This is an older cookbook of mine that got forgotten in the maze of cookbooks. It would have been very useful when I was working. It is called Fix It and Forget It Lightly. This recipe was for 8 so I figured I could feed Jim and maybe have leftovers. Each recipe is attributed to a different person, but it does on explain how the author knows all these people. This one is Kimberly Jensen, Bailey, CO. Of course, they are all done in a slow cooker.
Ingredients:
4 chicken drumsticks, skin removed
4 chicken thighs, skin removed
1 C strips of green and red bell peppers
1/2 C fat-free, low-sodium chicken broth
1/2 C prepared orange juice
1/2 C catsup
2 T soy sauce
1 T light molasses
1 T prepared mustard
1/2 t garlic salt
11 oz can mandarin oranges
2 t cornstarch
1 C frozen peas
2 green onions
Directions:
- Place chicken in slow cooker. Top with pepper strips.
- Combine broth, juice, ketchup, soy sauce, molasses, mustard, garlic salt. Pour over chicken.
- Cover. Cook on low 5-6 hours.
- Remove chicken and vegetables from slow cooker. Keep warm.
- Measure out 1 C of cooking sauce. Put in saucepan and bring to boil.
- Drain oranges, reserving 1 T juice. Stir in cornstarch into reserved juice. Add to boiling sauce in pan.
- Add peas to sauce and cook, stirring 2-3 minutes until sauce thickens and peas are warm. Stir in oranges.
- Arrange chicken pieces on platter of cooked white rice, fried cellophane noodles, or lo main noodles.
- Pour orange sauce over chicken and rice or noodles.
- 10.Top with sliced green onions.
This was delicious. But with Jim it served 2 twice with me only eating the thigh. So if I wanted to serve it for company I would have to double it. Also Jim brought the legs and thighs attached. Publix left that bone on the thigh that makes it hard to eat. Buy separately.
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