Monday, February 19, 2007
Chicken again?
I was looking through a cookbook for something new to do with a package of chicken from my freezer. I came upon this recipe, and actually had all of the ingredients on hand.
I made it, and served it over rice. I also served it with additional veggies (I love veggies), and some homemade cranberry sauce.
I didn�t serve it till the next day, and it was really great.
The leftovers freeze well.
I love having food in the freezer that just needs to be heated.
If you’d like to try this delicious dish, the recipe is in the extended entry of this post.
Crockpot Orange Chicken Leg Quarters
4 chicken drumsticks and thighs, skin removed
1 cup green and/or red bell pepper strips
1/2 cups chicken broth
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup ketchup
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon molasses
1 tablespoon mustard
1 garlic clove
1 small onion, chopped
Also:
11 ounce can mandarin oranges
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 box frozen peas
4 or 5 mushrooms, sliced
Place chicken in slow cooker. Top with pepper strips. Combine broth, juice, ketchup, soy sauce, molasses, mustard, and garlic salt. Pour over chicken.
Cook on low 5-6 hours. Measure out 1 cup of cooking sauce. Put in saucepan and bring to boil. Drain oranges, reserving a little juice. Stir 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 rice, (I used brown rice) Pour sauce over chicken and rice.
