Crock Pot Cantonese Sweet And Sour Chicken Recipes

Steps:

• Mix 2 tablespoons cornstarch, garlic powder, and ground ginger together in a small bowl. Toss chicken thighs in cornstarch mixture until they are evenly coated.
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook chicken in the skillet until browned on all sides, 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate and set aside.
• Drain juice from the can of pineapple chunks into a measuring cup. You should have approximately 3/4 cup to 1 cup of juice.
• Mix 1/2 cup pineapple juice, chicken stock, rice vinegar, brown sugar, ketchup, and soy sauce together in a slow cooker. Add browned chicken pieces and stir to coat chicken with the sauce. Cook on Low for 3 1/2 hours.
• Whisk remaining 2 tablespoons cornstarch with remaining 1/4 cup pineapple juice. Stir cornstarch mixture into the slow cooker. Increase the slow cooker heat to High and add pineapple chunks and chopped red bell pepper.
• Cook on High until the sauce is bubbly and thickened and bell pepper is crisp-tender, about 30 minutes. Garnish with chopped green onion.

Steps:

• Cut chicken into 1-in pieces.
• Combine the next 4 ingredients, stir in chicken; let stand for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile drain canned oranges and reserve 1/4 cup syrup.
• Blend syrup with sweet and sour sauce.
• Heat 1 tbsp oil in a hot wok or large skillet over med-high heat.
• Add chicken cubes and stir-fry 2 minutes; remove; set aside.
• Heat remaining oil in the same wok or frypan; add snow peas and stir-fry 1 minute.
• Add green onions and stir-fry 30 seconds.
• Add in chicken, almonds and sweet and sour mixture; cook stirring until all ingredients are coated with sauce.
• Gently stir in orange segments; heat through.

Steps:

• Place the chicken, peppers strips and onion in the crockpot.
• In a bowl mix the brown sugar and cornstarch. Add 1 cup of the reserved pineapple juice, vinegar, water, soy sauce and salt, blend until smooth. Pour over chicken and veggies.
• Cover and cook on LOW for 7 to 9 hours. One hour before serving, add the pineapple chunks, stir into the meat and sauce.
• Serve over Chow Mein noodles or rice.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute chicken in oil for 4-5 minutes; drain. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Drain pineapple, reserving juice; set pineapple aside. In a 5-qt. slow cooker, combine the chicken, water chestnuts, carrots, soy sauce and pineapple juice. Cover and cook on low for 3 hours or until chicken juices run clear., In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch, sweet-and-sour sauce, water and ginger until smooth. Stir into the slow cooker. Add onions and reserved pineapple; cover and cook on high for 15 minutes or until thickened. Add peas; cook 5 minutes longer. Serve with rice.