Slow Cooker Citrus Chicken has a little sweet and a little heat!
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This is becoming a habit. Mondays and slow cooker recipes. I have found that I love using my slow cooker on Sundays especially. We have 9:00 am church and are home by noon, or at least I am home by noon. Because of his calling at church, my husband, can be there most of the day. I love having dinner waiting in the slow cooker so that when he gets home, dinner is ready and waiting for us. Sunday is suppose to be a day of rest, right? Using my slow cooker helps lighten my work load too.
I just pop everything into the slow cooker, turn her on and let her go! The flavor of this Asian inspired Slow Cooker Citrus Chicken is yummy. It has a bit of a sweet and spiciness to it thanks to the sweet chili sauce, which can be found in the Asian aisle at the grocery store. I usually pick mine up at Trader Joes. The recipe also uses chicken thighs but it would work great with breast meat if that is your preference.
I like to cook my chicken for about 4 hours instead of the longer time a lot of recipes call for. I like the texture of the meat better if it cooks a little less. If it is done and we’re not ready for dinner yet I just turn my crockpot on warm and let it sit until we’re ready.
I love having a timer on my slow cooker . This is my favorite slow cooker if you are in the market for a new one.
I served it over rice with a nice garnish of cilantro which adds a little extra flavor and great color.
My favorite slow cooker can be found here.
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- 1 orange halved and sliced thinly
- 5-6 chicken thighs skinless, boneless (about 1.5 lbs.)
- 1 Tbsp flour
- 1 tsp grated lemon zest
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp pepper
- 1/2 C sweet chili sauce
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp minced ginger
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- rice
- cilantro for garnish
- Place orange slices in bottom of slow cooker.
- Toss the chicken in flour, lemon zest, salt and pepper.
- Add chicken to slow cooker.
- Combine chili sauce, soy sauce, sugar, ginger and garlic in a bowl.
- Pour over chicken
- Cover and cook on low for about 4 hours.
- Remove chicken from cooker and cover with foil to keep warm
- Pour remaining liquid into a sauce pan.
- Mix together 1/4 C chicken broth or water with 2 tsp cornstarch. Mix until smooth
- Add into sauce in pan and stir over medium heat until thickened.
- Spoon sauce over chicken.
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This looks yummy! But, I hate to buy a specialty item like sweet chili sauce without any other ways to use it. Can you share any more ideas?
love using the sweet chili sauce as a dipping sauce.
This looks very good! I plan to make this in the next week or two. That said, am not a big fan of thighs, so would use boneless, skinless chicken breasts instead – as you suggested. I also do NOT like ginger, so a the risk of screwing up the taste of the whole thing, I think I will forego using it. This will change the taste, I know, but I’m gonna have to risk it. 😀
Jane. I hope you enjoy it and I’m sure it will be fine without the ginger.
Love this recipe. Thank you.
Thanks Liz!
Just put this in my crockpot. That sauce is fantastic!
Hope your family enjoy it!
This looks like a great weeknight meal I love recipes that use trader joe’s products since I am always trying to find a creative way to use them
Hope you enjoy it. Trader Joes is the best!
I never leave comments. This recipe is worth me breaking my rule! I made this tonight, and it was super easy. I didn’t make any changes to your recipe. My thighs were pretty butterflied because of the grocer’s deboning, so the chicken stayed in the cooker for 3hrs. Super tender and tasty. And that pan sauce. OMG that pan sauce! Thanks for this great, tasty dinner idea!
Thank you so much for leaving a comment! I am so glad you loved the recipe too and that sauce is yummy, isn’t it!
Clearly I’m a bit dopey, but I can’t work out if I’m supposed to peel the orange or if the skin goes in too.
Looks delicious and I’d love to add it to my slow cooker collection!
Nope, don’t peel it. You aren’t going to eat the orange, it is just in there for flavor
Do you throw the thighs into the slow cooker whole and then dice them once they’re cooked? I can’t figure that out, ha.
They are put in whole and then I served them whole.