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Orange Chicken with Black Rice

Mains & SidesDairy Freegluten-freeJoyous ComfortKid Friendly
This orange chicken is the definition of healthy comfort food to keep you joyously nourished. It whips up in a flash and is proof that you can make a hearty and healthy recipe in no time. It's gluten-free, dairy-free, and sweetened with all natural maple syrup.

Ingredients

  • 6-7 boneless organic chicken breasts cubed
  • 3 tbsp brown rice flour
  • 3/4 cup water or chicken stock
  • 1-1/2 cups freshly squeezed orange juice
  • 2 tbsp organic orange zest
  • 3-4 garlic cloves finely chopped
  • 3 tsp fresh ginger root grated
  • 1/2 cup honey or maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup tamari sauce or coconut aminos
  • 4 tsp your favourite hot sauce
  • 2 tbsp arrowroot powder/starch
  • 4 tbsp water
  • 1/4 cup chopped green onions
  • 2 cups black rice* or brown rice

Instructions

  • Place cubed chicken into a large bowl and sprinkle with brown rice flour. Try to evenly coat the chicken.
  • Add chicken to slow cooker and put on "browning" function. If you're slow cooker doesn't have a browning function you can quickly stir fry it in a pan on medium heat for a couple of minutes in olive oil just to cook the outside a little. This will prevent the chicken from shredding and breaking apart when you cook it over 2 hours. If you want to skip this step to save time you can do that. Once done browning, place chicken back into slow cooker.
  • In a small bowl, whisk together water/chicken stock, orange juice, zest, garlic, ginger, honey, tamari sauce, and hot sauce. Pour sauce over chicken inside the slow cooker.
  • Seal your crock pot and set it to cook on high for 2 hours. After 2 hours, your chicken should be tender and sauce should be thickened.
  • To thicken sauce even more, dissolve 2 tbsp arrowroot starch/powder into 4 tbsp water, then stir completely into the sauce. Seal crock pot and set to the warming function for 10-20 more minutes and sauce should be much thicker.
  • Serve over black rice with vegetables of your choice.
  • Garnish with green onions and squeeze some fresh orange juice on top just before serving.

Notes

7 servings.
*Black rice cooks like any other rice. 1 part rice, 2 parts water. It takes about 45 minutes to cook. It's soooo worth it because black rice has a beautiful hearty texture.
If you don't have slow cooker, then preheat your oven to 350F degrees and follow the same steps. I think it will take about 35-45 minutes, but I haven't done this method so you'll just have to watch and see.
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