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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: Â I kept it the same.
Things that I would do differently next time: Â 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 chicken thighs I used breasts
- 1 cup honey
- 1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 2 Tbsp. Vegetable oil
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1/2 cup diced onion
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- cornstarch
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- sesame seeds
Instructions
- Insert chicken into the crockpot and sprinkle salt and pepper on each side.
- In Medium sized bowl combine ketchup, honey, soy sauce, ketchup, vegetable oil, garlic, diced oinion, and red pepper flakes. Â Pour over the chicken in crock pot.
- Cook on low 3-4 hours or high for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
- When done, remove chicken and cut it into chucks. Â Before returning chicken to crockpot, combine cornstarch in some water and whisk it into the crockpot to thicken it up a bit. Â Throw the chicken back into the crockpot to re-coat with sauce.
- Serve over rice and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Would there be any problem if I were to cube the chicken before adding to the crock pot instead of removing to cut up at the end?
this sounds really good, thanks! Did you use green onions or white? The pic shows some green for garnish so wanted to check as the type of onion would really make a difference.
Made this last night for my wife an overnight guest and myself. Ran home, through it in the crockpot , set the rice cooker (brown rice) to be ready in 2 hours and ran to the gym. Home again, shower, finished the dish and took my bows as a Master Chef. This is a keeper! Did it with the thighs and it was really good. Thanks for this.
I am interested how you came up with you calorie count or if you have full nutritional information. You wrote 300 + calories and when I used my favorite program it came to over 500.
Thanks again.
Making this as I type! Were so excited to dig in later!
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?