Crockpot Chickity China Chinese Chicken with Butternut Squash Noodles

Because General Tso's is delicious but Chinese restaurants make me ill, and I had most of these ingredients in my fridge anyway...

WE EAT WITH OUR EYES! DON'T EAT UGLY FOOD!

I held up a zucchini at the grocery store and said, "Ew. This looks 3 weeks past its prime." So the butternut squash said to me, "I can be a noodle too. Give me a chance." And there you have it. My new favorite spiralized squash. My husband actually didn't barf when he tried a vegetable as a noodle and said he wishes I just tricked him and told him they were a new rice noodle. Give it a shot if you're trying to cut some carbs! Cup for cup, butternut squash has 1/3 the carbs of pasta. 

Cutting the crockpot chicken in half=16 Weight Watchers SmartPoints per serving. That may seem high. But on a bed of 0 points veggies, I don't care. ALSO-2 crab rangoons=14 points. Knowledge is power my friends. 

Favorite spiralizer/zoodler available here: https://www.amazon.com/UberChef-Stainless-Julienne-Vegetable-UC-JP101/dp/B00KEVG4L4

Sauce:
2 TBS light brown sugar
1/2 tsp crushed ginger
1 tsp chopped garlic
1 tbs sesame oil
6 tbs low sodium soy sauce
1 tbs sriracha
3 tbs hoisin sauce

(You can switch this up to your liking! Don't use sugar, use less spice, whatever. Make it your own!)

Chicken:
2 breasts, chopped and tossed in corn starch
Fry in olive oil/coconut oil


Brown chicken lightly on both sides, add to sauce, hang in crock pot on low for 2 hours



Serve with: butternut squash noodles, cauliflower rice, brown rice, enjoy in a lettuce wrap...whatever you want!

Zoodles- I just use my slicer, microwave for 2 minutes, then I tossed them in pan with the stir fry veggies for a couple minutes. You can steam them as well.



Top with: stir fry veggies (You can add these to crock pot towards end of cooking as well) sesame seeds, scallions, red pepper flake, a cherry-who cares!

This could've served 3 or 4 people, but we like chicken :-)

Enjoy!