General Tso’s Chicken In the Slow Cooker!
Need an easy recipe? This General Tso’s Chicken in the Slow Cooker is so simple to make and has a ton of flavor. You won’t miss the take out!
You can find this recipe (and others like it) in our Slow Cooker Volume 2 Menu Planning box!
Ingredients:Â
- boneless skinless chicken breast
- coconut oil
- cornstarch
- garlic powder
- salt
- pepper
- cooked brown rice
- hoisin sauce
- low-sodium soy sauce
- apple cider vinegar
- unsweetened pineapple juice
- honey
- garlic cloves
- ginger
- cayenne pwpper
- red bell pepper
- green onions
How to Make General Tso’s Chicken in the Slow Cooker:
- In a gallon-size zip-top bag, combine 1/2 cup cornstarch, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Add chicken, and shake well until all chicken is covered.
- In a large skillet, heat coconut oil over medium heat. Add chicken pieces (working in batches if needed), and brown on one side for 30 seconds, flip and brown on other side for 30 seconds; drain. DO NOT skip this step.
- In a small bowl, whisk hoisin, soy sauce, vinegar, pineapple juice, honey, garlic, ginger, cayenne and 2 tablespoons water together. Pour into slow cooker. Stir in bell pepper and green onions. Carefully add chicken to the sauce.
- Cover and cook on low 4 hours.
- Check chicken 25 minutes before serving. If the sauce has not thickened enough for serving, whisk together a slurry of 2 tablespoons cornstarch with 2 tablespoons cold water, and slowly stir it into the mix. Cover and cook for the remaining 25 minutes.
- Serve over cooked brown rice.
General Tso's Chicken
Ingredients
chicken
- 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into bite-sized cubes
- 2 tbsps coconut oil
- 1/2 cup cornstarch + 2 tbsps divided
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 3 cups brown rice cooked
sauce
- 4 tbsps hoisin sauce
- 1/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup unsweetened pineapple juice
- 1 tbsps honey
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tsp minced ginger
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 2 tbsps water
- 1 red bell pepper sliced
- 1/4 cup green onions chopped
Instructions
- In a gallon-size zip-top bag, combine 1/2 cup cornstarch, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Add chicken, and shake well until all chicken is covered.
- In a large skillet, heat coconut oil over medium heat. Add chicken pieces (working in batches if needed), and brown on one side for 30 seconds, flip and brown on other side for 30 seconds; drain. DO NOT skip this step.
- In a small bowl, whisk hoisin, soy sauce, vinegar, pineapple juice, honey, garlic, ginger, cayenne and 2 tablespoons water together. Pour into slow cooker. Stir in bell pepper and green onions. Carefully add chicken to the sauce.
- Cover and cook on low 4 hours.
- Check chicken 25 minutes before serving. If the sauce has not thickened enough for serving, whisk together a slurry of 2 tablespoons cornstarch with 2 tablespoons cold water, and slowly stir it into the mix. Cover and cook for the remaining 25 minutes.
- Serve over cooked brown rice.
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I enjoyed this recipe! It was delicious – Tasha R.
Like the recipe called for, browning of the chicken is essential. It scratched the Chinese food itch! – Patricia H.
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I can’t wait to try this! A good friend is gluten free and she SWEARS by this recipe! Thanks for sharing!
We made this tonight and included steamed broccoli back in with the chicken and sauce. We also used chicken thigh meat instead of breasts. It was so delicious!
So glad you all liked it – thanks so much for letting me know! 🙂
White vinegar is a great substitute for rice vinegar! I use it all the time. At a previous church of ours, we were good friends with a lady who was Mandarin Chinese. She told me about this substitute.
Looks delicious! FYI…I sent you an email concerning this recipe. Have a great evening.
Tamari is still a type of soy sauce it just is wheat free.
Thanks so much for clarifying!
I noticed in the directions It says vinegar, but I do not see that listed in ingredients. Am I overlooking this?
Just got it added Denise – thanks for catching that!
Vinegar is there in
1 tbsp rice vinegar or red wine vinegar
Soy sauce has wheat in it. But, if you switch to tamari it will be gluten free.
It does Jenny? Thanks so much for pointing that out… I’ll change the information on the recipe (my mother in law can’t have soy either so I may see if she could to the tamari instead…)