This sweet and spicy chicken recipe gets delicate, nice flavor from the sweet clementines, rosemary, onions and five-spice powder. This dish is marvelous for entertaining, but you could also make it for a casual weeknight dinner. It is so easy to make and it tastes and looks amazing.
I know I will be making this again, it was so good.
Sweet and Spicy Chicken Recipe
What you will need
2/3 cups fresh orange juice (from 2 large oranges)
1/3 cup orange marmalade
3/4 cups white wine
1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped
1 medium red onion, sliced
1 tsp rosemary
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
3 lbs boneless chicken breasts
2 tsp five spice powder
Celtic sea salt and black pepper, to taste
7 clementines
1 1/2 Tbsp arrowroot starch
pomegranate arils or sliced green onions, optional
Preparation
Cut the onions, juice the oranges.
Combine the first seven ingredients in a slow cooker.
Cut the chicken breasts in slices, and season with five spice powder, salt and pepper.
I know, raw chicken looks gross… But trust me, after it’s cooked, it will become an awesome deliciousness for supper. 🙂
Place chicken slices in the slow cooker and stir the chicken a little bit so it is covered with the sauce and onions.
Aren’t these clementines just wonderful! Nature’s candy. I love their citrus smell and honey-like sweet flavor. I just want to reach out and grab some straight from the screen.
Top chicken with clementines, cover and cook at LOW for 4 hours.
Remove chicken and onions from slow cooker. Pour liquid in a medium saucepan, reserving about 1/4 cup. Mix reserved liquid with 1 1/2 Tbsp arrowroot starch, until smooth. Return to the orange mixture in the saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil, stirring constantly, 1 minute or until sauce thickens.
Serve sauce over chicken, sprinkle with pomegranate arils or green onions, if desired. I like to serve the chicken over organic brown rice. Adjust seasonings if necessary. I usually season again with freshly ground black pepper and sea salt, just because I love well seasoned meals and I believe it brings out all the flavor. 🙂
Hope you enjoy this festive sweet spicy chicken!
- ¾ cups white wine
- ⅔ cups fresh orange juice (from 2 large oranges)
- ⅓ cup orange marmalade
- 1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped
- 1 medium red onion, sliced
- 1 tsp rosemary
- ½ tsp red pepper flakes
- 3 lbs boneless chicken breasts
- 2 tsp five spice powder
- Celtic sea salt and black pepper, to taste
- 7 clementines
- 1½ Tbsp arrowroot starch
- pomegranate arils or sliced green onions, optional
- Combine the first six ingredients in a slow cooker.
- Cut the chicken breasts in slices, and season with five spice powder, salt and pepper.
- Place chicken slices in the slow cooker and stir the chicken a little bit so it is covered with the sauce and onions. Top with clementines, cover and cook at LOW for 4 hours.
- Remove chicken and onions from slow cooker. Pour liquid in a medium saucepan, reserving about ¼ cup. Mix reserved liquid with 1½ Tbsp arrowroot starch, until smooth. Return to the orange mixture in the saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil, stirring constantly, 1 minute or until sauce thickens.
- Serve sauce over chicken, sprinkle with pomegranates or green onions, if desired.
