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This Honey Ginger Chicken is finger licking good. A favorite at our house, it is so easy to make with your slow cooker!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Honey Ginger Chicken in moist and full of flavor. The chicken thighs don’t dry out as easily as chicken breasts do. The sauce in this recipe is thick and delicious and is a combination of soy sauce, ketchup, garlic, honey and ginger. Don’t let the use of ketchup scare you away, I promise you, the sauce is delicious.
How to Make Honey Ginger Chicken
- Combine all the sauce ingredients.
- Place chicken in the slow cooker and pour the sauce over the top.
- Cook on high for about 3-4 hours or low for about 5-6 hours.
How to Serve Honey Ginger Chicken
As the chicken cooks, a yummy sauce forms. Spoon it over the top of the chicken when serving. Garnish with some green onions and sesame seeds. We love it served over rice.
Tips from Leigh Anne
- I always keep chicken thighs in my freezer so this is an easy, last minute slow cooker meal that can be cooked in a shorter amount of time too. It doesn’t take all day like a lot of slow cooker recipes. If you don’t have chicken thighs you can use chicken breasts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Place chicken in pot and then pour sauce over the top.
Close your Instant Pot and turn the valve to seal.
Turn to Manual, high pressure and set timer for 5 minutes
Do a quick release and check for doneness.
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Slow Cooker Honey Ginger Chicken
Ingredients
- 6 skinless boneless chicken thighs
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1 tsp fresh minced ginger
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- toasted sesame seeds for garnish
- green onion chopped, for garnish
Instructions
- Place chicken in bottom of slow cooker.
- Combine next six ingredients and pour over chicken.
- Cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for 5-6 hours.
- Pour sauce over chicken to serve and garnish with sesame seeds and green onion.
Tips & Notes:
- I always keep chicken thighs in my freezer so this is an easy, last minute slow cooker meal that can be cooked in a shorter amount of time too. It doesn’t take all day like a lot of slow cooker recipes. If you don’t have chicken thighs you can use chicken breasts.
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Julie @ Julie's Eats & Treats says
Mmm I love anything in the Slow Cooker and this look fabulous! Gotta try it!
Leigh Anne says
Thanks Julie. This is a good one!!
Deborah says
How fun!! I LOVE what you came up with – it sounds so delicious!!
Leigh Anne says
Thanks Deborah – it was a fun challenge and yummy!
Lyuba@willcookforsmiles says
Gorgeous chicken, Leigh Anne! I can practically smell it 🙂
Leigh Anne says
Thanks Lyuba. It was so yummy. We loved it.
Paul @ eco stores says
Sounds really delicious, will have a go at that later. Thanks for sharing.
Sheri Conaway says
This recipe really caught my eye, but I am thinking I’ll make a couple of modifications based on my own tastes. First, I’ll use fresh basil instead of dry, second, I’ll use more garlic, and third, I think I’ll replace the ketchup with tomato sauce, simply because I’m not a fan of cooking with ketchup and, in fact, since my kids have grown up, don’t even keep it in the house any more. My daughter is a culinary arts student so I’ve asked her to add her input as well before I give it a try later this week. Thank you so much for sharing this yummy looking, easy meal!
Leigh Anne says
Thanks what is so great about recipes – you can make all the adjustments you want!