

Slow Cooker Chicken: 16 of Our Best Slow Cooker Chicken Recipes eCookbook
Bonus: Get our newsletter & special offers for free. We will not share or sell your email address. View our Privacy Policy
Tasty Orange Chicken
Slow cooker Chinese food has never been so easy to make! Plus, we've included a recipe for homemade orange chicken sauce.
One of the highest demanded items on our site is slow cooker Chinese chicken, so in response, we decided to give the people what they want. Here's our version of Tasty Orange Chicken straight from our Test Kitchen.
This is one of the most popular slow cooker chicken recipes where Chinese food is concerned, and we felt like it was time to try our hand at it. Now we can definitively say, that this recipe is utterly delightful. Simply prepare your orange sauce, chop boneless chicken breast into small chunks, brown them, and throw everything in the slow cooker. It's really that simple!
Prepare some white rice and you can pair that with your chicken dish. Why go to a Chinese restaurant when you can eat something just as good in your own kitchen? Try this today.
Preparation Time20 min
Slow Cooker Time LOW5 hr
OccasionCasual Dinner Party, Family Get Together
MealDinner
Ingredients
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into chunks
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
- 3 tablespoons ketchup
- 1 tablespoon corn starch + 1 tablespoon cold water
- 8 ounces frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed or microwaved
- 4 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons honey
Looking for more Chinese chicken recipes? Take a look at our collection of
Instructions
-
In a bowl, whisk together orange juice concentrate, brown sugar, salt, balsamic vinegar, ketchup, corn starch-water mixture and honey. Set aside.
-
Pour flour into a small mixing bowl along with chunks of chicken. Cover the chicken with flour completely, shaking off any excess clumps of flour that may accumulate.
-
Pour olive oil in a skillet, and brown the flour-covered chicken.
*Don't worry about cooking chicken through -- it will cook fully in the slow cooker. Just get a nice brown color on the outside of the chicken chunks. Your chicken should be slightly crispy. Cook until you've reached your desired level of crispiness. -
Pour your browned and crispy chicken and your orange sauce into the slow cooker, and stir.
-
Cook on HIGH for 2-3 hours or on LOW for 5-6 hours.
-
Serve over rice and garnished with an orange slice (optional).
Want even more ways to incorporate a tasty orange flavor into your chicken dinners? Forget going to a Chinese restaurant. We have so many fabulous Chinese chicken dishes to choose from. Try our collection: 10 Easy Orange Chicken Recipes You Can Slow Cook
Have you made this? Tell us about it in the comments below!
Up Next: Even MORE Chinese Chicken Copycat Recipes
Read NextSlow Cooker Creamy Ranch Chicken
Free recipes, giveaways, exclusive partner offers, and more straight to your inbox!
Tags / Related Topics
Your Recently Viewed Recipes
Images from other cooks


kmcartoonity 62072 74
Oct 10, 2018
I totally agree with you Member 0520951, I tried this and there seems to be way too much juice concentrate. I'm almost thinking that it might be a typo in the recipe since it is so overkill. Aside from that, adding cornstarch to the flour will really help crisp things up a bit, and I would use vegetable oil or peanut oil instead of olive oil to ensure I can get the oil hot enough for pan - frying without it beginning to smoke.

Member 0520951
Apr 12, 2018
Sorry, but I didn't care for this at all. First of all, the chicken did not crisp up like I expected it to. Then, I found the taste of the orange juice concentrate to be overpowering, and not really tasting orangy. Much too concentrated. It was all you could taste. It also was very dry. I ended up adding soy sauce and some chicken broth and it helped enough that we were able to eat it. Not one I will be trying again. So sorry. Just being honest with how I found it to be.

FrasierFan1901
Feb 22, 2018
I love orange chicken, so I will need to give this recipe a try! I think making it in the slow cooker will be a great idea, too.

nataliegrace
Jul 14, 2017
I love orange chicken, but I've always been intimidated by the sauce. I can't wait to give this recipe a try.

msdeb21
Mar 29, 2017
This looks so delicious! I was looking for something different to make this weekend, and this is it. I think I'll get out two slow cookers and make this recipe and some slow cooker beef and broccoli. It will save us money and I know it will be fresh.

Report Inappropriate Comment
Are you sure you would like to report this comment? It will be flagged for our moderators to take action.
Thank you for taking the time to improve the content on our site.
Recipe of the Day
3 Ingredient Apple Spice Dump Cake
This 3 Ingredient Apple Spice Dump Cake is a super easy apple cake recipe! As the recipe name suggests, it only requires three… Continue reading: "3 Ingredient Apple Spice Dump Cake"
What's Hot
- Slow Cooker Creamy Ranch Chicken
- Lazy Chicken Alfredo
- General Tso's Slow Cooker Chicken for Four
- Lazy Hawaiian Chicken
- 1950s Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings
- Dump and Go Cheesy Chicken
- Slow Cooker California Chicken Bowls
- Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings
- Slow Cooker 2-Ingredient Balsamic Chicken
-
Sweet Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken
My Recipe Box (0) View »
Something worth saving?
- SAVE all your favorite recipes
- ADD personal notes
- QUICKLY reference your recipes
Free eCookbooks
- 17 Easy Recipes for a Slow Cooker
- 17 Slow Cooker Casserole Recipe Classics
- 18 of Our Best Slow Cooker Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes
- All-Star Slow Cooker Recipes: 9 Of Our Best Slow Cooker Main Dishes
- Cooking on a Budget: 12 Slow Cooker Budget Dinner Recipes
- Food For Easter: 17 Easter Recipes for the Slow Cooker
- Great Ground Beef Recipes: 13 Slow Cooker Ground Beef Recipes
- Mother's Day Ultimate Breakfast: 12 Mother's Day Recipes for Breakfast
- Show-Stealing Side Dishes: 20 of the Best Slow Cooker Side Dish Recipes
- Slow Cooker Chicken: 16 of Our Best Slow Cooker Chicken Recipes eCookbook