Looking for an easy dinner? This has you covered. I made this for our Sunday dinner last week and we really enjoyed it. And I loved how easy it was to make. You even cook the sauce right in the crock-pot. Less dishes to do = a happy mama 🙂
Slow Cooker Honey Sesame Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (I use frozen)
- ½-1 cup honey*
- ½ cup soy sauce
- 1 cup diced onion
- ¼ cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoons vegetable or canola oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional)
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 1 heaping tablespoon cornstarch
- ⅓ cup water
- Sesame seeds
Instructions
- Combine the honey, soy sauce, onion, ketchup, oil, garlic, pepper flakes & pepper in the slow cooker. Add the chicken and stir to cover them with the sauce.
- Cook on low for 3 to 4 hours or until the chicken is cooked.
- Remove the chicken from slow cooker, leaving sauce in the insert. Turn the heat to high on slow cooker.
- Whisk the cornstarch into water and pour into slow cooker. Whisk to combine with sauce. Replace lid and cook sauce on high 10 more minutes or until slightly thickened.
- Shred the chicken, return to the pot and toss with sauce before serving. Sprinkle with sesame seeds & sliced green onions (if desired) and serve over rice.
Notes
*I used ½ cup honey like A Bountiful Kitchen, but you can use up to 1 cup if you like your asian dishes on the sweeter side.
Recipe Source: A Bountiful Kitchen
Looking for a new crock-pot? Here is a link to the one I used for this recipe. It’s a great one and for $20 you get a lot of bang for your buck 🙂
This looks amazing! I love your recipes and your blog!! Pinning to try soon!
Thanks Jen! I love your blog too! You have so many good ones I wanna try!
Love the simplicity of this dish! Good, tangy flavor. The chicken was super tender. The whole family ate seconds!
Yes, isn't a simple dinner so nice. I am so glad your family enjoyed this recipe. Thanks Jamie!
I have just made this for tea! i used my cast iron casserole dish and it worked just as well. Am lobing your wonderful trove of recipes 🙂
I am so glad that it worked well in your iron casserole dish! Great to know! Thank you for sharing! Glad to "meet" you 🙂
Would it be a poor decision to cook this for 8 hours on low? I like my slow cooker to run while I'm at work.
I think that would be fine. If it has a setting to turn to warm after the timer goes off, that would be ideal but I don't think cooking it for longer on low is a problem. Let me know how it worked out for you!
Yep, 8 hours on low is a bad idea. The honey ended up burning and the chicken had the look of pulled BBQ chicken. I was able to save it by adding more honey and some ground ginger. I really need a crock pot with a timer :-/ .
Oh no! I am so sorry. But thanks for letting me know how it worked. I am glad you were able to save it at least. The timers are very handy for recipes that only cook for 3-4 hours because I too like to "fix it and forget it!" Thats what is so nice about crock pot recipes. Thanks for reading and I hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Looks delicious, does this recipe reheat well?
I haven't tried it but I would suggest reheating it in a pot over the stove. If you use a microwave make sure not to heat too long. Chicken doesn't heat great in the microwave.
Made this last night. Kids and husband loved it! My 7 year-old brought leftovers in her lunch today! One happy mom here. Thanks!
So happy to hear! I am so glad your family loved it. Thanks for sharing, have a great week!
I`m Seriously Lover OF slow Cooking recipes and This is Very nice and Honey Sesame Chicken recipe Delicious…Seprious mean Very Nice…
I'm cooking for 8 people, and I'd like to double this recipe. Will a 4 hour cook time still work?
I would probably plan on a little longer cooking time. Maybe 6 hours? I would check at 4 and go from there 🙂
Cocaine is a crock pot….it's addictively good. Couldn't get enough of it.
So glad to hear it! Thanks!
Well…I'm only posting this out of sheer honesty. Firstly, I love your blog but…not this recipe! I made this today and eh…I don't think I would do this one again! I did it exactly by the recipe to the tee but I think it was just kind of bland–I couldn't finish my plate. You can't win them all but…I'll try another one from your blog! 🙂
I appreciate your honesty. I am sorry that you didn't enjoy this slow cooker dish. Maybe try with the whole cup of honey? (not sure if you did) But that would add a little more flavor. Hope you find something you like. Thanks for stopping by 🙂
Made this tonight and it was delicious! Only thing was the sauce never got any thicker… Any thoughts on how I could fix it next time?
Did you add the cornstarch? You could try cooking the sauce not he stove with the cornstarch to thicken it up. Maybe it didn't get hot enough in the slow cooker? You could also add a little less water and see how that works/tastes. Hope that helps! Thanks for trying the recipe!
This was a huge hit with my step-son, his girlfriend and my husband. Super delicious! Thank you
So happy the hear that, thank you for the feedback, Happy Thanksgiving! Thank you!
This looks yummy! Do you think I could double the recipe? If I wanted to add green beans when could I do so? I need to feed 6 adults and 3 babies
Yes, you could double the recipe. That should be enough food if you have a side of green beans as well. If you wanted to add green beans you could probably add them with the chicken but I have never tried that. You could also just steam them and serve them on the side as well. I have a great lemon and tomato green bean recipe on my site! Hope that helps!
Hi! About how much weight is 4 BS Chicken breasts? 2 lbs maybe?
Yes, depending on the size. I’d say 4 BS chicken breasts would be 1.5 to 2 pounds…