Crock Pot Orange Sesame Chicken With Toasted Almonds

Total Time: 5 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 lbs chicken parts (can be thighs, legs, anything you prefer, bone-in and skin-on)
• 1/4 cup flour
• 3 tablespoons sesame seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 cup peanut oil or 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1/2 cup dry wine or 1/2 cup water or 1/2 cup chicken broth
• 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granule (optional with water and wine, not needed if using broth)
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1/4-1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon hot chinese chili paste (the kind with no oil) or 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes, to taste
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 2 teaspoons soy sauce
• 1 orange, peeled, seeded and chopped
• 1/2 cup toasted sliced almonds or 1/2 cup slivered almonds
• 1 cup low-fat sour cream

Recipe

• 1 rinse chicken and pat dry.
• 2 mix sesame seeds, salt, flour, and pepper together in a bowl.
• 3 coat the chicken with the flour mixture and fry in the oil in a large skillet, preheated over medium-high heat.
• 4 fry to a nice, medium brown color on both sides.
• 5 depending on how much chicken you have, you may need to do more than one batch.
• 6 don't overcrowd the chicken!
• 7 remove the chicken from the skillet and place in a large crock pot.
• 8 in a small bowl, mix onion, wine (or water or broth), and bouillon granules (if using).
• 9 pour over the chicken.
• 10 cover and cook on low, 5-7 hours.
• 11 turn on high and remove chicken, keeping all the juices in the crock pot.
• 12 optional- at this point i like to heat the oven to 450 and 'crisp up' the chicken a bit on a cookie sheet, be extra careful not to burn it if you decide to do this!
• 13 whisk the cornstarch and water together and stir into the crock pot.
• 14 then add all of the sauce ingredients except sour cream and cook on high for 15 minutes.
• 15 whisk the sour cream into the sauce and serve over rice (i like basmati) with the chicken.