April 6th, 2024

Orange Chicken Leg Quarters
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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:

  1. Place chicken in slow cooker.  Top with pepper strips.
  2. Combine broth, juice, ketchup, soy sauce, molasses, mustard, garlic salt.  Pour over chicken.
  3. Cover.  Cook on low 5-6 hours.
  4. Remove chicken and vegetables from slow cooker.  Keep warm.  
  5. Measure out 1 C of cooking sauce.  Put in saucepan and bring to boil.  
  6. Drain oranges, reserving 1 T juice.  Stir in cornstarch into reserved juice.  Add to boiling sauce in pan. 
  7. Add peas to sauce and cook, stirring 2-3 minutes until sauce thickens and peas are warm.  Stir in oranges.  
  8. Arrange chicken pieces on platter of cooked white rice, fried cellophane noodles, or lo main noodles.  
  9. Pour orange sauce over chicken and rice or noodles.  
  10. 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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