Crockpot Kung Pao Chicken

Name: Crockpot Kung Pao Chicken
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2.5 lbs boneless, skinless chicken thighs; 2 diced zucchini; 5 diced red bell peppers; 1 cup diced mushrooms (optional); 1/4 cup shredded carrots (optional); 1-2 cans water chestnuts; 2 tsp sesame seeds; 1.5 cups whole cashews; 2 tbl minced garlic; 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes; 1/2 tsp powdered ginger; 3 tbl veg. oil; 3 tbl water?; 1 tbl baking soda; 1 tsp sugar; 2 tbl brown sugar; 3 tbl corn starch; 1 tbl white vinegar; 1 cup low sodium soy sauce; 3 tbl flour; 2 cups rice (brown or white); to taste Salt and pepper

Natalie Truscello @natalietruscello

Pennsylvania

Best Chinese recipe I've created thus far! Love that it can be done in crockpot too.

Natalie Truscello @natalietruscello

Pennsylvania

Best Chinese recipe I've created thus far! Love that it can be done in crockpot too.

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Ingredients

2.5 lbsboneless, skinless chicken thighs
2diced zucchini
5diced red bell peppers
1 cupdiced mushrooms (optional)
1/4 cupshredded carrots (optional)
1-2 canswater chestnuts
2 tspsesame seeds
1.5 cupswhole cashews
2 tblminced garlic
1/2 tspred pepper flakes
1/2 tsppowdered ginger
3 tblveg. oil
3 tblwater?
1 tblbaking soda
1 tspsugar
2 tblbrown sugar
3 tblcorn starch
1 tblwhite vinegar
1 cuplow sodium soy sauce
3 tblflour
2 cupsrice (brown or white)
to tasteSalt and pepper

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Steps

1

Spray cooking spray in crockpot, add all ingredients except for flour and cashews. Stir, cover, and if you c an let marinate in crockpot an hour before turning on. Cook on low for 5 hours. Stir occasionally if you can
2

One hour before done cooking remove approx 1-2 cups of the broth and make slurry with flour. Pour back into dish and stir. Cover and continue to cook on low for last hour so it can thicken.
3

Start to cook rice this last hour (4 cups boiling water to 2 cups white rice)
4

Salt and pepper to taste then add cashews and mix in. Enjoy!