Slow Cooker Sweet Fire Chicken

This is an awesome recipe! My husband loves eating Sweet Fire Chicken when we go eat Chinese food so I decided to try making it at home as a surprise. He loved it, of course! Like most Slow Cooker recipes it's about putting it all together in the pot and letting the flavors meld together over time. The combination of spices, peppers, and pineapples together with the chicken is super tasty. My family loved it and I'm sure yours will too!

Ingredients:

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (cut them into cubes)

1 red bell pepper, cut into chunks

1 can of pineapple chunks, drained

For the sauce:

2 teaspoons of minced garlic

1 1/2 teaspoons of crushed red pepper flakes (if you want it hotter add another 1/2 teaspoon)

2/3 cup of sugar

1 cup of water

2 tablespoons of sweet red chili sauce

1/2 teaspoon of salt

4 tablespoons of cold water plus 3 tablespoons of cornstarch

Procedure:

1. Cut the chicken and bell pepper. 
2. In a bowl mix together the ingredients for the sauce, except the 4 tablespoons of cold water and the 3 tablespoons of cornstarch.
3. Add the chicken, bell pepper, and pineapple into a greased slow cooker.
4. Pour the sauce into the slow cooker and give it a stir. 
5. Cover and cook for 2-3 hours on high or 4-5 hours on low.

After cutting the chicken and peppers prepare the sauce. First put the minced garlic in a bowl.

Then the pepper flakes.

Followed by the sugar.

The cup of water.

And the sweet chili sauce.

Lastly add the salt.

Mix thoroughly.

Put the chicken in the greased slow cooker.

Followed by the peppers.

And the pineapples.

Stir to combine.

Cover and cook for 2-3 hours on high or 4-5 hours on low.

Put the cornstarch in a separate bowl.

Then add the cold water and stir to combine.

Remove the lid.

Pour the cornstarch mixture into the slow cooker, 30 minutes before serving.

Mix well.

Cover and cook for the 30 minutes.

It will come out super moist, soft, and tasty. Enjoy!

Honey Sesame Chicken

I was going through the blog and noticed that I have more desserts than food, oh my… well I’m not going to deny how fond I am of making sweets, but I’m fond of making delicious food too. So I decided to try posting more food recipes than desserts... for a week… I’ m going to try… I can’t promise anything... (let’s see how long that’s going to last.) I hope it lasts for at least 3 or 4 posts.

So let’s start with this one!  Two days ago I gave you my first slow cocker recipe and it was a hit! After the countless hours of cooking and feeling like I wasn’t really doing anything I’m starting little by little to grow fond of it. May I please repeat that, little by little! Ha ha ha. I’m definitely putting on my patience hat today. But don’t you even dare to think I’m going to spend those eight to nine hours again just waiting and waiting, oh no mister!

I spent some time researching for some recipes and voila! I found a recipe that won’t make me feel like I’m losing 8 to 9 hours; this one is only 3 to 4 hours on low or 1 ½ to 2 ½ hours on high! I’m thinking the 1 ½ to 2 ½ sounds better. Well, I may sound crazy but this kind of stuff excites me. It’s definitely not the same as waiting for 9 hours as two and a half, don’t you think? And yes I know there are people that just love the slow cooker because you just put everything in and forget about it; and that’s not a bad thing. I’m sure one day when I have kids you’ll be seeing new posts glorifying the slow cooker and thanking whoever invented it. But guys, for me, that’s a long way’s off. This love story is gonna be one recipe at a time.  It’s impossible to for me to stop being my usual controlling self from one day to another…

Oh well, enough with all this chitchat; let’s get down to business. Today’s star is the honey sesame chicken recipe! The house smells just awesome and the thighs taste just like it smells. I’m making rice to serve with the chicken.  My husband is even not letting me make the sauce he just wants to eat it all! Finishing this recipe I must admit I’m loving the slow cooker a little bit more. I hope you guys enjoy it as much as us!

Ingredients:

2.5 pound of boneless, skinless chicken thighs

Salt and Pepper (to taste)

1 cup of honey

½ cup of soy sauce

4 tablespoons diced onion

4 tablespoons ketchup

2 tablespoons of canola oil

2 cloves garlic, minced

½ teaspoons of red pepper flakes (optional)

4 teaspoons of cornstarch dissolved in 6 tablespoons of water.

Sesame seeds

Procedure:

Pat dry the chicken.

Season both sides of the chicken with salt and pepper (to taste)

Put into the slow cooker.

Cut the onion.

In a small bowl pour the honey.

Add the soy sauce.

Add the onion.

Add the ketchup.

Add the oil.

Add the garlic.

Add the pepper flakes (optional)

Mix all the ingredients well.

Pour the mixture over the chicken.

Cook on low for three to four hours or on high for 1 ½  to 2 ½ hours.

Remove the chicken from the slow cooker, leaving the sauce.

 

Dissolve the 4 teaspoons of cornstarch in the 6 tablespoons of water.

Pour the mixture of cornstarch into the slow cooker.

Stir it until combined with the sauce. Put the lid back on.

Cook the sauce on high for ten minutes or until slightly thickened.

Meanwhile, cut the chicken into bite size pieces.

When the sauce is cooked return the chicken to the pot.

Stir it a bit so the chicken can be cover with the sauce.

Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve it over white rice.

Enjoy!!