Slow Cooker Recipes
Sweet and Sour Chinese Chicken
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1 (2 1/2 to 3 pound) broiler-fryer chicken, cut into serving pieces
- 3 cups carrots, diagonally sliced into 1/4 inch slices
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup cubed green bell pepper
- 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks in natural juice
- 1/2 cup cornstarch*
- 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can tomato soup
- 1/2 cup cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
Instructions
- Wash chicken well under cold running water; pat dry with paper towels.
- Set chicken aside.
- Cover bottom of 5 quart slow cooker with carrots, mushrooms, onion and bell pepper.
- Drain pineapple and reserve juice; add pineapple chunks to slow cooker.
- Set chicken pieces on top.
- Blend together cornstarch, tomato soup, vinegar, brown sugar, soy sauce, salt, ginger and garlic in medium bowl; mix until smooth.
- Blend in reserved pineapple juice.
- Pour sauce over chicken.
- Cook, covered, on LOW for 6 to 8 hours.
Notes
* The quantity of cornstarch used in this recipe is not excessive; slow cooking in combination with sweet-sour ingredients lessens its thickening power.