Sunday, January 31, 2016

#1,767: Slow Cooker General Taso's Chicken

This recipe got super mixed reviews from my family.  Allison and I both enjoyed this dish, while Chloe and Brian thought it was just ok...and Super Picky Matthew wouldn't touch it.  Allison would not stop raving about this dish though...so at least 1 person loved it.  This is such a super simple dish and took no time at all to throw together.  Since Allison enjoyed it so much, I told her I would take a picture of her dinner plate.  :)  The worst part of this recipe (for me anyways) was that I didn't have hoisen sauce.  But now that I have it in my fridge, I'll have to find other recipes to use it up in.  :) 

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1/2 cup water
3 T hoisen sauce
2 T soy sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 T ketchup
1/4 tsp dry ginger
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper (more or less to liking)
1 T cornstarch

In a mixing bowl, mix together water, hoisen sauce, soy sauce, brown sugar, ketchup, ginger, and crushed red pepper.  If you aren’t using a liner for your crockpot, spray crockpot with cooking spray and add chicken.  Add sauce on top.

Cook for 4-6 hours on low.  Remove chicken and cut into chunks.

Whisk cornstarch in the sauce to thicken it up.  If it isn’t quite to desired thickness, slowly add more cornstarch teaspoon by teaspoon.  But be careful because it can thicken up fast and does thicken up as it sits. 

Add chicken back to the crockpot and allow to heat through for another 5-10 minutes.

Serve over hot rice and garnish with toasted sesame seeds if desired. 

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