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Slow Cooker Orange Chicken Leg Quarters
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serves/makes:
ready in:
over 5 hrs
over 5 hrs
2 reviews
ingredients
4 chicken drumsticks, skin removed
4 chicken thighs, skin removed
1 cup green and red bell pepper strips
1/2 cup fat-free, low-sodium chicken broth
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup ketchup
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon light molasses
1 tablespoon prepared mustard
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1 can (11 ounce size) mandarin oranges
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 cup frozen peas
2 green onions, sliced
directions
Place chicken in a 5-6 quart slow cooker. Top with pepper strips. Combine broth, juice, ketchup, soy sauce, molasses, mustard, and garlic salt. Pour over chicken. Cover. Cook on low 5-6 hours.
Remove chicken and vegetables from slow cooker. Keep warm. Measure out 1 cup of cooking sauce. Put in saucepan and bring to boil. Drain oranges, reserving 1 Tbsp. juice. Stir cornstarch into reserved juice. Add to boiling sauce in pan. Add peas to sauce and cook, stirring 2-3 minutes until sauce thickens and peas are warm. Stir in oranges.
Arrange chicken pieces on platter of cooked white rice, fried cellophane noodles, or lo mein noodles. Pour orange sauce over chicken and rice or noodles. Top with sliced green onions.
added by
jacelyn
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
260 calories, 6 grams fat, 33 grams carbohydrates, 21 grams protein per serving.
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reviews & comments
August 26, 2010
This was easy and the family liked it. Like the last review, I didn't have just peas so I used peas and carrots which also worked well. The chicken was falling off the bone. Only complaint was picking out the bones. Also a little greasy. Will probably use boneless thighs next time. Kick up the orange flavor with orange juice concentrate.
October 20, 2009
I made this this afternoon. The only thing I did different is that I substituted frozen mixed veggies for the peas, as that's all I had. The crockpot made the chicken very tender (and it was falling off the bones), so I ended up shredding it up, putting it over rice, and pouring the sauce over it. It had a very good flavor and our family of 6 ate it up!