Crock Pot Mandarin Chicken Food

CROCKPOT MANDARIN CHICKEN RECIPE

Steps:

• Cook chicken in crockpot on HIGH for 3 hours or LOW for 6 hours {covered}
• After 3 hours on HIGH or 6 hours on LOW, drain juices from Crockpot
• Mix together Pineapple Preserves and Mandarin Sauce
• Pour mixture over chicken, and cook on HIGH for 30 more minutes {covered}

SLOW COOKER MANDARIN ORANGE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place bite sized pieces of chicken into slow cooker
• Add in green beans, orange juice, mandarin orange juice (reserving mandarins for later), broth, and all spices.
• stir to fully combine. cover slow cooker and cook on low 3-5 hours
• confirm when chicken is ready by using a meat thermometer. Chicken is safe to eat when it reaches an internal temperature of 165ºF.
• 30-45 minutes prior to serving, mix cornstarch with 3 tablespoons of cold water in a separate bowl.
• stir cornstarch mixture into slow cooker and allow for your dish to cook for another 30 minutes.
• Add mandarin orange sliced into slow cooker and gently stir to combine. Be carefully not to mash up the mandarin pieces when stiring.

CROCK POT ORANGE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cut chicken breasts into bite-size pieces. Place in the slow cooker.
• Sprinkle flour over chicken and toss well to coat.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together remaining ingredients. Pour over chicken. Cook on high 4 hours or low 6-8 hours.
• Serve with rice.

CROCK POT HAWAIIAN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in the crock pot.
• Stir well.
• Cover and cook for 4-5 hours on low or 2-3 hours on high.
• Serve with steamed rice.
• Enjoy!

MANDARIN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Spray chicken breasts with vegetable oil spray.
• Grill chicken breasts 4-6 minutes per side or until done (chicken should be brown in spots).
• Chop chicken into bite size pieces, set aside.
• Combine sugar, soy sauce, lemon juice, oil, garlic and ginger in a small saucepan.
• Heat over medium until sugar is dissolved, stirring often.
• Bring to boil.
• Combine cornstarch and water.
• Add to sauce pan, stirring often.
• Reduce heat and simmer 4-6 minutes or until sauce thickens.
• Pour chicken into a large frying pan over medium heat.
• Heat until chicken sizzles, then reduce heat and pour sauce over the chicken.
• Heat through.
• Serve over white rice.

CROCK POT MANDARIN CHICKEN

Steps:

• 1. Place chicken in crock pot (no need to defrost). Add onion, carrots and mandarin oranges with juice. Salt and pepper lightly at this point... it will help your veggies sweat. Add lemon juice.
• 2. mix together soy sauce and teriyaki sauce, add to crock-pot.
• 3. After about half of cooking time, take some of juice and put in a small bowl... add cornstarch and mix together thoroughly. Add mixture back to crock-pot. Add broccoli florets and mix lightly. Taste for salt and add if needed.
• 4. Let simmer until carrots are tender but not mushy. Cook rice. (I made enough for 6) and use as base for plate.
• 5. This can be made on the 4hr setting or the 6 or 8hr settings, depending on the time you have. Just make sure to do the half way mark things according to your cooking time total. Enjoy!!

SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND CHICKEN (FROM A CROCK POT!)

Steps:

• In a large bowl combine pineapple juice, orange juice, and 3 tablespoons of the ground ginger.
• Put 1/2 of the liquid in a large zipper seal bag (or split it in two bags if need be). Reserve rest of liquid in bowl or other covered container.
• Rinse chicken and pierce with a fork in several places of each breast. Place chicken in zipper bag(s)and refrigerate at least 4 hours to overnight (I prefer overnight).
• Drain the mandarin oranges and put in container with reserved liquid, cover and marinate for the same amount of time as the chicken.
• Chop peppers and onion.
• When ready to cook, place chicken in bottom of crock pot, discard the marinade. Layer the onions and peppers on chicken and salt and pepper to taste.
• Drain pineapple chunks and add fruit to crock pot. Add UNDRAINED crushed pineapple to crock pot as well as the mandarin oranges WITH the liquid.
• Set crock pot to HIGH and cook 6-8 hours, depending on when the chicken is done.
• When ready to serve cook rice according to package directions and serve chicken with sauce over the rice. ENJOY!