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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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Lindsey says
I have been unfortunately infamous for horribly failing these kind of recipes in the pAst. They always turned out horribly dry, and the flavor just wasn’t there. After coming across this recipe I took your advice and used the chicken thighs and cooked the chicken a lot shorter than I had in the past…. Hallelujah !!!!! It was delish, my whole family loved it! I’m so happy I found your blog and can’t wait to try more of your recipes, thank you!
Leigh Anne says
This is one of my favorite crock pot meals – so glad you loved it too!!
Kelly says
OMG! This was great! I used chicken breasts (just my preference) and cooked on low for 4 hours. It was a huge hit in my house! Thanks so much!
Leigh Anne says
So glad you loved it! It is a favorite at our house. I will try it with chicken breasts next time! thanks for letting me kow you enjoyed it.
Shell says
Made this for dinner tonight and it was so yummy! I did not have low sodium soy sauce so I used 1/2 soy sauce and 1/2 orange juice. I served it over white rice that was cooked in orange juice and chicken broth to carry over the orange flavor. My husband and son both said that I will have to make this again soon! Thanks so much for sharing this delicious recipe with us!
Leigh Anne says
So glad your family enjoyed it and I love the idea of adding the orange juice! Will have to try that next time.
Sarah says
What size is your crock pot?
Leigh Anne says
My crock pot is a 5 quart
Majesty says
This was absolutely delish! Even the picky 12 year old was impressed 🙂
Leigh Anne says
So glad everyone enjoyed it!