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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!
PrintCrock Pot Sesame Chicken
Super easy. Super yum. Sesame Chicken in the crockpot is one of our family’s favorite suppers.
Ingredients
- 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
- For the chicken:
- 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.
- For the rice:
- 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. . .
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.
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!
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?!
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.
That’s breakfast on Saturday in Spring…