Slow Cooker Kung Pao Chicken
Serves 4
- 1/3 cup Chicken stock
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp hoisin sauce
- 1 tbsp honey
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 3cm piece fresh ginger, peeled, finely grated
- 1 long red chilli, thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp peanut oil
- 750g skinless chicken thigh fillets, cut into 3cm pieces
- 2 small red capsicums, roughly chopped
- 2 tbsp roasted peanuts, roughly chopped
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- Steamed jasmine rice, to serve
- Red chilli, thinly sliced, to serve
- Combine stock , sauces , honey , garlic , ginger and chilli in a bowl.
- Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Cook chicken, in batches, for 2 minutes or until browned. Transfer chicken to slow cooker. Pour sauce mixture over chicken. Cover. Cook on LOW for 3 hours (or HIGH for 1 hour 30 minutes) or until chicken is tender.
- Add capsicum . Cover. Cook on LOW for 30 minutes (or HIGH for 15 minutes) or until capsicum is tender and sauce has thickened slightly.
- Spoon chicken into a serving dish. Top with peanut , onion and extra chilli . Serve with rice .