Slow Cooker Mongolian Chicken

MONGOLIAN CHICKEN

This Mongolian chicken recipe is a family favorite! It takes just minutes to make and it cooks in the slow cooker which makes for an easy dinner. Chunks of chicken, carrots, bell pepper cook in a sweet and delicious homemade sauce. 

We love this served over rice and garnished with green onions. The sauce is sweet and mild in flavor but can easily be customized to your spice level. 

INGREDIENTS NEEDED FOR MONGOLIAN CHICKEN

• Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts – I have never tried this recipe with any other chicken so I can’t say for certainty that chicken thighs or something else would work. You will cut the chicken breasts into large chunks before adding into the slow cooker. 
• Carrots – Thin sliced carrots is what you need for this recipe. Not too thin or else they will just turn to mush in the slow cooker. I use baby carrots because they’re is no peeling necessary and they’re already small in diameter so all you have to do is slice them. 
• Red Bell Pepper – You can really use any color you want but my entire family (especially my kids!) love red bell peppers so that’s what I’ve always used. 
• Brown Sugar, Soy Sauce, Water, Olive Oil – These are for the homemade Mongolian sauce that gets poured over the chicken. It makes the chicken so yummy and tender. The chicken literally falls apart!
• Garlic Cloves – You can use fresh garlic cloves that you chop or mince yourself. You can use the chopped garlic from a jar. Or use the garlic paste (this is what I use). 
• Rice, Green Onions, Sesame Seeds – Serve the Mongolian chicken over rice and garnish with green onions and sesame seeds. 

MY TIPS FOR THIS RECIPE

• Be sure the chicken is cut into larger chunks. They should be at least 1″ chunks of chicken. 
• My kids love soft vegetables, they actually won’t eat any crunchy veggies in food, so we love how soft the veggies get in the slow cooker. If you’re not a fan of softer vegetables then maybe try experimenting with adding the bell peppers halfway through the cook time. I would suggest adding the carrots in the beginning with the chicken because they tend to not get too soft in the slow cooker. But for sure the bell pepper will soften up so if that’s not your thing then add them halfway through. 
• I like to stir the chicken up about halfway through the cook time. Because of the cornstarch the chicken tends to stick together in the crock pot. By stirring it, you are just breaking up the chicken so they can all get that sauce soaked in. This is not a necessary step, but if I am home then I will give it a quick stir halfway through. 

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• sweet garlic chicken
• crockpot sesame chicken