Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken with Ginger Recipe
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Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken with Ginger
I am always on the hunt for new slow cooker recipes – during busy weeknights, the slow cooker is my best friend (seriously – I couldn’t live without it) so I love finding new, tasty recipes for my recipe collection that my family will love. With the warm weather here, the slow cooker is also a great way to cook dinner without heating up the whole house when you turn the stove on. Slow cooker recipes are perfect for the summertime & keeping the house cool while coming home to a cooked dinner!
I love to find healthier recipes that my whole family will enjoy and this Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken with Ginger recipe is packed with flavor and sure to be a hit with your family!
Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken with Ginger:
Ingredients:
4 Chicken legs
4 Chicken thighs
1 Red sweet bell pepper, sliced in strips
3 Carrots, sliced thinly on a bias
3 Garlic cloves, minced
2 Tbsp. Ginger, minced (or grated)
¼ C Ketchup
¼ C Honey
3 Tbsp. Soy sauce
1 tsp Pepper
1 tsp Thyme
½ C Chicken broth
1 Tbsp. Cornstarch
1 Tbsp. Water
Directions:
Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
Place into slow cooker, along with ½ the minced ginger, ½ the minced garlic, pepper strips and chicken broth.
Cook on high for 3 hours or low for 5 hours.
When chicken is cooked, bring out of the slow cooker in a bowl.
Take a fork and remove the skin. Discard the skin and set meat aside for a moment.
Carefully pour the cooking juices from the slow cooker, into a sauce pan.
Add the honey, ketchup, soy sauce, remaining garlic and ginger, and thyme.
Begin to slowly bring them to a simmer.
**** At this point, you can do one of two things. You can return the chicken in pieces as they are, (bone in), back into the crock pot. OR, you can use a fork and remove the meat from the bones. Discard the bones and return the meat to the cooker. (This step should take 5 minutes as the meat falls off the bone pretty much.)
In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch and water. Mix well.
When the sauce in the pan begins to boil, remove from the heat and add the slurry.
Add the sauce to the slow cooker and mix well.
Cover and cook on low for an additional 30 minutes.
Serve with a garnish of sesame seeds, and a side of rice. Enjoy!
If you don’t have a slow cooker yet, here are two that we recommend:
Crockpot 7 Quart Stainless Steel Manual Slow Cooker – this is a good basic crockpot which is a nice, big size for big meals like this Taco Bean soup. This is similar to the Crock-pot I used to have and it worked well for our family of 4.
Crockpot 6 Quart Programmable Cook & Carry Slow Cooker – This is a crockpot that we just got this summer and I am loving that not only is it programmable & you can set the exact time you want it to cook. But it is also a cook & carry slow cooker, which means that it is easy to bring to gatherings with the clamps on the lid, so that it won’t make a mess in your car- this is a great bonus for me & when we get together with other families for meals.
Printable Recipe for Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken with Ginger:
Here’s a printable version of the recipe so that you can add it to your recipe collection::
PrintSlow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken with Ginger Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 Chicken legs
- 4 Chicken thighs
- 1 Red sweet bell pepper, sliced in strips
- 3 Carrots, sliced thinly on a bias
- 3 Garlic cloves, minced
- 2 Tbsp. Ginger, minced (or grated)
- ¼ C Ketchup
- ¼ C Honey
- 3 Tbsp. Soy sauce
- 1 tsp Pepper
- 1 tsp Thyme
- ½ C Chicken broth
- 1 Tbsp. Cornstarch
- 1 Tbsp. Water
Instructions
- Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
- Place into slow cooker, along with ½ the minced ginger, ½ the minced garlic, pepper strips and chicken broth.
- Cook on high for 3 hours or low for 5 hours.
- When chicken is cooked, bring out of the slow cooker in a bowl.
- Take a fork and remove the skin. Discard the skin and set meat aside for a moment.
- Carefully pour the cooking juices from the slow cooker, into a sauce pan.
- Add the honey, ketchup, soy sauce, remaining garlic and ginger, and thyme.
- Begin to slowly bring them to a simmer.
- **** At this point, you can do one of two things. You can return the chicken in pieces as they are, (bone in), back into the crock pot. OR, you can use a fork and remove the meat from the bones. Discard the bones and return the meat to the cooker. (This step should take 5 minutes as the meat falls off the bone pretty much.)
- In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch and water. Mix well.
- When the sauce in the pan begins to boil, remove from the heat and add the slurry.
- Add the sauce to the slow cooker and mix well.
- Cover and cook on low for an additional 30 minutes.
- Serve with a garnish of sesame seeds, and a side of rice. Enjoy!
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