Slow Cooker General Tso's Chicken

Chicken, Dinner, To Try

Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 3 hours Source:

Ingredients

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into one inch cubes

1/4 cup cornstarch

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

1/2 cup hoisin sauce

2 T soy sauce

1/2 cup brown sugar

3 cloves garlic minced

3 Tablespoons rice wine vinegar

1 teaspoon sesame oil

1/4 tsp dry ginger

1/2 tsp crushed red pepper more or less to liking

Optional garnish green onions, sesame seeds, additional red pepper flakes

Directions

In a mixing bowl add the chicken and cornstarch. Toss until the chicken is completely coated in the cornstarch. In a medium sized skillet over medium high heat add oil and cook the chicken until the chicken is lightly brown but not cooked throughout. Put in the bottom of a slow cooker.

In a small mixing bowl [url:4]whisk[/url] together hoisin sauce, soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, ginger and crushed red pepper. Pour on top of chicken in the slow cooker.

Cook on low heat for 3-4 hours or until chicken is cooked throughout. *see note

Serve over rice and garnish with green onions, sesame seeds and red pepper flakes if desired.

Notes

If you are cooking the chicken without browning in the skillet first, when chicken is finished cooking, remove the chicken and add 1 Tablespoon cornstarch to the sauce. Add the chicken back to the crockpot and cook for an additional 15 minutes until the sauce thickens up. Chicken could also take longer to cook, closer to 4 hours.

Nutrition

Saturated Fat 3g
Cholesterol 59mg
Sodium 962mg
Potassium 419mg
Carbohydrates 41g
Fiber 1g
Protein 21g
Calcium 35mg
Iron 0.9mg