Recipe: Perfect Crockpot Kung Pao Chicken

Crockpot Kung Pao Chicken.

You can cook Crockpot Kung Pao Chicken using 22 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Crockpot Kung Pao Chicken

1. You need 2.5 lbs of boneless, skinless chicken thighs.
2. Prepare 2 of diced zucchini.
3. Prepare 5 of diced red bell peppers.
4. It's 1 cup of diced mushrooms (optional).
5. You need 1/4 cup of shredded carrots (optional).
6. It's 1-2 cans of water chestnuts.
7. Prepare 2 tsp of sesame seeds.
8. It's 1.5 cups of whole cashews.
9. It's 2 tbl of minced garlic.
10. You need 1/2 tsp of red pepper flakes.
11. It's 1/2 tsp of powdered ginger.
12. It's 3 tbl of veg. oil.
13. It's 3 tbl of water?.
14. You need 1 tbl of baking soda.
15. You need 1 tsp of sugar.
16. You need 2 tbl of brown sugar.
17. It's 3 tbl of corn starch.
18. Prepare 1 tbl of white vinegar.
19. You need 1 cup of low sodium soy sauce.
20. It's 3 tbl of flour.
21. You need 2 cups of rice (brown or white).
22. You need to taste of Salt and pepper.

Crockpot Kung Pao Chicken instructions

1. Spray cooking spray in crockpot, add all ingredients except for flour and cashews. Stir, cover, and if you c an let marinate in crockpot an hour before turning on. Cook on low for 5 hours. Stir occasionally if you can.
2. One hour before done cooking remove approx 1-2 cups of the broth and make slurry with flour. Pour back into dish and stir. Cover and continue to cook on low for last hour so it can thicken..
3. Start to cook rice this last hour (4 cups boiling water to 2 cups white rice).
4. Salt and pepper to taste then add cashews and mix in. Enjoy!.