Recipe from the Week

After a week of more delicious meals, I would have to say the Sesame Chicken dish won my heart. The chicken came out so perfectly tender, I couldn’t help but mmm mMm mm the entire time I was eating it.

Recipe

INGREDIENTS:

• 1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
• 1 tbsp & 1 tsp cornstarch
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 1/4 cup finely diced onion
• 2 cloves of garlic- minced
• 1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 lb skinless chicken breasts- cut into 1 inch pieces
• 1 red bell pepper- thinly sliced
• optional: sesame seeds, thinly sliced green onion, steamed broccoli florets and cooked rice.

DIRECTIONS:

1) In a large bowl, whisk together soy sauce and cornstarch until smooth.

2) Add honey, tomato paste, diced onion, garlic and crushed red pepper flakes. Mix all together.

3) Add chicken and bell pepper to the sauce. Toss sauce to coat all.

4) Transfer to slow cooker and cook on low for 4 hours.

5) Serve over rice and add steamed broccoli. Top with green onion if desired.

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