Welcome to my Slimming World BEST EVER Chinese Chicken in the Slow Cooker. This is totally Syn Free and purposely used as part of my SP Days on Slimming World. It is full to bursting with Chinese flavours, sticky and perfect for when you are craving a Chinese but want one that is free of Syns.
I know…..I know what you are going to say.
Since when was a traditional Chinese stir fry style dish ever cooked in the slow cooker. Well I have and it is and its so good that you will want to go back for seconds.
You see when you normally have a Chinese in the wok, you will add olive oil and other seasonings and before you know it you have added rather a few of the Syns on what is supposed to be a super healthy meal.
But if you cook this in the slow cooker (like I have) you don’t need oils, you can just throw all the ingredients in, mix it together and then come back several hours later and you have this super delicious meal.
It will be loaded with so much fresh vegetables (and chicken) that it will be so filling that you will not need any noodles and therefore you won’t feel like you are missing out on your SP day.
You could also recreate this with prawns, pork or even with beef. Then throw all the vegetables into the slow cooker and you have dinner.
We cooked this on the high setting on our slow cooker, but you could also cook it on low and double the time.
That way it can go on before you go to work and then be done when you get home. Then instead of reaching for whatever you can find because you are hungry you can just stir the ingredients inside your slow cooker and dish up.
Slimming World Best Ever Chinese Chicken In The Slow Cooker
Ingredients
- Slow Cooker
- 2 Chicken Breasts
- 1 Medium Courgette
- 1 Red Pepper
- 25 g Spring Onion
- 5 Tbsp Soy Sauce
- 1 Tbsp Garlic Puree
- 1 Tbsp Ginger Puree
- 2 Tbsp Chinese Five Spice
- 1 Tsp Coriander
- Salt & Pepper
Instructions
- Clean and thinly slice the spring onion.
- Dice the red pepper and the courgette.
- Dice the chicken breasts.
- Place everything into the slow cooker or the Instant Pot and mix well with your hands. Cook on high for four hours.
- Serve.
Notes
Nutrition
Just cooking this now, infact it’s almost done but I seem to have alot of liquid…it’s not gone sticky. Any ideas what I’ve done wrong?
Hi Tracy,
The only thing i can think of is the chicken had a lot of water in it and when cooked it has realised the liquid thus making the sauce thinner than normal, in our experience not all chicken is the same in quality no matter where it is bought from 🙂
How many syns pls
Hi Lisa,
This recipe is nearly 5 years old so when we did it, it was syn free, not sure right now but think it is still syn free 🙂
I am making this recipe as it looks delicious. Just wanted to check, is it ground coriander or is it coriander leaf please? Thank you
Hi Hayley
It is ground coriander 🙂
How long to cook on a low setting with 3 chicken breasts?
Hi Alison
It would be 7 hours on low to make sure the chicken breasts are cooked and at the required temperature 🙂
do you add any water ??
Hi Lorraine,
This is one of our old recipes and was cooked in our very old slow cooker, so we did not need to add water as the water in the vegetables and the soy sauce was enough to make this a lovely sticky chinese meal. When we upgraded our slow cooker they cook alot quicker than our old one so we are going through our old recipes to adjust the timings. I would use a little water if after a couple of hours when you go to stir it it is sticking to the bottom 🙂