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Honey Garlic Chicken Thighs (Slow Cooker)
This recipe for sweet and sticky Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken Thighs is sure to be a new family favorite. It’s super easy to make!
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
4 hrs
Total Time
4 hrs 15 mins
Servings: 4 portions
Calories: 341 kcal
Cuisine:
Asian
Ingredients
- 4 medium-sized chicken thigh, skin and bone in you can use boneless too
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ cup ketchup can sub with passata or tomato sauce
- 3 teaspoons garlic minced or grated, pressed
- ¼ cup honey
- 1 teaspoon ginger grated
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch + 2 tablespoon water to make a slurry
- Sesame seeds and green onion/scallions for serving
Instructions
- Spray a 4 quart slow cooker/crock pot (you can use larger too) with cooking oil and place all the ingredients except cornstarch + water.
- Cook for 2-3 hours on HIGH or LOW for 4-5 hours. Check the chicken for doneness, thermometer should register 165 F.
- Remove the chicken thighs and leave the sauce in the cooker.
- Make cornstarch slurry (3 tbsp cornstarch + 2 tbsp water). Slowly pour into cooker and whisk until incorporated into the sauce.
- Let cook for 10-15 minutes on the HIGH setting until the sauce is thickened nicely.
- Return the chicken and baste with the sauce. Serve with sesame seeds, green onions.
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Notes
- Flavor: savory (lots of sodium comes from the soy sauce, you can make it less salty by using low sodium soy sauce or mixing low one with water 1:1) + sweetness from honey + pungent kick from garlicky ginger. Sweet and sour but sweeter I’d say.
- In theory, you can sneak in one or two smaller chicken thighs as there should be enough sauce for these as well however the sauce will be quite thick on the next day and I usually like to have extra sauce to pour over chicken and rice when serving.
Nutrition Information
Calories
341kcal
(17%)
Carbohydrates
23g
(8%)
Protein
23g
(46%)
Fat
17g
(26%)
Saturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
4g
Monounsaturated Fat
7g
Trans Fat
0.1g
Cholesterol
87mg
(29%)
Sodium
1029mg
(43%)
Potassium
313mg
(9%)
Fiber
0.3g
(1%)
Sugar
21g
(42%)
Vitamin A
239IU
(5%)
Vitamin C
3mg
(3%)
Calcium
24mg
(2%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4portions
Amount Per Serving
Calories 341
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 341kcal | 17% |
| Carbohydrates | 23g | 8% |
| Protein | 23g | 46% |
| Fat | 17g | 26% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 4g | 24% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Trans Fat | 0.1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 87mg | 29% |
| Sodium | 1029mg | 43% |
| Potassium | 313mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 0.3g | 1% |
| Sugar | 21g | 42% |
| Vitamin A | 239IU | 5% |
| Vitamin C | 3mg | 3% |
| Calcium | 24mg | 2% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.