ingredients
4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
1 medium onion, thinly sliced
1/4 cup orange juice concentrate
1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 can (11 ounce size) mandarin oranges
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
directions
Place the chicken breasts in the bottom of the crock pot, in a single layer if possible but it's ok if they overlap. Top with the sliced onion.
In a small bowl, mix together the orange juice, poultry seasoning, and salt. Pour the orange mixture over the chicken and onions.
Cover the crock pot and cook on low heat for 2-4 hours or until the chicken is cooked through.
Remove the chicken from the crock pot and keep warm. Do not discard the cooking liquid.
Drain the mandarin oranges, reserving 3 tablespoons of the liquid. Combine the reserved juice and flour in a saucepan over medium high heat. Whisk the mixture until smooth then stir in the cooking liquid from the crock pot.
Bring the sauce to a boil and cook, stirring constantly, until the sauce has thickened, about 2-3 minutes.
Stir the mandarin oranges into the sauce.
Serve the orange sauce with the chicken. The chicken can be served, sliced or whole, on top of rice or pasta, with the sauce poured over the top.
crock pot notes
Crock pots/slow cookers all heat differently. There is no standard among manufacturers. Cooking times are suggested guidelines based on our testing. Please adjust cooking times and temps to work with your brand and model of slow cooker.nutrition data
Nutritional data has not been calculated yet.
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