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This easy CrockPot Sesame Chicken makes the perfect weeknight dinner, is kid friendly and is a great freezer meal idea!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe!
On a busy day when you don’t want to cook, this Crockpot Sesame Chicken is so easy it will feel like you didn’t cook! Besides being easy it is also so delicious! The perfect family meal!
What Kind Of Chicken Should I Use in the Crock Pot?
This recipe calls for boneless, skinless chicken thighs. When using a crockpot, I am a big fan of using chicken thighs. They are inexpensive and more flavorful and most importantly for the crockpot, they are moist. They won’t dry out the way a chicken breast can. But I know there are people who just don’t like chicken thighs so you can absolutely substitute skinless chicken breasts in this recipe too.
Ingredients Needed
- Chicken thighs. (see note above)
- Salt and pepper
- Onion. Use a white or yellow onion
- Garlic
- Honey
- Ketchup. My favorite brand is Heinz
- Soy sauce. I use a low sodium soy sauce, if using regular soy sauce cut down on your salt.
- Olive oil
- Red pepper flakes
- Cornstarch (not pictured)
- Sesame seeds. For garnish
- Green onions. For garnish
How to Make Crockpot Sesame Chicken
- Place chicken in crock pot. Season with salt and pepper. (Trim off any excess fat from the chicken thighs first)
- In a bowl combine onion, garlic, honey, ketchup, soy sauce, oil and red pepper flakes.
- Pour over chicken.
- Cook on low for 3-4 hours or high for 2 hours
- Remove chicken and shred chicken or cut into bite-size pieces.
- In a small bowl combine cornstarch and water.
- Pour sauce from crockpot through a strainer to strain out onions.
- Add cornstarch mixture into strained sauce in a small sauce pan.
- Stir mixture to combine over medium heat. Cook for about 10 minutes or until thickened. Stirring often.
- Pour sauce over chicken and serve.
- Garnish with sesame seeds and chopped green onions.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Keep any leftovers stored in an airtight container or zippered storage bag in the refrigerator. Leftovers will last 3-4 days.
For a freezer meal, combine chicken and sauce together in a zippered freezer bag and freeze. Do not add cornstarch, water, sesame seeds or green onions, those will be added after cooking.
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Crockpot Sesame Chicken
Ingredients
- 8 chicken thighs boneless, skinless chicken thighs or2 chicken breasts (about 2 lbs total)
- salt and pepper
- 1/2 cup onion chopped
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 cup honey
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- 4 tsp cornstarch
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 Tbsp sesame seeds
- 3 green onions chopped
Instructions
- Put chicken in crock pot. Season with salt and pepper
- In a bowl combine onion, garlic, honey, ketchup, soy sauce, oil and red pepper flakes.
- Pour over chicken in the crockpot.
- Cook on low for 3-4 hours or high for 2 hours
- Remove chicken and shred. Pour remaining sauce through a strainer to remove onions.
- In a small bowl combine cornstarch and water.
- Pour strained sauce in crock pot into a sauce pan and add in the cornstarch mixture.
- Stir to combine over medium heat. Cook for about 10 minutes or until thickened. Stirring often.
- Pour over chicken.
- Serve with rice and sprinkle with sesame seeds and green onions.
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kendra says
great recipe! made a few additions- sesame oil to help marinate the chicken and give extra flavour, and a couple drops of sriracha (thai hot sauce) to give it a little kick! delicious! keep posting crock pot recipes please 🙂
Leigh Anne says
Love your additions!
Danielle says
Did you sub sesame oil for the olive oil?
Leigh Anne says
No I used olive oil and sesame seeds
Mary Danko says
This was delish . Husband loved it too. quick and easy . everything g already in the pantry.
Leigh Anne says
I love it when that happens. You have everything you need and it’s delish! Thanks for letting me know.
Brenda Mendez says
I know others have said how good this recipe is but I just wanted to let you know how much my family loved this! It was easy to make and we hade almost everything already on hand. Thank you for sharing such a great dish.
Leigh Anne says
Thanks so much for taking the time to let me know – I really love to hear when people enjoy the recipes I post.
Treva Miller says
All I can say is YUM!! Thank you for a great recipe.
Joy says
So, this recipe could not have come on a better day! Helping to care for my parents leaves little time to cook. I had pulled out chicken breasts the night before, not being really sure how I would cook them. The email with this recipe came and I threw the chicken in the crock pot! It was amazing! Thanks for sharing this one!