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November 28, 2017

Slow Cooker Orange Chicken

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Slow Cooker Orange Chicken–make a flavorful, restaurant-style orange chicken at home in your slow cooker.

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Slow Cooker Orange Chicken--make a flavorful, restaurant-style orange chicken at home in your slow cooker. This reminds me of the chicken at Panda Express.

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Slow Cooker Orange Chicken


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  • Author: 365 Days of Slow and Pressure Cooking
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 2 hours
  • Total Time: 2 hours 20 minutes
  • Yield: 6 servings 1x
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Make a flavorful, restaurant-style orange chicken at home in your slow cooker.


Ingredients

Scale
  • Zest from one large orange
  • 1/4 cup orange juice
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice
  • 2 Tbsp soy sauce (I used low sodium)
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tsp minced ginger
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 Tbsp diced green onions
  • 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
  • 2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut each thigh into about 6 pieces
  • 1/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1 Tbsp canola oil
  • For garnish, diced green onions and sesame seeds

Instructions

  1. In a bowl, whisk together the zest, orange juice, lemon juice, soy sauce, brown sugar, ginger, garlic, green onions and red pepper flakes. Set aside.
  2. Blot the pieces of chicken with a thick paper towel. You’ll want to get as much moisture off of the chicken as possible.
  3. Combine flour, salt and pepper in resealable food storage bag. Add chicken. Shake to thoroughly coat with flour mixture.
  4. Heat oil in a pan over medium high heat. When oil is hot, brown the chicken about 2 minutes on each side. You may need to work in batches. Once you have finished browning the meat add it into your slow cooker.
  5. Whisk the orange juice mixture one last time and then pour it over the chicken. Cover the slow cooker and cook on low 2 hours.
  6. Once the chicken has cooked serve it over rice. Garnish with green onions and sesame seeds. Enjoy!

Notes

I used my Ninja Cooking System with Auto-iQ for this recipe.

  • Method: Slow Cooker

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  1. Rachel says

    September 8, 2021 at 1:53 pm

    When do you add the sauce? I’m assuming when you transfer the chicken from the pan to the crockpot while it is cooking on low for 2 hours, but I have done a similar recipe that indicated to wait until the end of the slow cook time.

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    • Karen says

      September 8, 2021 at 2:42 pm

      Right after you add the chicken into the slow cooker add in the orange juice mixture and cook on low for 2 hours.

      Reply
  2. Kathy Tanner-Weidhofer says

    April 10, 2021 at 4:08 am

    Is this just 2 hours on low?

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    • Karen says

      April 12, 2021 at 12:40 pm

      Yes that is correct because they are small pieces they cook quickly

      Reply
  3. Anne Shepard says

    April 9, 2021 at 1:42 pm

    Did I miss nutrition values?

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    • Karen says

      April 12, 2021 at 12:46 pm

      Just added them!

      Reply
  4. Marlene A Tucci says

    January 22, 2020 at 1:39 pm

    I am going to cook this with a slow cooker because I only have an QT insta pot (not Pressure), and there are really not many ideas for this system. Can this be cooked in the QT pot

    Reply
    • Karen says

      January 22, 2020 at 3:25 pm

      It can be cooked in any slow cooker. I am not familiar with the QT but I’m sure it would work if it is a slow cooker.

      Reply
  5. Gail Fesnak says

    January 14, 2020 at 2:42 pm

    Have not made this yet, but I was wondering could I double or triple the sauce. We like a lot of sauce on our rice.

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    • Karen says

      January 14, 2020 at 8:54 pm

      yes for sure!

      Reply
  6. Steven says

    November 29, 2019 at 2:32 pm

    This is SO GOOD. It works. I used a Crock Pot. A Large Crock Pot. Its mostly about planning. I really could not believe how super good this is.

    ★★★★★

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    • Karen says

      December 3, 2019 at 7:41 am

      Glad you liked it Steven!

      Reply
  7. Cyndi says

    January 13, 2019 at 10:38 am

    Can this be made with rice on bottom? I’ve done other dishes with basmati and risotto on bottom and meats on rack above?

