Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Chicken

Name: Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Chicken
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 6 h
Total time: 6 h 10 min
Cuisine: World Cuisine
Ingredients: 1 large orange; 1/3 cup brown sugar; 1/4 cup red wine vinegar; 3/4 teaspoon Kosher salt; 1/4 teaspoon pepper; 4 chicken legs; 2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour; 1 tbsp garlic powder; 1 large red onion, sliced; 1 cup long-grain white rice; 1 can peach halves; 1/2 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley

7 steps

Prep:10minCook:6h

Love how simple this slow cooker sweet and sour chicken is. You get the sweetness from peaches and oranges, with some nice sour flavors from the vinegar and onions. The chicken in this recipe becomes so tender it will fall right off the bone!

Updated at: Mon, 05 Aug 2024 14:52:59 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Good

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories771.6 kcal (39%)

Total Fat34.2 g (49%)

Carbs73.6 g (28%)

Sugars28.4 g (32%)

Protein40.3 g (81%)

Sodium544.4 mg (27%)

Fiber3.7 g (13%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

1orange

large

⅓ cupbrown sugar

¼ cupred wine vinegar

¾ teaspoonkosher salt

¼ teaspoonpepper

4chicken legs

2 Tbspall purpose flour

1 Tbspgarlic powder

1red onion

large, sliced

1 cuplong-grain white rice

1can peach halves

½ cupflat-leaf parsley

fresh

Instructions

Step 1

Using a vegetable peeler, remove 2 strips of zest from the orange. Thinly slice the zest.

Peeler

orange1

Step 2

Juice the orange into a 5- to 6-qt slow cooker (you should get about 1/2 cup). Whisk in the sugar, vinegar, salt, and pepper.

orange1

brown sugar⅓ cup

red wine vinegar¼ cup

kosher salt¾ teaspoon

pepper¼ teaspoon

Step 3

Toss the chicken with the flour, then add to the slow cooker along with the garlic powder and orange zest. Scatter the onion over the top.

chicken legs4

all purpose flour2 Tbsp

garlic powder1 Tbsp

red onion1

Step 4

Cook, covered, until the chicken is cooked through and the sauce has slightly thickened, 6 to 7 hours on low or 5 hours on high.

Slow CookerLow

Step 5

Thirty minutes before serving, cook the rice according to package directions.

long-grain white rice1 cup

Step 6

When the rice is nearly finished cooking, transfer the chicken to plates or a platter. Add the peaches to the slow cooker and cook, covered, until heated through, about 3 minutes; fold in the parsley.