Sesame Chicken and Fried Rice

Made this for supper last night and even though I'd already made it before, seems it tasted even better the second time around! I added a tad bit more honey to it this time. Made homemade fried rice to go along with it as well! Recipe for that follows alongside the Sesame Chicken as well. You will probably be as amazed as my husband, three year old son and I were at how much better it is than any Chinese restaurant out there! And makes SO much rice! Prepare for there to be leftovers!

Crockpot Sesame Chicken

1.5 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tbsp. dried onion
2 tbsp. ketchup
1 tbsp. oil
1/2 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp cornstarch dissolved in 3 tbsp. water
sesame seeds

1. Put chicken into crockpot.

2. Combine honey, soy sauce, onion, ketchup, oil and garlic. Pour over chicken.

3. Cook on low 3-4 hours or on high 1.5-2.5 hours, or just until chicken is cooked through.

4. Remove chicken from crockpot, leave sauce.

5. Dissolve 2 tsp of cornstarch in 3 tbsp. water and pour into crockpot. Stir to combine with sauce. Replace lid and cook sauce on high for ten more minutes or until slightly thickened.

6. Cut chicken into bite sized pieces and return to crockpot. Can leave chicken in and simmer on low or serve.

7. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve over rice. (Recipe below picture)

Fried Rice

3 cups cooked white rice
3 tbsp. sesame oil
1 cup frozen peas and carrots (thawed)
1 small onion, chopped
1 tsp minced garlic
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1/4 cup soy sauce

1. On medium-high heat, heat the oil in large skillet or wok.

2. Add the peas & carrots mix, onion and garlic. Stir fry until tender. Lower the heat to medium-low and push the mixture off to one side. Then pour your eggs on the other side of skillet and stir fry until scrambled.

3. Add the rice and soy sauce and blend all together well. Stir fry until thoroughly heated.