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Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken
Juicy chicken coated and cooked with a glorious sauce made with soy, hoisin, garlic, honey and more!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
4 hrs
Total Time
4 hrs 10 mins
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 216 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Asian
Ingredients
- 6-8 boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 2/3 cup honey
- 2/3 cup soy sauce (reduced sodium)
- 1/4 cup orange marmalade (optional)
- 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
- 1 tsp Sriracha sauce
- 2 tsp toasted sesame oil
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1/2 Tbsp fresh ginger grated
- 1/2 medium yellow onion diced
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 Tbsp cornstarch + 2 Tbsp water
- Sliced scallions for garnish
- sesame seeds for garnish
- fresh cilantro for garnish
Instructions
- Place the chicken thighs in the bottom of your slow cooker.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the honey, soy sauce, orange marmalade, hoisin sauce, garlic, ginger, sriracha, onion, sesame oil and red pepper flakes.
- Pour sauce over chicken breasts, and turn them so they're coated in the sauce.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 4-6 hours until the chicken is cooked through.
- Remove chicken, keeping liquids in the slow cooker, and place chicken in a bowl. Shred chicken using two forks, hand mixer, or whichever method you prefer.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the cornstarch with water. This is called a slurry, and it will thicken the sauce.
- Transfer the liquids from the slow cooker to a small saucepan over medium high heat and whisk in the cornstarch mixture. Bring sauce to a boil, then simmer until it reduces and thickens slightly. This took me about 3-4 minutes.
- Alternatively, you can add the cornstarch mixture directly to the liquids IN the slow cooker. Whisk and turn slow cooker on HIGH. Whisk occasionally until sauce thickens.
- Pour half the sauce over shredded chicken and toss to combine. Top chicken with scallions and sesame seeds.
- Reserve the second half of the sauce for drizzling over the chicken as desired.
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Notes
- To revert to original recipe:
- reduce honey and soy sauce to 1/2 cup
- omit sesame oil and replace with 2 Tbsp olive oil
- Use 2 bone in skin on chicken breasts
- reduce honey and soy sauce to 1/2 cup
- omit ginger
- omit sesame oil and replace with 2 Tbsp olive oil
- Use 2 bone in skin on chicken breasts
Nutrition Information
Calories
216kcal
(11%)
Carbohydrates
49g
(16%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
2g
(3%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Cholesterol
3mg
(1%)
Sodium
1658mg
(69%)
Potassium
115mg
(3%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
43g
(86%)
Vitamin A
49IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
3mg
(3%)
Calcium
22mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 216
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 216kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 49g | 16% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 2g | 3% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 3mg | 1% |
| Sodium | 1658mg | 69% |
| Potassium | 115mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 43g | 86% |
| Vitamin A | 49IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 3mg | 3% |
| Calcium | 22mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.