After my middling lunch at the Love Fit Cafe in Brighton (you can read the review here) I took a stroll into Brighton to do some shopping for my flat.
“Beige” is probably the best way to describe my flat the moment, although my old dear did get me a bonsai tree for Christmas which is somewhat brightening up the place, I was on the lookout for something to add a bit of colour.
As per usual though i was sidetracked by food and remembered a couple of my clients had mentioned to me a cheap Asian supermarket off the beaten path in Brighton so I thought I’d give it a whirl.
This place was AWESOME, even though I couldn’t read half of it I could tell the majority of the food was authentic Asian cuisine at about a third of the price so I went ahead and picked up some goodies; soy sauce, oyster sauce, minced garlic. Everything you can buy in your local supermarket but twice the size and much, much cheaper.
Not only that but I made a ground-breaking discovery in Holland and Barrett around a week or so before in this;
I’m cool with artificial sweeteners (in moderation) and would much prefer them over the real thing to reduce the calorie count. I had a recipe in mind that called for all my Asian goodies plus brown sugar, so this all worked out perfectly.
Very simple recipe with only a few ingredients and best of all you don;t even need to watch it over. Just bung it all in the slow cooker and half an hour before the end give it a stir and it’s done! Goes great with rice, noddles or even in a stir fry!
Slow Cooker Asian-Style Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 kg chicken breast (4-5 breasts)
- 125 ml soy sauce (reduced salt)
- 85 ml oyster sauce
- 6 Tbsp Sukrin Brown Sugar Alternative
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 1.5 Tbsp cornflour
- 4 Tbsp water
- sesame seeds, for garnish
- spring onions, sliced for garnish
Instructions
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Place the chicken,, soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar and garlic in a slow cooker and mix until chicken breasts are covered.
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Cook on high for 3 hours or low for 5 hours.
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15 minutes before the chicken has finished cooking, mix the cornflour and the water before pouring into the slow cooker and allowing to cook off for the final 15 minutes.
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Remove from the slow cooker and check to see if the chicken has been cooked through
Garnish with sesame seeds and spring onion.
Recipe Notes
Nutritional Information per serving:
Calories: 246 / Protein: 46g / Carbs: 11g / Fat: 2g / Fibre: 0g
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