I have been searching like crazy for a delicious orange chicken recipe. After many tries, and many fails, I have FINALLY found an orange chicken recipe that will knock your socks off! The best part is that it is cooked in your crock pot!
Ingredients:
4 or 5 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
1 cup Orange Marmalade
1 cup of BBQ Sauce (I used Sweet Baby Ray?s)
3 Tablespoons of Soy Sauce
Directions:
Place your chicken in the crock pot.
Mix the marmalade, BBQ sauce, and soy sauce together.
Pour over the chicken and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours, or on high for 4 to 5 hours
When it is done cooking, shred the chicken.
Serve over cooked rice.
(I added some red pepper flakes the on the adult plates for a hot kick)
Adapted from Frugal Girls
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Will definitely be trying – looks so good and EASY! Question – did you use frozen or thawed chicken breasts? Thanks!
Hi! this looks awesome! LOVE crock pot recipes. I am wondering if it would be alright if I shared this (including your picture) on my fb page if I linked my fans to your blog??? thanks!
Amy
hmmm, this looks really yummo! i wonder, how many chicken tenders might make up one breast…i find i like using the tenders because they’re, well, tenderer!
anybody?
3 or 4 chicken tenders would equal a nice sized chicken breast. Hope this helps!
Cyd (Mom of the Six Sisters)
We would appreciate the link back to our blog. Thanks so much!
We put them in frozen. But you could do it either way!
I just made this for my husband, 7 year old, and 4 year old last night and they loved it! i didnt have any soy sauce so I substituted A1 sauce and it worked great! Everyone at work today is commenting on how good my leftovers smell. Love this one and will definitely be making it again. Quick, easy, and GOOD!!
This is cooking in my crockpot as I type, can’t wait for dinner time!
I’m cooking this today also, but mine has a bunch if white blobs in it. Like maybe chicken grease or something. Did anyone else have this problem? Maybe it’s my chicken.
The Sweet Baby Ray’s was a bit spicy for us, but other than that it was delicious!
This looks delish! but…. i work full time and need to know who long this takes in the crockpot and high or low. That info would be awesome! thanks
The crock pot cook times are on the recipe post. Hope this helps.
Orange chicken is a huge hit in our house, especially for me if its I the crock pot. I’m curious what kind of orange marmalade do you use. We tried some before that was not good at all.
Disappointing ! I used the Sweet Baby Ray’s sauce and a name brand orange marmalade. The sauce tasted good before going into the crock pot and we were really looking forward to this meal. It tasted ho-hum. The sauce got very thin in the cooking time and had a faint orange taste and that was about it.
Disappointing ! I used Sweet Baby Ray’s and a name brand orange marmalade. The sauce tasted good before going into the crock pot and we were really looking forward to this meal. The sauce got very thin in the cooking process , a faint orange taste and that was about it.
We just used the store brand.
I made this for dinner today. My sauce was thin after cooking, so I thickened it up with some cornstarch. As for the flavor, it was pretty gross. It tasted just like you’d expect orange marmalade and barbecue sauce to taste: like oranges mixed with barbecue sauce. It was not a good combination. I guess I’m going back to searching for an orange chicken recipe.
There are a few different types of Sweet Baby Ray’s. One is Honey that is not spicy
We were out of rice, so I made this today and served it as a sandwich. Definitely going to save this as a slider recipe for entertaining! Yummy and easy to make! I used store brand marmalade and Sweet Baby Rays. I tried to make a southwestern meal out of this, so we served it with cheddar cheese on a toasted bun, with onion rings on the side.
Delicious! I used the frugal girls cooking instructions. Sauce is thicker that way! It was very good! I will definitely make it again!
I made this today and neither of us thought it was anything special. It was edible, but the chicken was actually a little dry, sauce was thin, flavor was nothing to write home about.
Nice quick recipe. I didn’t have marmalade so I used peach preserves. I increased the soy sauce, because I don’t like it too sweet and added sriracha to give it more spice. I made my own BBQ sauce easily, so I could have more control over the sugar content. I thought it turned out great. I served it over broken jasmine rice which is my current fav.
Cooking time was faster than originally written, but this may be because I used thawed chicken.
