crockpot orange chicken

How To Make crockpot orange chicken

• Step 1
  Thaw OJ and chicken. Mix OJ with brown sugar, ketchup, vinegar, 1 tsp salt, cloves and ginger. Mix well. Set aside.
• Step 2
  Wash chicken and pat dry. Cut into small cubes or strips. Toss into a mixing bowl along with pepper, paprika and rest of salt. Mix to coat.
• Step 3
  Toss in enough flour to coat chicken. Mix.
• Step 4
  Heat up enough olive oil in pan to brown chicken (don't crowd the chicken in the pan. Maybe you will have to do three batches. Use about 1-2 tablespoons olive oil per batch, making sure you wipe the pan clean after each time so flour bits don't burn).
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  Step 5
  Brown chicken (no need to cook it all the way through). After chicken is browned, set aside on plate lined with a paper towel.
• Step 6
  After chicken is all browned, place it in a crockpot. Pour OJ mixture over the top. Give it a few mixes with a large spoon or spatula, cover, and set to medium / medium high for 3 hours.
• Step 7
  After three hours, add half cup honey. Mix, cover and let cook for about another 2 hours, or until chicken is cooked all the way through.
• Step 8
  When it is cooked all the way through, turn off crockpot, mix in the rest of the honey, adjust lid on a slant so about 1/4 of the pot is uncovered (sauce will thicken upon standing).
• Step 9
  While it is thickening / resting, prepare whatever you want to serve it over... it is really good served with some wild or brown rice. Add chopped scallions or green onions on top. Enjoy!
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