Comments on: Slow Cooker Orange Chicken – $5 Dinner Challenge

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:07:29 +0000

We cooked this yesterday but wound up ordering take out Chinese because all four of us hated it! The chicken was weird and the sauce was horrid. The veggies were just mush.
I’m like another reviewer- First time ever (in 20 years of cooking) that I had to throw out dinner and order something else. There was no tweaking this one.
Sorry!

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By: Angel

Angel — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:42:37 +0000

I also wish I would have read the comments before making this. It was seriously AWFUL! The orange concentrate was just too strong. I made it exactly as the recipe said and I couldn’t eat it. It ended up going down my garbage disposal because no one in my family liked it.

By: JC

JC — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:41:50 +0000

I wish I would’ve read the comments too….I agree with the vomit smell and look. Tasted WAY too much like orange mush. My whole apartment stinks….tossed it all…

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:26:57 +0000

Wish I would have read the comments first – just tried this recipe and it was awful. It tastes like medicine and vomit. Threw it all out.

By: Phaedra

Phaedra — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:09:42 +0000

I have not tried this recipe, but I would use orange marmalade with some soy sauce and about 1/2 of water. I would also leave the veggies out till the last 1-2 hours…at this time I would wisk the cornstarch with about a 1/4 -1/2 of oj and mix with the chicken sauce. I might try this myself this week.

By: MKS

MKS — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:50:59 +0000

I just made this last night. I didn’t think the orange concentrate was too strong. There are a few things I’d tweek. My sauce didn’t thicken in the crockpot, so I would pour it into a pan and thicken it there. Also the veggies were very mushy. If I were home, I’d wait till later to add the veggies in. All in all, I’d use the recipe again. It might lack a little in presentation, but it was easy, inexpensive and hearty.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:40:36 +0000

I too tried this recipe this week and it was awful. The orange concentrate was way too strong. I ended up throwing it away. Maybe reducing the orange concentrate may work..am not sure.

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By: Shell

Shell — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:47:20 +0000

I tried this one tonight and it was an EPIC fail. I hate to be a downer and complain, but did anyone try this and like it? The orange concentrate was just too strong. We threw almost all away and just ate rice. I have been married 27 years and that is a first for us