Chinese 5-spice Slow Cooked Chicken

I made this for guests a few weeks ago and it went down really well, although I totally forgot to take a photo to make your mouths really water!!

Ingredients:

1 whole chicken

400ml hot chicken stock

75ml soy sauce

6 spring onions, sliced diagonally in 2cm lengths

150ml orange juice

thumb-sized piece of ginger, chopped

2 garlic cloves, chopped

2 tbsp 5-spice powder

1 tbsp brown sugar

3 cinnamon sticks

2-3 star anise

3 cloves

10 peppercorns

1 tbsp cornflour, mixed with 2 tbsp of cold water

oil

Method:

1. Rub the chicken skin with oil and 5-spice powder.
2. Place chicken in the slow cooker pot and add all the other ingredients in around it.
3. Cook on LOW for ~7 hours or for 1 hour on HIGH and 3-4 hours on LOW.

Enjoy with egg fried rice and stir fried vegetables.