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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 Garlic 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 Garlic 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 Garlic 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 Garlic 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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John @ BestHeating says
It’s almost slow cooker season for me, I love making use of it, and this recipe is right up the street of my three kids! Thanks so much for sharing. Very Impressive.
Pat Stone says
This was very tasty. I posted a screen shot of your page with a link back here on Rabadaba and Twitter to show my thanks. My mom and I just had this chicken over Lo Mein for lunch and enjoyed it. Thanks!!!
Leigh Anne says
Glad you enjoyed it.
Gabe says
I’m making this right now and it smells fantastic! thank you for this.
Rhiannon says
This has been making my house smell absolutely amazing! I cant wait to try it over rice. Does the sauce thicken more? Mine is still pretty liquidy.
Leigh Anne says
If the sauce doesn’t thicken enough for what you like, you can add a little cornstarch dissolved in water to it and it will thicken up.
melinda says
Do you think this would work with wings? I don’t personally like thighs so much, but everything else about the recipe sounds amazing!!!
Leigh Anne says
Not sure about wings but it should work just fine with breast meat.
beth says
If you used chicken breast, would you have to adjust the cooking time?
Leigh Anne says
Beth, You shouldn’t have to.