Healthy Slow Cooker General Tso's Chicken

Fakeout takeout at home, but make it in a slow cooker! That's the beauty of this recipe for Healthy Slow Cooker General Tso's Chicken. This recipe features chunks of chicken breast, lightly pan fried and then slow cooked in a sweet and savory sauce made with Hoisin sauce, brown sugar, soy sauce, ginger, and garlic. Perfect to feed a family or to prep for one for lunches for the week; serve with rice, cauliflower rice, and a vegetable for the ideal meal. Just like takeout, but healthier.

Course dinner, lunch, main course

Cuisine asian, Chinese

Keyword chicken, slow cooker

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 3

Servings

Calories 368kcal

Author Steph

Equipment

frying pan
slow cooker

Ingredients

2 lbs chicken breast
2 tbsp corn starch
1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp Hoisin sauce
1/2 tsp sesame oil
1 tsp sriracha
2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
3 cloves garlic minced
1 tsp ginger peeled and minced, or use the squeeze tube
sesame seeds for garnish
scallions for garnish

Instructions

Cut the chicken breast into bite-sized cubes.
Toss the chicken breast with the corn starch, and add a pinch of kosher salt and pepper.
Add cooking spray or olive oil spray to the frying pan and preheat over medium-high heat.
Sear the chicken on all sides (working in two batches) until golden on the outside (it will not be cooked through). Set aside on a plate.
Combine the soy sauce, Hoisin sauce, brown sugar, unsweetened applesauce, sesame oil, rice wine vinegar, ginger, minced garlic, sriracha, and rice wine vinegar in a bowl.
Add the chicken to the bottom of a slow cooker, and pour the sauce on top. Stir to combine thoroughly.
Cook on LOW for 3 hours.

Notes

WW Points:

6 WW points (green plan)
5 WW points (blue and purple plans)

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