Healthy Slow Cooker Chicken & Broccoli

Ingredients

• 2 cups chicken broth
• ½ cup lite soy sauce
• ⅓ cup rice vinegar
• ¼ cup cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• ¾ teaspoon coarse black pepper
• 2 pounds chicken tenders
• 1 red bell pepper, seeded and sliced
• 1 yellow bell pepper, seeded and sliced
• 2 cups broccoli flowerets
• 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
• Cooked farro

Directions

1. In a slow cooker crock, combine chicken broth, soy sauce, rice vinegar, cornstarch, hoisin sauce, sesame oil and black pepper. Add chicken and stir until chicken is coated with mixture.
2. Cover slow cooker and cook on HIGH for 2 hours or LOW for 4 hours.
3. Add bell peppers and stir until blended. Top with broccoli (do not stir) and cover, cooking another 20 to 30 minutes or until broccoli is crisp-tender.
4. Stir before serving. Serve with cooked farro and sprinkle with walnuts.

Serves: 4