MomCookThis's Recipe

Orange Chicken

Category: Crockpot Dinners

Ingredients
4 chicken drumsticks, skin removed
4 chicken thighs, skin removed
1 cup green and red bell pepper strips
1 cup orange juice
1/2 cup ketchup
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon light molasses
1 tablespoon prepared mustard
1 can (11 ounce size) mandarin oranges
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 cup frozen peas


Directions
Place chicken in a 5-6 quart slow cooker. Top with pepper strips. Combine broth, juice, ketchup, soy sauce, molasses, mustard, and garlic salt. Pour over chicken. Cover. Cook on low 5-6 hours.

Remove chicken and vegetables from slow cooker. Keep warm. Measure out 1 cup of cooking sauce. Put in saucepan and bring to boil. Drain oranges, reserving 1 Tbsp. juice. Stir cornstarch into reserved juice. Add to boiling sauce in pan. Add peas to sauce and cook, stirring 2-3 minutes until sauce thickens and peas are warm. Stir in oranges.

Arrange chicken pieces on platter of cooked white rice. Pour orange sauce over chicken and rice or noodles.