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slow cooker honey garlic chicken thighs
Julia

Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken Thighs

5 from 9 votes
Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken Thighs are tender and juicy in a sweet and sticky sauce. These flavorful chicken thighs with sauce are perfect for serving over fluffy white rice and garnished with chopped green onions and sesame seeds for a midweek dish alongside your favorite sides for a balanced and satisfying family favorite meal.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 15 minutes
Servings: 4 portions
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American, Asian
Calories: 435
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Video Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 4 medium-sized chicken thighs with skin and bone in you can use boneless chicken thighs too
  • ¼ cup soy sauce
  • ¼ cup water
  • ¼ cup ketchup can sub with passata or tomato sauce but will be missing the sugar from ketchup
  • 3 heaping teaspoons of garlic minced or grated, pressed
  • ¼ cup liquid honey
  • 1 heaping teaspoon of ginger grated
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch + 2 tablespoon water to make a slurry
  • Sesame seeds and green onion/scallions for serving

Equipment

Method
 

  1. Spray a 4 quart slow cooker/crock pot (you can use larger too) with olive oil and place all the ingredients except cornstarch + water.
  2. Cook 2-3 hours on HIGH or LOW for 4-5 hours. Check the chicken for doneness, kitchen thermometer inserted into the thickest part of chicken should register 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
  3. Remove the chicken thighs and leave the honey garlic sauce in the slow cooker.
  4. Make cornstarch slurry (3 tablespoon cornstarch + 2 tablespoon water). Slowly pour into cooker and whisk until incorporated into the sauce. Let cook for 10-15 minutes on HIGH setting until the sauce is thickened nicely.
  5. Return the chicken and baste with the sauce. Serve with sesame seeds, green onions. For added smoky flavor and extra heat. sprinkle red pepper flakes when serving.

Nutrition

Calories: 435kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 25gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 142mgSodium: 1059mgPotassium: 407mgFiber: 0.4gSugar: 21gVitamin A: 244IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 23mgIron: 2mg

Video

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 ick 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.

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