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My 4 year old ate this and loved it. Ya know, the one that says everything I make is horrible!? This is one of those meals that are slow cooking all day and it smells so delicious you already know you love it. This was uh-mazing. I wish I would have discovered this recipe sooner. The chicken was so moist and the first bite was so flavorful and delicious! And I love that this recipe only has 313 calories per serving! Delicious, easy, and good for you! Score!
Rating: 5 stars Difficulty of Recipe: 2 stars
Things that I changed: I kept it the same.
Things that I would do differently next time: Nothing
Will I make it again? YES
Recipe From: Tablefortwoblog.com
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Skinny Slow Cooker Honey Sesame Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken thighs, or chicken breasts
- 1 cup honey
- ½ cup low-sodium soy sauce
- ¼ cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ cup diced onion
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon water
- sesame seeds, for garnish
Instructions
- Place the chicken into the crockpot and sprinkle salt and pepper on each side.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the ketchup, honey, soy sauce, ketchup, oil, garlic, diced onion, and red pepper flakes. Pour the sauce over the chicken in the crockpot.
- Cook on LOW for 3-4 hours or HIGH for 1½ to 2 hours.
- Remove the cooked chicken from the crockpot and cut it into bite-size pieces.
- In a small bowl, whisk the cornstarch and water then stir it into the crockpot to thicken the sauce. Add the chicken pieces back into the crockpot then stir into the sauce.
- Serve over rice and garnish with sesame seeds.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
We made this 2 nights ago, my family, an extremely picky husband and 3 and 5 year old, LOVED IT! I also loved it and I loved how easy it was! My only change to it was adding a splash of sweet chili sauce. My 3 year old, who doesn’t like to eat meat asked for more chicken, twice!?! This will be a regular on our menu, thank you!
Could you use frozen chicken? How long would the cooking time be?
A lot of the times I just throw frozen chicken in. Just make sure the internal temp is 160 and no longer pink. My slow cooker cooks pretty hot so the cooking time is about the same for me.
This recipe was easy and tasty. Unlike other teriyaki recipes I’ve made, the red pepper flakes gave this dish some nice heat. There was a lot of sauce, however, so you can probably use up to 2 lbs. of chicken. My husband approved so I’ll probably make this again!
All nice recipes. Thank you so much.
Does the chicken need to be defrosted first?
Looks so good what vegetables would you recommend adding or on the side?
this recipe is slightly confusing at the end- it says:
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
cornstarch
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
sesame seeds
Now i am not good with cornstarch so i made this unable to know how much cornstarch i should add- i could not get the sauce to thicken 🙁 also am i supposed to put the 1/4 tsp pepper flakes twice?? if someone could clear up the confusion and tell me roughly how much cornstarch i need to use i’d appreciate it. i didnt want to use too much or too little. My husband was disappointed because the sauce was so runny. he said it tasted good but the sauce was like soup….help please?
Ok so at the end when the chicken is done, remove the chicken from the sauce. I would combine about 1/4 of water and whisk about 2 tsp cornstarch in a separate bowl. Then slowly whisk this into the sauce that the chicken cooked in the crockpot. If it is not thick enough, add teaspoon by teaspoon more cornstarch until desired thickness. Sorry these directions were kind of confusing and I will have to make them more clear.
How many servings does this recipe make?
Made this for my family and they loved it!!!! Sooooo easy too!
My family loved this and it was soooo easy! Yum
Made this & it was amazing… definitely a keeper & on our rotating dinner list!
This was awesome!
I am going to try this, this week! One thing that I use in place of cornstarch (as a thickening agent) is Arrowroot powder. It kind of helps with carb count when you use it in recipes. Just a friendly FYI!!
Yum, pinning!
YUM! Pinning this! I’ve just started a new part time job so I’m looking for great {new} slow cooker meals for those two working days! Thanks for posting 🙂
My hubby saw me looking at this and he wants it now {even though we just ate}! Definitely have to try this 🙂
Could I make chicken wings