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This Slow Cooker Orange Chicken is sweet, tangy, and easy to make at home. A simple crockpot dinner that delivers takeout flavor with minimal effort.
Slow Cooker Orange Chicken brings all the sweet and tangy flavors of your favorite takeout dish right to your kitchen—without the frying. Tender chicken simmers in a flavorful orange sauce until perfectly juicy and coated in a sticky, citrusy glaze.
This easy crockpot meal is perfect for busy weeknights, meal prep, or when you’re craving comfort food with minimal effort. Serve it over rice or noodles for a complete, satisfying dinner.
If you love making this recipe in the slow cooker then you can try the stove top recipe also, 3 ingredient orange chicken.
How to make Slow Cooker Orange Chicken:
This recipe is a really easy to make slow cooker recipe. Just like all my other slow cooker recipes, put your ingredients in the slow cooker and let it do all the work. Place your chicken breasts in the bottom of the slow cooker first.
Mix the other ingredients together to make the Orange Sauce. Pour the sauce over the chicken breasts and then cook in the slow cooker. Serve over rice or with some Stir Fry Veggies.
Ingredients for Slow Cooker Orange Chicken:
- Chicken – Use boneless and skinless chicken breasts.
- BBQ sauce – Use your favorite brand of BBQ Sauce.
- Sweet Orange Marmalade – Adds the sweetness to the Orange Chicken.
- Soy Sauce – I used low sodium soy sauce for this recipe.
Directions:
Step One: Place all ingredients into the slow cooker. Mix and place lid on your slow cooker.
Step Two: Allow to cook on high for 4-5 hours or in low for 6-7 hours until chicken is cooked through and tender.
Step Three: Use a fork to lightly shred chicken into small bite-size pieces.
Top onto cooked rice and serve
How to serve Slow Cooker Orange Chicken:
I made white rice to go with my Slow Cooker Orange Chicken, but you could use fried rice or lo-mien noodles. Jasmine or Basmati Rice are my favorite.
Want more chicken recipes? Check these out next:
Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings: One of my favorite classic recipes made in the slow cooker! I love this simple dish and so did my kids!
Slow Cooker Root Beer BBQ Chicken: The PERFECT BBQ Chicken! If you love a simple slow cooker recipe then you have to try this one.
Slow Cooker Cheesy Chicken Rotini: This one is a favorite with my readers with over 10,000 shares on Pinterest and for a good reason!
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Slow Cooker Orange Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken breast, (skinless and boneless)
- 1 cup BBQ sauce
- 1 cup sweet orange marmalade
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- Optional: Serve over cooked white rice
Instructions
- Place all ingredients into the slow cooker and mix.
- Allow to cook on high for 4-5 hours or in low for 6-7 hours until chicken is cooked through and tender.
- Use a fork to lightly shred chicken into small bite-size pieces. Top onto cooked rice and serve.
Notes
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This recipe is FIRE, as my teen sons say. 🙂 It’s easy, flavorful, and surpasses the quality of takeout. I am a kitchen hero every time I make this. Thank you for the winner!!
Hahaha!! Thank you so much! My teen son loves this recipe as well, I love his review of it 😂
What veggies did you use in the video?
I used a frozen asian medley.
Can you freeze orange chicken leftovers?
Yes you can!
Is there a certain brand or type of bbq sauce you recommend for this recipe?
I use sweet baby rays but you could use whatever brand you like the best.
Can you cut the chicken in medium size pieces before you put it in crockpot?
Yes you can do that instead of cooking them whole.
Do you cook the rice in the slow cooker with the chicken?
No, I just made the rice to serve with the chicken.