Slow Cooker Honey Soy Chicken
Slow Cooker Honey Soy Chicken is so easy and so delicious you will be wondering how you ever lived without it!
Servings: 6 Servings
Ingredients
- 2 ½ pounds chicken breasts, 2-3 breasts
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
Honey Soy Sauce:
- ⅓ cup low-sodium soy sauce
- ⅓ cup honey
- ¼ cup seedless blackberry preserves
- 3 tablespoons sweet chili sauce
- 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoons garlic powder, or 3 garlic cloves minced
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon ginger powder, or 2 teaspoons freshly grated ginger
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Rub the chicken breasts with olive oil and place them in the bottom of a slow cooker.
- Whisk together the soy sauce, honey, blackberry preserves, sweet chili sauce, hoisin sauce, rice wine vinegar, garlic, ginger, salt, and pepper.
- Pour HALF of the sauce over the chicken. Refrigerate the other half until later. Cook on LOW for 5-6 hours or on HIGH for 3-4 hours or until chicken is tender enough to shred.
- Remove the chicken from the slow cooker and shred it. Meanwhile, strain any excess liquid from the slow cooker into a small saucepan. Whisk the cornstarch and reserved sauce together in the saucepan with the juices.
- Bring the liquid to a gentle boil then reduce heat and simmer until it has thickened, stirring occasionally.
- Return the shredded chicken to the slow cooker and pour the sauce over the top, toss to coat, and enjoy!
Notes
*You can find hoisin sauce in the Asian section of your grocery store.
Nutrition
Calories: 384kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 41g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 121mg | Sodium: 1256mg | Potassium: 758mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 57IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 1mg
QR code
Scan this QR code with your phone's camera to view this recipe on your mobile device.
