Enjoy delicious Crockpot orange chicken from the comfort of your home and save time and money. The savory and sweet orange sauce is thick and delicious making the chicken oh so yummy! Your family will go crazy over this easy recipe.
Crockpot Orange Chicken
What could be better than delicious Orange Chicken? Crockpot Orange Chicken of course! Make this today and come home to dinner ready to enjoy thanks to the slow cooker.
Our family loves takeout but it sure does add up. Plus, it really isn’t always that fast or good. We have been trying out new recipes at home and this is a new favorite!
The chicken slow cooks all day and gets so tender. The flavor is so amazing that I could literally just eat this orange sauce by the spoon. Wait till you try it! You might also like our 3 Ingredient Orange Chicken Recipe.
I also really like this crockpot as well. I use this all the time and it’s great.
My favorite feature is that you can lock the lid down. This is awesome for when you need to take the crockpot somewhere.
I often use the slow cooker to take dishes to potluck events and this feature is amazing! There are several others on sale here.
Another favorite is this programmable crock pot for when I am am not at home all day. I love coming home to a nice meal ready and waiting!
I also like to use crock pot liners to make clean up a breeze. These are worth every penny and save a ton of time.
Crockpot orange chicken ingredients:
- chicken breasts, boneless skinless
- cornstarch
- black pepper
- vegetable oil
- orange marmalade
- low sodium soy sauce
- rice vinegar
- sesame oil
- minced garlic
- sesame seeds
- green onions
How to make slow cooker orange chicken:
Place chicken pieces in a bowl. Add the cornstarch and pepper. Toss to coat the chicken in cornstarch mixture.
Heat the vegetable oil in a large pan over medium high heat. Add the chicken in a single layer and cook for 4 minutes on each side until each side is browned. You may need to work in batches.
(If you have a Ninja Cooking System, you can brown everything in the same pot. We love ours because it means less clean up.)
Add the chicken to the slow cooker once it is finished.
Meanwhile in a small bowl whisk together the orange marmalade, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, and minced garlic.
Pour the sauce over the chicken and stir to coat in the crock pot.
Cover and cook on low for 3 hours or until chicken is cooked through.
It is that easy to make homemade orange chicken!
Skip takeout and make this at home instead. It tastes much better and is definitely easier on the budget!
What to serve with slow cooker orange chicken recipe?
Serve over cooked white rice and top with the rest of the sliced green onions and sesame seeds.
Did you know that you can also cook rice in the slow cooker? I like to cook a ton of rice in my crock pot and then freeze it for recipes like this one.
This way I always have some cooked rice on hand for recipes that require it or for a quick side dish in not time at all.
Freezing rice is so easy and saves me tons of time in the kitchen. If you aren’t freezing rice, you should be! It is a huge time saver.
We prefer white rice with this recipe but you can use brown rice. Just use what your family enjoys. Fried rice would also be tasty.
You can also steam broccoli in the microwave for a quick and easy side dish. It is so simple goes great with this recipe.
The sweet orange sauce is so delicious with the broccoli. It is one of our favorites veggies to eat with this recipe.
You might also like Crockpot orange chicken thighs.
Try substituting chicken thighs in this meal for the chicken breasts. It is also very tasty.
I like to use what I can purchase on sale at the grocery store or already have in the freezer. Just use what you have. The great thing about this recipe is how versatile it is.
It is easy to modify for what you have on hand and this really helps your budget. By cooking like this, it really helps me to save money on groceries. It is a huge help to our budget.
I cut our grocery bill by 50% off by following these 8 Tips for for Saving Money on Groceries by Menu Planning! Save that money for something else!
Shrimp would also be great in this recipe. I think it would be amazing with the orange sauce. Yum!
Sometimes we add red pepper flakes for a little heat. So good!
Make orange chicken recipe crockpot this week!
This easy crockpot recipe is sure to be a hit with your family. It definitely beats fast food!
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Print this crockpot orange chicken recipe below:
Crock pot Orange Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 chicken breasts boneless skinless cut into 1 inch chunks
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups orange marmalade
- 1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon sesame oil
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 Tablespoon sesame seeds
- 2 green onions diced
Instructions
- Place chicken pieces in a bowl. Add the cornstarch and pepper. Toss to coat the chicken in cornstarch mixture.
- Heat the vegetable oil in a larg pan over medium high heat. Add the chicken in a single layer and cook for 4 minutes on each side until each side is browned. You may need to work in batches.
- Add the chicken to the slow cooker once it is finished.
- Meanwhile in a small bowl whisk together the orange marmalade, soy sauce, rice veinegar, sesame oil, and minced garlic.
- Pour the sauce over the chicken and stir to coat in the crock pot.
- Cover and cook on low for 3 hours or until chicken is cooked through.
- Sprinkle with the remaining sesame seeds and the green onions.
Recipe Notes
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I have everything to make this except rice vinegar- is there anything i could use to replace it?
You can try white wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar instead and I think it would still be delicious!