Monday, April 28, 2014

Honey Garlic Chicken













Ingredients:

Crock Pot:
Chicken
Hoisin sauce
Little bit of sesame oil
Olive oil
Honey
Soy sauce
Chopped spinach
Blackberry jam
Garlic
Onion
Red pepper flakes
Scallions (garnish)

Everything else:
Spinach and/or arugala 
Couscous
Sesame seeds
Sunflower seeds
Carrot sticks
Chopped cabbage

Directions:
In a medium bowl, whisk together the honey, soy sauce, blackberry jam, hoisin, sesame oil, olive oil, garlic, onion and crushed red pepper flakes, and then pour the sauce over the chicken. Cover the slow cooker and cook the chicken on LOW for 4 to 5 hours until the chicken is fully cooked.  Strain chicken a bit out of crock pot. 

In a small bowl, whisk together the cornstarch with 3 tablespoons of cold water to make a slurry.  Transfer the liquids from the slow cooker into a small saucepan set over medium-high heat and whisk in the slurry. Bring the sauce to a boil and cook it until it reduces and has thickened slightly, about 3 minutes. Pour the sauce over the chicken, tossing to combine.

Cook couscous and put on bottom of dish.  Layer on top spinach, carrots, and sliced cabbage.  Add chicken, garnish chicken with scallions and sesame seeds (sunflower seeds too).  

Optional:  Cook spinach and carrots in pan with olive oil and cover until soft.



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