Slow Cooker Sweet Chili Cashew Chicken
Equipment
- slow cooker
Ingredients
- 2 lbs boneless chicken cut into 1 inch chunks
- 3 Tablespoons Cornstarch
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 1 Tbsp canola oil
- 3/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
- 1/3 cup rice wine vinegar
- 1/3 cup ketchup
- 1/4 cup sweet chili sauce
- 3 T brown sugar
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tsp ginger paste*
- ¼ tsp red pepper flakes {optional}
- 12 oz. baby carrots
- 1 cup cashews
- 2 green onions tops chopped
Instructions
- Combine cornstarch and pepper in resealable food storage bag.
- Add chicken. Shake to coat with cornstarch mixture.
- Heat oil in skillet over medium-high heat. Brown chicken about 2 minutes on each side. Place chicken in slow cooker.
- Top with carrots.
- Combine soy sauce, vinegar, ketchup, sweet chili sauce sugar, garlic, ginger, and optional pepper flakes, in a measuring cup.
- Pour over chicken and carrots.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 3 to 4 hours. Garnish with cashews and green onions. Serve in a bowl or over noodles or rice.
Notes
*keep ginger paste in the freezer, it will last a long time and you can pull it out and use it whenever you need it, so handy!