This Skinny Orange Chicken is a light version of any takeout Orange Chicken-easy to make and low in points!

This recipe will go perfectly with these recipes:

Chicken Fried Cauliflower Rice

Easy Low Point Wonton Soup

Egg Roll in a Bowl

 This Skinny Orange Chicken can made in the Instant Pot for a quick and easy weekday meal or in the Slow Cooker for those days when you want dinner ready when you get home. 

Combine soy sauce, brown sugar substitute, chicken pieces, and BBQ sauce into the slow cooker or instant pot.

Cook on low for 6 hours or high for 4 hours.

Scoop out 1/4 cup of the barbecue sauce mixture from the instant pot or slow cooker and mix with 2 tsp of cornstarch and pace in a small mixing bowl. Whisk until the cornstarch has been completely incorporated. (This will help prevent lumps from the cornstarch and will help thicken the sauce.)

Add the orange marmalade.

Cook for an additional 30-45 minutes on low. 

Let it sit for 5-10 minutes before serving. The sauce will begin to thicken as it sits.

Serve with white/brown rice or cauliflower rice and your favorite veggie.

Ingredients:

• 4 ( 4 oz.) boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite size pieces
• 1 (12.75 oz.) jar Smucker’s sugar free orange marmalade
• 2 Tbsp soy sauce
• 8 Tbsp or 1/2 cup sugar free BBQ sauce ( I use G Hughes original sugar free BBQ sauce)
• 1 Tbsp brown sugar substitute ( I use Lakanto Golden Monkfruit Sweetener) 
• 2 tsp corn starch
• Garnish with diced green onions and sesame seeds, if desired. 

Instant Pot Directions:

1. Combine soy sauce, brown sugar substitute, chicken pieces, and BBQ sauce into instant pot. 
2. Cook on manual high for 4 minutes.
3. When the chicken is done, fast release the steam.
4. Scoop out 1/4 cup of the barbecue sauce mixture from the instant pot and mix with 2 tsp of cornstarch and pace in a small mixing bowl. Whisk until the cornstarch has been completely incorporated. (This will help prevent lumps from the cornstarch and will help thicken the sauce.)
5. Pour cornstarch mixture back into Instant Pot.
6. Add orange marmalade. Stir well.
7. Change setting on Instant Pot to sauté setting and sauté for 5 minutes or until sauce thickens.
8. Let it sit for 5-10 minutes before serving. The sauce will begin to thicken as it sits.
9. Garnish with diced green onions and sesame seeds, if desired. 
10. Serve with white/brown rice or cauliflower rice and your favorite veggie.

Slow Cooker Directions: 

1. Combine soy sauce, brown sugar substitute, chicken pieces, and BBQ sauce into the slow cooker.
2. Cook on low for 6 hours or high for 4 hours.
3. Scoop out 1/4 cup of the orange/barbecue sauce mixture from the slow cooker and mix with 2 tsp of cornstarch in a small mixing bowl. Whisk until cornstarch has been completely incorporated. (This will help prevent lumps from the cornstarch and will help thicken the sauce.)
4. Pour cornstarch mixture back into slow cooker.
5. Add orange marmalade. Stir well.
6. Cook for an additional 30-45 minutes on low. 
7. Let it sit for 5-10 minutes before serving. The sauce will begin to thicken as it sits
8. Garnish with diced green onions and sesame seeds, if desired. 
9. Serve with white/brown rice or cauliflower rice and your favorite veggie.

Makes 4 ( 4 oz.) servings  

5 Points® per serving*

*point value do not include rice

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Yield: 4

Skinny Orange Chicken

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This Skinny Orange Chicken is a light version of any takeout Orange Chicken-easy to make and low in points!

Author: thepounddropper.com

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 4 minutes

Additional Time 6 hours

Total Time 6 hours 9 minutes

Ingredients

• 4 ( 4oz.) boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite size pieces
• 1 (12.75 oz.) jar Smucker’s sugar free orange marmalade
• 2 Tbsp soy sauce
• 8 Tbsp or 1/2 cup sugar free BBQ sauce ( I use G Hughes original sugar free BBQ sauce)
• 1 Tbsp brown sugar substitute ( I use Lakanto Golden Monkfruit Sweetener)
•  2 tsp corn starch
• Garnish with diced green onions and sesame seeds, if desired.

Instructions

Instant Pot Directions:

1. Combine soy sauce, brown sugar substitute, chicken pieces, and BBQ sauce into instant pot. 
2. Cook on manual high for 4 minutes.
3. When the chicken is done, fast release the steam.
4. Scoop out 1/4 cup of the barbecue sauce mixture from the instant pot and mix with 2 tsp of cornstarch and pace in a small mixing bowl. Whisk until the cornstarch has been completely incorporated. (This will help prevent lumps from the cornstarch and will help thicken the sauce.)
5. Pour cornstarch mixture back into Instant Pot.
6. Add orange marmalade. Stir well.
7. Change setting on Instant Pot to sauté setting and sauté for 5 minutes or until sauce thickens.
8. Let it sit for 5-10 minutes before serving. The sauce will begin to thicken as it sits.
9. Garnish with diced green onions and sesame seeds, if desired. 
10. Serve with white/brown rice or cauliflower rice and your favorite veggie.

Slow Cooker Directions: 

1. Combine soy sauce, brown sugar substitute, chicken pieces, and BBQ sauce into the slow cooker.
2. Cook on low for 6 hours or high for 4 hours.
3. Scoop out 1/4 cup of the orange/barbecue sauce mixture from the slow cooker and mix with 2 tsp of cornstarch in a small mixing bowl. Whisk until cornstarch has been completely incorporated. (This will help prevent lumps from the cornstarch and will help thicken the sauce.)
4. Pour cornstarch mixture back into slow cooker.
5. Add orange marmalade. Stir well.
6. Cook for an additional 30-45 minutes on low. 
7. Let it sit for 5-10 minutes before serving. The sauce will begin to thicken as it sits
8. Garnish with diced green onions and sesame seeds, if desired. 
9. Serve with white/brown rice or cauliflower rice and your favorite veggie.

Makes 4 ( 4 oz.) servings 

5 Points® per serving

Notes

Smartpoints: GREEN: 5 Smartpoints per serving BLUE/PURPLE: 2 SmartPoints per serving

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 184Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 55mgSodium: 879mgCarbohydrates: 31gFiber: 11gSugar: 0gProtein: 23g

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