{"id":7535,"date":"2014-02-27T10:56:45","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T16:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/?p=7535"},"modified":"2014-02-27T10:56:45","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T16:56:45","slug":"slow-cooker-sesame-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/?p=7535","title":{"rendered":"Slow Cooker Sesame Chicken!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post is for Kristen (or anyone else who wants another recipe to try!).\u00a0 I was telling her about this recipe we tried this week and really liked.\u00a0 It was crazy easy and super delicious!\u00a0 I&#8217;ve linked the actual recipe below, but here it is written out&#8230; (with my comments)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7537\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/?attachment_id=7537\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7537\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7537\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7537\" alt=\"This was not our actual sesame chicken... but I wanted a picture.  :)\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sesame-Chicken-with-Quinoa-1.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sesame-Chicken-with-Quinoa-1.jpg 576w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sesame-Chicken-with-Quinoa-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This was not our actual sesame chicken&#8230; but I wanted a picture. \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.justapinch.com\/recipes\/main-course\/chicken\/slow-cooker-sesame-chicken.html\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Slow cooker Sesame Chicken<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<div>1 1\/2 lb boneless\/skinless chicken breasts\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(we used 2.5 pounds and agreed that we could even do more&#8211;the sauce goes a long way)<\/span><\/div>\n<div>1\/2 c honey<\/div>\n<div>1\/4 c soy sauce<\/div>\n<div>2 Tbsp dried onion<\/div>\n<div>2 Tbsp ketchup<\/div>\n<div>1 Tbsp oil<\/div>\n<div>1\/2 tsp garlic powder<\/div>\n<div>2 tsp cornstarch dissolved in 3 tablespoons water<\/div>\n<div>sesame seeds<\/div>\n<p>Directions:<\/p>\n<div>1. Put chicken into crock pot.<\/div>\n<div>2. Combine honey, soy sauce, onion, ketchup, oil, and garlic. Pour over chicken.<\/div>\n<div>3. Cook on low for 3-4 hours or on high 1 1\/2 \u2013 2 1\/2 hours, or just until chicken is cooked through. Remove chicken from crock pot, leave sauce.<\/div>\n<div>4. Dissolve 2 teaspoons of cornstarch in 3 tablespoons of water and pour into crock pot. Stir to combine with sauce. Replace lid and cook sauce on high for ten more minutes or until slightly thickened.<\/div>\n<div>5. Cut chicken into bite size pieces and return to crock pot &#8211; can leave chicken in and simmer on low or serve. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve over rice.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(Tim said he skimmed out some of the fat before step 4 since it was easy to take out at that time, and who needs to eat extra fat?\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09\u00a0 )<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Oh, and we ate it over steamfresh rice with vegetables mixed in&#8230; like this.. and it was great!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/?attachment_id=7536\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7536\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7536\" alt=\"13187870_201307311124\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/13187870_201307311124.jpg\" width=\"410\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/13187870_201307311124.jpg 410w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/13187870_201307311124-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/13187870_201307311124-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/13187870_201307311124-250x250.jpg 250w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/13187870_201307311124-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is for Kristen (or anyone else who wants another recipe to try!).\u00a0 I was telling her about this recipe we tried this week and really liked.\u00a0 It was crazy easy and super delicious!\u00a0 I&#8217;ve linked the actual recipe below, but here it is written out&#8230; (with my comments) &nbsp; Slow cooker Sesame Chicken [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[33],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7535"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7535"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7542,"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7535\/revisions\/7542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}