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Clean Eating Crock Pot Orange Chicken

Are you eating clean but missing Chinese food??? Then you’re in good hands as I created this recipe for myself one night when I just reallllllly wanted some greasy food but didn’t want to let myself indulge.

I love Chinese takeout as much as the next girl (yummo chicken and cashew nuts or shrimp and peapods) but I know it’s not always the best health-wise and it’s not easy on the wallet either if I do it as much as I’d like (read: every night!)

So one Friday night I was craving some Chinese food but I wanted to make something clean and bonus if I could do it in the crock pot! So I decided to start with something simple and put orange chicken in my crock pot and came up with Clean Eating Crock Pot Orange Chicken. I served it over brown rice and voila: no trip out for takeout needed! This Slow Cooker Monday here’s a recipe for ya if you’re clean eating or gluten free.

Crock Pot Orange Chicken

Clean Eating Crock Pot Orange Chicken Recipe Type : Main Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 6 hours Total time: 6 hours 10 mins Serves: 4 Ingredients 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, chopped into cubes

1 cup of real orange juice, no additives

1/4 cup of honey

1 tsp marjoram

2 small oranges or cuties

1 TBS almond flour, optional

1 TBS liquid aminos. Buy here. Instructions Add the chicken breasts to the crock pot. Mix the other ingredients together and pour over the chicken. Cook on low for 6 hours or high for 3. Open the pot and stir. I added the flour to thicken it a little but you don’t have to. Open the orange and add the segments into the pot and stir. Cook for a further 15 minutes. Serve over Brown Rice, couscous or quinoa. Instead of using soy sauce Liquid Aminos are a great alternative. I trust Bragg’s for quality! Huffington Post had this to say on Liquid Aminos:

Bragg Liquid Aminos is exactly what it sounds like: liquid amino acids. But what you can’t guess from the name is that it tastes a whole lot like soy sauce. Made from soybeans, Liquid Aminos has found a cult following among some vegans and vegetarians — more so in the ‘60s and ‘70s but still true today — who were anxious to include more protein into their diet. Aside from being a source of protein, Bragg Liquid Aminos has also been used as a substitute for soy sauce and tamari, being marketed as a “healthy, gourmet alternative.” It is gluten-free so it has been a good option for those with Celiac disease.

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How to Freeze Crock Pot Orange Chicken

You can now enjoy your Friday night takeout of Clean Eating Crock pot Orange Chicken which is also Gluten Free Orange Chicken if you ditch the soy sauce and flour.

I’ve been gluten free since 2013 and while I can’t say I feel so much better not eating gluten, when I DO eat it my belly feels it. Anyone else out there gluten free? I can say this: it was an excellent way to remove lots of bread, pasta, and grains that I was over-indulging on! It makes me think about what I’m eating and really paying attention to making good, clean, unprocessed choices. Plus with all the options in stores and in restaurants now, it’s not that hard. Most places have gluten free menus and are very happy to accommodate us. My fave store, Aldi, has tons of gluten free options and if you’ve ever tried their gluten free pretzels oh.my.word. All of my family agree that they’re wayyyyyyyy better than the regular version! There’s more “crunch” to them than the regular kind and my kids actually beg for the GF version!

Ya know what else? You could also freeze this recipe for later. So here’s what I recommend: Double the batch and cook some now and save some for later! Simply add the chicken to a freezer bag with the sauce and freeze for up to 3 months.

On the day before you want to serve it, place the bag into the fridge to defrost it. Then the next morning you can get out your crockpot and pop it right in and cook as per the instructions above. Woohoo #winning

What Did Ya Think?

Did you make it? We’d love to hear from you, leave a comment below please!

More Slow Cooker Recipes

If you’re on a clean diet (meaning: nothing processed) then you’re probably like me and searching around for easy recipes. I’m a simple ingredients kind of girl but I love my slow cooker and so I rounded up my fave recipes into this post you can click on: 7 Crock Pot Clean Eating Recipes

You may also like all these other Crock Pot Clean Eating Recipes all located under my Slow Cooker Mondays category.

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