Crock Pot Orange Sesame Chicken With Toasted Almonds
- Ready In:
- 5hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 19
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 3 lbs chicken parts (can be thighs, legs, anything you prefer, bone-in and skin-on)
- 1⁄4 cup flour
- 3 tablespoons sesame seeds
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 1⁄4 cup peanut oil or 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1⁄2 1/2 cup water or 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granule (optional with water and wine, not needed if using broth)
- 1⁄4 cup cornstarch
- 1⁄4 cup water
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sauce ingredients
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon hot Chinese chili paste (the kind with no oil) or 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes, to taste
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1 orange, peeled, seeded and chopped
- 1⁄2 cup toasted sliced almonds or 1/2 cup slivered almonds
- 1 cup low-fat sour cream
directions
- Rinse chicken and pat dry.
- Mix sesame seeds, salt, flour, and pepper together in a bowl.
- Coat the chicken with the flour mixture and fry in the oil in a large skillet, preheated over medium-high heat.
- Fry to a nice, medium brown color on both sides.
- Depending on how much chicken you have, you may need to do more than one batch.
- Don't overcrowd the chicken!
- Remove the chicken from the skillet and place in a large crock pot.
- In a small bowl, mix onion, wine (or water or broth), and bouillon granules (if using).
- Pour over the chicken.
- Cover and cook on low, 5-7 hours.
- Turn on high and remove chicken, keeping all the juices in the crock pot.
- OPTIONAL- at this point I like to heat the oven to 450 and 'crisp up' the chicken a bit on a cookie sheet, be extra careful not to burn it if you decide to do this!
- Whisk the cornstarch and water together and stir into the crock pot.
- Then add all of the sauce ingredients EXCEPT sour cream and cook on high for 15 minutes.
- Whisk the sour cream into the sauce and serve over rice (I like Basmati) with the chicken.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
ChipotleChick
Glendale, 41
<p>I'm a 35-year-old mother, musician, and amateur chef. I love farmer's markets and fresh vegetables!</p>