Crock-pot Sesame Orange Chicken and Potstickers

Adapted from Eating Well's Slow-Cooker Honey-Orange Chicken Drumsticks and newleafwellness' Crockpot Asian Chicken and Vegetable Potstickers

Ingredients
1 medium sweet onion, diced
1/3 c. honey
2 t. orange zest
2 T. orange juice
3 T. reduced-sodium soy sauce or tamari
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 1/2 T. minced fresh ginger
1 T. rice vinegar
1/4 t. crushed red pepper
1 T. olive oil
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts or 4 thighs, ~ 1 lb.
1 lb. frozen pot stickers
2 T. chopped fresh cilantro
2 t. toasted sesame seeds

Directions

In a large bowl, combine onion, garlic, honey, soy sauce, orange zest and juice, ginger, vinegar, olive oil and red pepper.

Season chicken with salt and pepper, to taste. Place chicken into a slow cooker. Add honey mixture and gently toss to combine. Cover and cook on low heat for 3 hours and 30 minutes. (2-2.5 hours if using chicken tenders.)  Cook pot stickers separately, and steam broccoli separately; store and reheat all three separately.  This keeps the pot stickers from going mushy and the broccoli from turning yellow.

Remove chicken from the slow cooker and shred the chicken before returning to the pot with the juices. Pour the juices into a sauce pot and cook down to thicken.  Cover and keep warm for an additional 30 minutes.

Serve immediately, garnished with green onions and sesame seeds, if desired.