I was hesitant to try this, given the 2 star rating, but was pleasantly surprised it came out nicely. I think I might pump up the orange marmalade and soy sauce a bit, as it was definitely more bbq-tasting than anything else. Still, my 3 yr old and 18 month old gobbled it up, which is a hit in my book 🙂
very yummy! No complaints here. My 7 year old 4 year old and 2 year old loved it!
Unfortunately this was my experience as well. The chicken came out great- moist, but the flavor was not good… My kids usually love my cooking. They wouldn’t eat it. My 12 year old was so afraid of hurting my feelings he just said he wasn’t hungry. I didn’t buy it and when I pressed him he got teary- eyed and said it smelled and tasted bad. For me, it was just too sweet, but not in a good way.
Thoughts on cutting chicken breasts into chunks, rather than shredding?
Thoughts on adding honey?
Thanks!
Hannah
You could totally cut it into chunks rather than shredding. Honey sounds delicious to us! 🙂 Let us know how it all turns out! We may have to alter our recipe.
How do you freeze this? Do you need to leave anything out of the bag?
Definitely a hit with my teenage son. The sauce was a little thin, but that is what cornstarch is for. Will definitely be keeping this recipe to make again!
Awful. I made the recipe according to the recipe and it was so sweet I thought I might get sick. I can’t get the taste out of my mouth.
Made this last night! Cut the recipe in half for just two of us & it was phenomenal! I’ve been looking for a quick & easy orange chicken recipe with no luck, but this was absolutely delicious! I love your blogs & recipes! Will definitely make this again! Thank you!!
Made this last night and it was good! It was a little too orangy for me but my fiancé loved it! I shredded the chicken and we made sandwiches out of if! Super easy and good!
Gonna make this for a Crockpot Freezer Meal Party my friend is hosting! I was glad to find something unique and tasty that I could buy in bulk without so many ingredients. Thanks!
I made this recipe just as it is stated, just to see how it will turn out. My boyfriend, I and roommate all agree it is amazing. I used regular sweet baby rays. My boyfriend added hot sauce to his for a little kick. I will be making this again soon.
Made this last night and it came out just awful. The smell while cooking was bizarre, but I was hoping it wouldn’t taste that way… It did. I am a lover off all things BBQ, especially sweet baby rays, but this tasted just like what it was…. BBQ sauce with marmalade in it. I took my chicken out at 2.5 hours, and even then it was VERY dry. Less cooking time, less marmalade and more soy may improve this recipe but I don’t think we’ll be trying again. Hubby humored me and ate it, I could not. We tossed the left overs….
Cooked this today in hopes to eat it for dinner tonight and have some for lunches during the week at work. Tried a little bit after letting it cook for 4 hours and it wasn’t that great. Disappointed in myself for not reading the reviews before trying it. Sauce was too thin and smelled weird, I did exactly like what the recipe says to do.
Had seen other recipes for Orange chicken in the Crock pot but they all say to cook the chicken and add the other stuff 1/2 hr before serving. Your recipe was so moist and delicious. Made it today for my Husband and 11 year old. Served it with fried rice and egg rolls. Total hit in our house!!! Will definitely save this for future use.
P.s, I used Sweet Baby Ray’s Hickory & Brown Sugar BBQ Sauce and it rocked!!!
This was awesome! my husband is a picky eater and enjoyed it immensely I actually completely overlooked the shredding part and just served it as whole chicken breasts, worked out perfectly. My only worry was that my crock is a bit hotter than the average as the chicken was not as juicy as I had hoped but I will simply put it in for less time next time i make it 🙂
I am not sure why this recipe got so many negative reviews. I made this as a freezer meal and finally tried it out earlier this week. It is great! I added some red chili peppers before freezing and a little more a little before it was finished cooking. I don’t use chicken breast in crockpot recipes if I can help it…so chicken thighs were used. I find that chicken breasts dry out easier and my family enjoys the rich fat that melts off the thighs.
My whole family loved this recipe and we served it with rice. A little cornstarch thickened up the sauce. We have another batch of this in the crockpot right now!! I plan on serving it with spaghetti noodles-kind of like an Asian style noodle dish. yum!
I almost did not make this because of all the negative reviews. I decided to go with my gut feeling though and try it for myself and I’m really glad I did. I thought it was so simple and so delicious ..and my children loved it as well. I will be making this again. Thank you for such an easy wonderful dish.
Thanks Janet. We actually love this orange chicken. So glad the family liked it! Have a terrific week.