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    • Karen says

      January 14, 2019 at 9:41 pm

      You certainly could try! I haven’t played around with it enough to know how it would work. Let me know!

      Reply
      • Donna says

        May 11, 2020 at 1:54 pm

        YOU WOULD HAVE TO USE COOKED RICE OR THE WATER FROM THE RICE WOULD THIN THE SEASONING AND SAUCE DOWN. PRECOOKED RICE MAY ALSO NEED ENOUGH MOISTURE SO AS NOT TO DRY OUT DURING COOKING.

        Reply
  8. Holly Parker says

    October 29, 2018 at 11:02 am

    This has become my favorite slow cooker recipe. Try it and you won’t be disappointed!👍

    Reply
    • Karen says

      October 29, 2018 at 12:45 pm

      Glad to hear this Holly!

      Reply
  9. Tara says

    November 28, 2017 at 5:25 pm

    Interesting! I haven’t heard of this. So apart from the fact it isn’t a pressure cooker, how does it compare to the Instant Pot? I’m assuming you wouldn’t replace an Instant Pot with it. Is it just a much better slow cooker? I like that it can be an oven too so it replaces an electric roaster?

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    • Karen says

      November 28, 2017 at 6:57 pm

      Hi Tara, yes it is really interesting! It isn’t a pressure cooker like you said but it is oval shaped which I really appreciate because you can fit odd cuts of meats. It also has a nonstick cooking surface which is really easy to clean. I haven’t slow cook function much with the Instant Pot so I can’t really compare those two functions. It is a great tool to have in your kitchen and has many uses.

      Reply
  10. Thorarinn Jonsson says

    November 28, 2017 at 5:12 pm

    Any recipe that include sugar get only one star from me.
    Sugar should never be in any food. Sugar is dangerous to the humans.
    Sugar will be the second worst choice in life after tobacco.

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    • Larisa says

      May 5, 2018 at 4:18 pm

      Brown sugar is different

      Reply
      • Geri says

        September 16, 2018 at 8:31 am

        Thank you…. absolutely correct…

        Reply
    • Geri says

      September 16, 2018 at 8:34 am

      Looks DELICIOUS! Can you do this in the instant pot?

      Reply
      • Karen says

        September 17, 2018 at 1:41 pm

        I couldn’t figure out a good way to make it yet in the Instant Pot.

        Reply
  11. Linda Keeler says

    November 28, 2017 at 3:11 pm

    This looks so good! Can I make it in my Instant Pot? I know nothing about the Ninja system. Thanks!

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    • Karen says

      November 28, 2017 at 7:02 pm

      Hi Linda, I’ve tried two different times to make this in the Instant Pot and I failed both times. Here’s what I would do if I tried it again. I would do the flour step with the chicken. Then I would heat the pot with the saute function and I would brown the chicken. Then I would place the chicken in a pot/dish that fits inside your instant pot and pour the orange juice mixture over the top. Then I would clean out the bottom of the instant pot and put one cup water in it. I would place the pot (with the chicken) inside the pot on top of a trivet. Manual high pressure for 8 minutes, 10 minute NRP. Like I said, I’m not sure if this would work but I think it’s the only way.

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      • Linda Keeler says

        November 28, 2017 at 9:48 pm

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        • Linda Keeler says

          November 28, 2017 at 11:14 pm

          Looks like my reply didn’t post. I’ll try again..

          When you tried the IP did you use the slow cooker function? Do you think it would work better to brown the chicken first on the stove and use a real slow cooker or the IP?

          I really appreciate all the work you put in your recipes trying to make them the best they can be!

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          • Karen says

            November 29, 2017 at 11:41 am

            Ohhhh, sorry Linda I thought you were asking if you could pressure cook this recipe. I think you could totally use the slow cooker function. Not on the lowest setting though…since that one is like warm. I would just brown in the bottom of the IP and then pour in the sauce and then use the slow cooker button.

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