Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Tasty Tuesday

Orange Chicken

I really love the idea of making take-out food at home. We like Chinese food and I like anything that is tasty and easy to prepare. Well, this recipe fits both those categories.



Orange chicken in the crock pot


Ingredients:

2 large carrots, peeled and sliced about 1/2-inch thick

2 large red or green bell peppers, cut into 1/2-inch chunks

3 cloves garlic, finely minced

4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (about 2 pounds)

2 tsp. ground ginger

1 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. pepper

8 ounces orange juice concentrate

2 cans Mandarin orange segments, undrained

2 green onions, chopped (whites and greens)

2 cups hot cooked rice

Directions:

Put carrots, bell peppers, garlic, then the chicken, ginger, salt, pepper and frozen orange juice in crock pot. Cover and cook on LOW 4 to 6 hours. Serve chicken on hot cooked rice on platter. Top with orange segments and green onions. Serve chicken liquid in gravy boat, if desired.

Yield: approximately 4 servings

Recipe Notes:

I like to use about 3 tsp. fresh ginger, finely minced, but if you don't have fresh, use the ground. If you don't like ginger, leave it out.

Thicken up the sauce with a cornstarch slurry (2 Tbsp. water + 1 Tbsp. cornstarch; mix until cornstarch is completely dissolved. Mix into sauce and let sit for a minute).

You can make some stir fry Chinese veggies to go with this. I like to use baby bok choy, baby corn, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots and broccoli.




FYI: I made this today and it was a bit sweet for me. However, I realized a little too late that I used a 12oz can of OJ instead of the 8oz can the recipe called for.

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