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Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken
Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken cooked in the most incredible sauce. No weird ingredients, just fall apart, tender, bone-in and skinless chicken thighs cooked in plenty of sauce with crispy, charred, sticky edges! A delicious crock pot chicken recipe.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
2 hrs
REST
5 mins
Total Time
2 hrs 15 mins
Servings: 4 - 6 serves
Calories: 568 kcal
Course:
Dinner
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
CHICKEN:
- 6 large chicken thighs skinless and bone-in
- 1 tablespoon olive oil divided
RUB:
- 1 teaspoon paprika mild or smoked
- ½ teaspoon brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper optional
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt
- ¼ teaspoon cracked pepper
HONEY GARLIC BUTTER SAUCE:
- ½ cup honey
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 6 cloves garlic finely chopped or minced
- 2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar or cider vinegar
- 1 pinch salt
- ½ teaspoon cracked pepper
ADDITIONAL:
- ¼ cup water or chicken broth
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
Instructions
CHICKEN:
- Pat dry bone-in, skinless chicken thighs with paper towel. Combine ½ tablespoon of oil with rub ingredients. Season chicken, rubbing the mixture into the chicken.
- OPTIONAL SEAR: Heat remaining ½ tablespoon oil in a large pan or skillet over medium heat. Sear chicken for 2 minutes each side to get a nice sear. (Do not cook chicken all the way through, this step is purely for flavour.)Transfer chicken thighs to a 6-qt (litre) slow cooker bowl.
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SAUCE:
- Melt butter in the same pan the chicken was in, scraping up any leftover browned bits in the pan. Add garlic and sauté for 1 minute until fragrant. Stir in remaining sauce ingredients; bring to a rapid simmer for 1 minute. Remove from heat.
SLOW COOK:
- Pour sauce over chicken in slow cooker bowl, flipping thighs in the sauce to evenly coat. Cover with lid and cook on HIGH heat setting for 2-3 hours, or LOW heat setting for 5-6 hours. Baste with sauce half way through cooking.
- Transfer chicken onto serving dish and tent loosely with foil. Let rest for 5 minutes.
- While chicken is resting: pour juices from the slow cooker bowl into a pot large enough to fit the liquid. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat.
- Whisk ¼ cup water (or broth) with 2 teaspoons of cornstarch/cornflour into a lumpfree slurry. Whisk into sauce and let simmer for a good 2-3 minutes, or until thickend into a syrup-like consistency. (Please note: sauce will thicken as it cools). For a thicker sauce, repeat this step with 1 teaspoon extra cornstarch mixed with 2 teaspoons water. Add into sauce and cook until thickened. Continue this step until reaching your desired consistency.
BROIL:
- Place slow cooked chicken thighs on a lined baking sheet. Baste chicken with some of the thickened sauce, about 2 tablespoons per thigh. Broil briefly for 1-2 minutes each side to char the edges.
- Slice chicken and serve drizzled with Honey Garlic Butter Sauce.
Notes
- Tip: Use skinless, bone-in chicken thighs. Skin on thighs are fine to use, as long as you sear the skin to render some of the fat to avoid too much fat melting into your braising liquid/sauce.
Nutrition Information
Calories
568kcal
(28%)
Carbohydrates
39g
(13%)
Protein
31g
(62%)
Fat
33g
(51%)
Saturated Fat
17g
(85%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
3g
Monounsaturated Fat
11g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
206mg
(69%)
Sodium
1.023mg
(0%)
Potassium
475mg
(14%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
35g
(70%)
Vitamin A
1.021IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
2mg
(2%)
Calcium
40mg
(4%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4- 6 serves
Amount Per Serving
Calories 568
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 568kcal | 28% |
| Carbohydrates | 39g | 13% |
| Protein | 31g | 62% |
| Fat | 33g | 51% |
| Saturated Fat | 17g | 85% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 3g | 18% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 206mg | 69% |
| Sodium | 1.023mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 475mg | 10% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 35g | 70% |
| Vitamin A | 1.021IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 2mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 40mg | 4% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.