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Crock Pot Honey Garlic Chicken
This simple honey garlic sauce is full of flavor that soaks into the chicken as it cooks. Serve over rice with some steamed veggies for a complete meal.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
4 hrs
Total Time
4 hrs 5 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 319 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Chinese
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1/2 cup reduced sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 cup honey
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoon water
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
Instructions
- Add the chicken to a 5 quart slow cooker.
- Add the ketchup, soy sauce, honey, garlic, and red pepper flakes to a small bowl and whisk well to combine.
- Pour the sauce over the chicken and stir to coat.
- Cover the slow cooker and cook on low for 3 1/2 hours or until the meat is cooked through and easily shreds.
- Remove the chicken from the slow cooker and shred the meat with a fork.
- Stir together the water and cornstarch and whisk into the sauce. Set slow cooker to high and return the chicken to the sauce.
- Continue cooking for 30 minutes to thicken the sauce slightly.
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Notes
- This dish will turn out too salty if you use regular soy sauce. Reduced sodium soy sauce is required.
- Adjust the amount of red pepper flakes to taste.
Nutrition Information
Calories
319kcal
(16%)
Carbohydrates
30g
(10%)
Protein
38g
(76%)
Fat
5g
(8%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Cholesterol
109mg
(36%)
Sodium
1542mg
(64%)
Potassium
814mg
(23%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
25g
(50%)
Vitamin A
353IU
(7%)
Vitamin C
4mg
(4%)
Calcium
24mg
(2%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 319
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 319kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 30g | 10% |
| Protein | 38g | 76% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 109mg | 36% |
| Sodium | 1542mg | 64% |
| Potassium | 814mg | 17% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 25g | 50% |
| Vitamin A | 353IU | 7% |
| Vitamin C | 4mg | 4% |
| Calcium | 24mg | 2% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.