Sweet & Sour Chicken
- 15m Prep Time
- 6h Cook Time
- 6h Ready In
A sweet and tangy slow cooker chicken dish with orange, brown sugar, and red wine vinegar, served with peaches and onions over rice.
Ingredients
- 1 large orange
- 1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- Kosher salt and pepper
- 8 pieces bone-in, dark meat chicken (thighs and drumsticks, about 2½ pounds total), skin removed skin removed
- 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 6 clove garlic smashed
- 1 large red onion cut into ½-inch-thick wedges
- 1 can 15¼-ounce can peach halves drained and cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1/2 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley roughly chopped
- Cooked long-grain white rice
Nutrition (per serving, estimated)
Estimated based off 8 of 11 identified ingredients (per 100 g food data, scaled by amount).
Vitamins & minerals
- Calcium: 425 mg
- Iron: 6.71 mg
- Magnesium: 119 mg
- Phosphorus: 575 mg
- Potassium: 1266 mg
- Zinc: 4.6 mg
Let's Prepare
Collect
Gather these ingredients — no prep needed yet.
- 1 large orange
- 1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- Kosher salt and pepper
- 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- Cooked long-grain white rice
Prepare
- 8 pieces bone-in, dark meat chicken (thighs and drumsticks, about 2½ pounds total), skin removed, skin removed
- 6 clove garlic, smashed
- 1 large red onion, cut into ½-inch-thick wedges
- 1 can 15¼-ounce can peach halves, drained and cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1/2 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped
Let's Cook
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Step 1.
Using a vegetable peeler, remove 2 strips of zest from the orange. Thinly slice the zest and set aside. Juice the orange into a 5- to 6-quart slow cooker (you should have about ½ cup). Whisk in the brown sugar, vinegar, ¾ teaspoon salt, and ¼ teaspoon pepper.
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Step 2.
Toss the chicken pieces with the flour in a bowl until evenly coated. Add the chicken to the slow cooker along with the smashed garlic cloves and the sliced orange zest. Scatter the red onion wedges over the top. Cover and cook until the chicken is cooked through and the sauce has slightly thickened, 7 to 8 hours on low or 5 to 6 hours on high.
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Step 3.
Transfer the cooked chicken to a platter and keep warm. Add the drained and cut peach pieces to the slow cooker, cover, and cook until heated through, about 3 minutes. Fold in the chopped parsley. Spoon the peach and onion mixture over the chicken and serve with cooked long-grain white rice.