Sesame Chicken, Slow Cooker
This slow cooker chicken has a piquant, slightly sweet sauce using ‘fridge staples’ of orange juice and commercial barbecue sauce. Substitutions are suggested in the notes.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 hours
- Total Time: 5 hours 15 minutes
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
- Category: Chicken
- Method: Slow Cooker
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 chicken thighs, skinless
- 1 red onion, roughly chopped
- 1/2 green pepper, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tbs minced ginger
- 3/4 cup (6oz, 180ml) chicken broth
- 2 tbs tapioca
- 2 tbs soy sauce
- 2 tbs orange juice
- 3 tbs barbecue sauce
- 1 tbs brown sugar
- 1 tbs white sesame seeds
- 1 tbs black sesame seeds
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 1/2 cup (3.3oz, 95gr) Basmati rice
- 1 cup (8oz, 240ml) chicken stock
Instructions
- Put onion, pepper, garlic, and ginger in the slow cooker.
- Add chicken broth and tapioca and stir to combine.
- Lay chicken on top in a single layer.
- Mix soy sauce, orange juice, barbecue sauce, and brown sugar
- Spoon over chicken.
- Cover and cook on low for 5 hours.
- Stir to combine flavors about 30 minutes before serving.
- Combine rice and chicken broth
- Cook for 16 minutes or whatever your rice calls for.
- When ready, put rice on a platter or divide onto 2 plates.
- Spoon chicken and sauce onto rice.
- Sprinkle with sesame seeds, drizzle with sesame oil, and serve.
Notes
The recipe uses 4 chicken thighs, which is enough for the two of us. Use the number that suits you – or add a leg or two.
Substitute ketchup for the barbecue sauce and add 1 tsp more soy sauce and 1 tsp more brown sugar.
Use 1 tbs lemon juice for the orange juice – slightly different result but equally good.
Use all regular sesame seeds and walnut oil can be used for the sesame oil.
Keywords: sesame chicken, slow cooker chicken, chicken thighs
