So there is a little story that goes along with this recipe. Can you believe it’s one of the oldest recipes I have had on my site? Yup! Your probably thinking I don’t ever remember seeing this, well you probably haven’t because there were never any pictures of it, I’m one of those people that needs to see a picture of the meal, I want to see how good it looks! Well back when this Momma started blogging I used to post recipes all the time, ones that I had never even made before. (yes that’s how much I’ve grown!) Last year when I revamped Momma’s Meals I took off all of the recipes that were not tried and true by this Momma! EXCEPT this one. I always wanted to make it so I kept it under the Crock Pot section and went about my……well two years! OMG I’ve been blogging for two years! Anyways, I FINALLY got to try this recipe and I did change a few things to make it my own but originally it came from Blendra. I like her story of how she came about it! You can really use whatever veggies you and your family like! Check out the comments……I wish I got Laura’s take on how she liked it!
Ingredients:
1/2 Cup of Soy Sauce
1/2 Cup of Honey
1/4 Cup of distilled White Vinegar
2 Tbsp of Brown Sugar
1 Tbsp of Minced Garlic
2 Cups of Water
1/8 Cup of Peanut Butter
1/4 Cup of Ketchup
4 Chicken Breasts
Salt, Pepper & Garlic Powder to taste
1 small bag of frozen broccoli (or use fresh! I sometimes do!)
6 tbsp of cornstarch, separated
4 tbsp of water, separated
Sprinkle of Sesame Seeds (optional)
Directions:
Dump the first 8 ingredients into the crock and stir until the honey and brown sugar are disolved. Season chicken with salt, pepper and garlic powder and place in the crockpot. Mix to coat chicken. Cook on low for 7 hours.
Remove chicken and shred. Add it back into the crockpot. In a small jar add 3 tbsp cornstarch and 2 tbsp of water and shake hard. (This is when I use my little mason jar) Add the cornstarch mixture to the crock along with the frozen broccoli, stir to combine, cover, switch to high and cook for a half hour. This is going to thicken your sauce! Mix the remaining cornstarch with the remaining water, shake, add to the mixture, stir to combine, cover and cook for 30 more min. This is where you can make your rice or noodles, I served mine over rice noodles because I wanted something different, but again something you can make on Sunday and have in the fridge! Sprinkle with some sesame seeds and serve!
**If using frozen veggies you will only need that last hour to cook them. If you use fresh veggies like broccoli, carrots or anything fresh you may want to place them in half way through or even at the beginning.**
This looks good, so we are going to try it – I noticed that you said both to put chicken on top of veggies, then to add veggies an hour before it is done.. I think that it is a typo and you just add the vegetables to cook the last hour… but I thought I would ask. Do you do two different batches of veggies, or just the one batch an hour before the chicken is done?
Hi Laura! I changed my wording around a bit, your right I think their was a mistake their, if your using frozen veggies you only need the last hour for them to cook through, but if your using fresh like broccoli you may want to add them half way through or even at the beginning. Mmmmm now I want to make this dish!! Hope you enjoy!! 🙂
Started it this morning, just tossed in my fresh veggies and turned the crock pot to high. I’ll let you know how it turns out!