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Kristin Schell

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Crock Pot Sesame Chicken

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Crockpot Favorites | Sesame Chicken

One hour. You’d think it wouldn’t be such a big deal, but we are still adjusting to the time change around here. My 5 am internal clock was most unwelcome at 4 am the last two days. Oy vay.

I’m keeping things simple in the kitchen this week. Using my sous chef to do the work – my beloved crock pot.

Fall Back Favorite

One of our favorite crockpot meals is sesame chicken. The Littles love the sweet and tangy chicken piled high on sesame flavored rice. I love knowing we’ll have a yummy meal without putting in much elbow grease. Now, if we just had a remedy for doing dishes!

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Crock Pot Sesame Chicken

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Super easy. Super yum. Sesame Chicken in the crockpot is one of our family’s favorite suppers.

  • Author: Kristin Schell

Ingredients

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  • For the chicken:
  • 2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken thighs
  • 1/3 cup tamari {or soy sauce}
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup orange juice
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
  • green onion, chopped for garnish
  • sesame seeds, sprinkled for garnish
  • For the rice:
  • 1 cup rice
  • 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
  • 1 3/4 cup water or chicken broth

Instructions

  1. For the chicken:
  2. Place chicken in crockpot. Mix tamari, honey, orange juice, tomato paste, garlic, sesame oil, and ginger together in a small bowl. Pour over chicken. Cook on low for 4 hours. remove chicken from crockpot and cut into bite size pieces. Strain cooking liquid into a small sauce pan and cook over medium heat until it has reduced by half. Spoon sauce over chicken and rice. Garnish with sesame seeds and green onions.
  3. For the rice:
  4. In a sauce pan with a fitted lid, heat sesame oil. Add rice and stir until coated and fragrant. Add water or broth. Stir once. Bring rice to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand covered for 5 minutes or until water is absorbed. Fluff with a fork and serve.

 

Does your family have a hard time adjusting to Daylight Savings Time? Please tell me we are not alone. . .

Comments

  1. April Karli says

    We have a family favorite around here – honey sesame chicken. I don’t know the exact recipe. I just throw the ingredients in and let it cook. (Confession: my recipe uses ketchup instead of tomato paste!)

    I prefer standard time to DST, so I’m always happy to set the clocks to back in the fall. My body never adjusts to DST.

  2. Home Girl says

    Ok…this is a keeper of a recipe. Crockpot kind of day…..and that soft~light rain. Thank you for the great ideas. I enjoy and learn from ALL you send my way!

  3. Janet says

    This sounds delicious! I need a new crock pot as mine was broken on a Boy Scout camping trip 🙂

    I seriously think my animals are having a hard time with the time change. What is up with that?!

  4. Maryb says

    I have a trick that helps me with time changes, but I don’t have children or pets. In Spring I set the clocks ahead after breakfast so I have all day to get my head into the new time. In Fall I set the clocks back in my bedroom just before bed and the rest of the house on Sunday after church.

    • Maryb says

      That’s breakfast on Saturday in Spring…

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