Slow Cooker Orange Chicken

This lightly spicy, sweet, tender orange chicken is made effortlessly in a slow cooker and makes your busy weeknight simpler!

At Avdaye, we add lots of tips in all of our recipes – because we are a home cook without any formal training, and we find we are more confident making dishes when we understand why it works, and what each ingredient means to the flavor of a recipe. Our goal is for even the most beginner home cook to feel empowered in the kitchen.

Gluten Free Simple Slow Cooker Orange Chicken

We love Orange Chicken. It is one of our favorite things to order from Chinese Food restaurants. The only problem is because they bread and fry the chicken, it is not only full of calories and fat- but it is full of gluten, so little man can't share. We decided to come up with a way we can enjoy a lighter, gluten-free way to enjoy orange chicken at home- and this Slow Cooker Orange Chicken fits the bill perfectly!

This is a fabulously easy recipe you can toss in the slow cooker during naptime and have ready by dinner- serve with rice and some steamed veggies for a complete meal!

One note: if you are gluten free, PLEASE check your ingredients closely. BBQ sauce and Orange Marmalade can contain gluten- but there are plenty of GF brands. check your labels! If not GF- no worries!

Do you have a favorite slimmed down meal based off of a takeout dish? We'd love to see it!

If you are looking for more ways to use your slow cooker for a simple dinner try these recipes next.

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Ingredients

• 2 Chicken Breasts
• 1 cup orange marmalade
• 1 cup Bar-b-que sauce
• 2 tablespoons chili paste
• 1 large onion, diced
• 1 bell pepper, diced
• Green onions, sliced
• Salt and Pepper, to taste

Method

1. Dice chicken into 2" chunks
2. Place the chicken, bell pepper, and onion in the slow cooker.
3. Cook on high for 2 hours or low for 4.
4. After about 2 hours of cooking, drain off any excess liquid.
5. Add in marmalade, bbq sauce and chili paste, continue cooking until sauce thickens, about 2 hours on high, 4 on low.
6. Serve with rice and enjoy!