Recipe Category: Chicken
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Ingredients
For the chicken:
- 6 chicken thighs
- 1 tbsp Chinese Five Spice Powder
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
For the sauce:
- 1 cup no sugar added mandarin orange slices
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 1 tbsp minced ginger
- 1/2 tsp sliced red chilis or red
- pepper flakes
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- 1 tbsp granulated sugar substitute
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1/2 tsp xanthan gum
Method
- Mix the spice powder and kosher salt in a bowl
- Season the chicken pieces with the mix
- Place the thigh pieces with skin facing the bottom on a heated skillet for about 3-4 minutes
- Flip the pieces onto the other sides and allow to brown for about 2-3 minutes
- Lay the browned chicken thighs in the crock pot
- Mix all the sauce ingredients excluding the xanthan gum in a bowl
- Toss in the sauce over the chicken thighs
- Leave on low for about 6 hours or 4 hours on high
- Transfer the chicken into a platter
- Pour the sauce into a blender and mix in the xanthan gum
- Process for about 25 seconds and pour over the thighs
- Serve warm and garnish with Cilantro if required
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