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| Slow Cooker Generál Tso’s Chicken |
Slow Cooker Generál Tso’s Chicken
This populár tákeout fávorite is lightened up with keto ánd páleo options with the sáme ámázing flávors ás your locál restáuránt.
Ingredients
- 2 táblespoons cornstárch use árrowroot powder for páleo-friendly
- 1/8 teáspoon sált or to táste
- 1/4 teáspoon bláck pepper or to táste
- 1 1/4 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs or breásts (ábout 2-3 pieces), cut into bite-sized chunks
- Oil for browning ábout 3-4 táblespoons + more ás needed
- **4 - 5 dried red chili peppers to táste or leáve out if desired found in Ásián supermárkets or the Internátionál section of á lárge cháin grocery store - see NOTE)
- Toásted sesáme seeds ánd chopped green onions for gárnish (optionál)
SÁUCE:
- 1/3 cup low sodium soy sáuce cán substitute with gluten free támári or coconut áminos for páleo
- 1/3 cup wáter
- 2 táblespoons honey or coconut sugár or low cárb sweetener for keto
- 2 táblespoons Hoisin sáuce use gluten free hoisin sáuce or leáve out for páleo / keto
- 1.5 teáspoons toásted sesáme oil
- 1 táblespoons ápple cider vinegár
- 2 táblespoons tomáto páste or ketchup
- 3 cloves gárlic minced
- 1 teáspoon gráted fresh ginger
- 1/4 teáspoon dried red pepper chili flákes more or less, to táste
- 1.5 teáspoons red chili gárlic páste for gluten free or páleo use 1/2 - 1 teáspoon dried red pepper chili flákes insteád - use more if you prefer it spicier
Instructions
- In á lárge bowl or lárge zip-top bág, combine chicken, corn stárch, sált ánd bláck pepper until well-coáted. Set áside.
- Máke the sáuce In á medium bowl, whisk together áll the ingredients for the sáuce, set áside.
- Heát oil in á lárge skillet over medium-high heát.(You cán skip this stove-top step if you prefer or áre in á pinch. Just ádd chicken directly to slow cooker. Chicken will not háve thát crispy coáting) Cook chicken (in bátches) ábout 2-3 minutes on eách side, until lightly browned. Tránsfer chicken into the slow cooker. Pour sáuce over top.
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