Crock Pot Honey Garlic Chicken

Crock Pot Honey Garlic Chicken is a simple meal that you can toss in the slow cooker any night of the week. Serve this shredded chicken over rice with a side of steamed vegetables for a complete meal or stick the shredded chicken in a sandwich roll and top with coleslaw for a tasty sandwich!

 

Honey garlic chicken in the crock pot! Doesn’t the name alone just make you drool?

Let’s talk about this crockpot chicken recipe, shall we?

This is an Asian–ish tasting recipe, but I won’t pretend it’s an authentic recipe. I mean, does authentic Asian food contain ketchup? I feel like no, but I could totally be wrong!

I’m not the source for authentic Asian cuisine, but I’m here with a tasty meal nonetheless!

Either way, this reminds me of my favorite Chinese take-out joint.

The sauce is sweet, salty, and full of garlic.

Served over rice, with a side of steamed broccoli, it’s hard to go wrong with slow cooker honey garlic chicken.

Be sure to serve this up with our favorite air fryer egg rolls. The perfect combo, if you ask me!

Ingredient Notes:

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Chicken Breast – I’m using boneless, skinless chicken breasts for this recipe but you could also use boneless chicken thighs!

Honey Garlic Sauce – You’ll mix honey with ketchup, reduced sodium soy sauce, minced garlic, and red pepper flakes. Be sure to use the reduced sodium soy sauce or the dish will be quite salty.

Cornstarch & Water – This thickens up the sauce to make it cling to the chicken.

How to Make Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken:

Honey Garlic Sauce: In a small bowl, whisk together ketchup, reduced sodium soy sauce, honey, minced garlic, and red pepper flakes.

Slow Cook: Pour the honey garlic sauce over the chicken, give it a quick toss to coat the chicken in the sauce, and then cover your slow cooker and cook on low for 3-4 hours, depending on your crockpot.

We’re looking for tender, easily shreddable chicken!

Shred: When the chicken is cooked through, remove it from the slow cooker and shred with a couple of forks. You can also use a hand mixer or stand mixer to shred chicken!

Just toss the chicken in and use the whisk or beater blade attachment on low speed. Magical!

Finish: At this point, you can return the chicken to the sauce and then serve. Alternately, if you’d like your sauce a bit thicker, go ahead and add 2 teaspoons of cornstarch to 1 tablespoon of water and stir to combine.

Whisk that into the sauce well, set the crock pot to high, and return the chicken to the sauce. Cover and cook for 30 minutes to 1 hour until the honey garlic sauce has thickened to your liking.

We like to serve this chicken and sauce over my easy rice pilaf recipe! Some sesame seeds also make a great topping for this honey garlic chicken.

Honey Garlic Chicken Thighs:

If you’re a dark meat person, go ahead and swap chicken thighs for the chicken breasts in this recipe. No other adjustments needed.

If you’d prefer not to shred the meat, no problem! Just remove the chicken from the slow cooker and serve!

FAQs:

• Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps: If you’re watching carbs, these lettuce wraps are keto friendly!
• Spam Fried Rice: I’m not much of a Spam person, but even I have to admit that it’s delicious in fried rice!
• Korean BBQ Sauce: Slather this Korean BBQ sauce on pork chops and grill ’em up!
• Pork Stir Fry: Such an easy recipe for busy nights and it sure beats take-out!
• Cauliflower Chicken Fried Rice: Another low carb favorite in our house – skip the rice and use cauliflower crumbles!
• Asian Brussels Sprouts: An easy air fryer recipe and a great side dish!
• Keto Chicken Stir Fry: Enjoy your favorite stir fry without the carbs!

This recipe was originally published in July 2018. The post was updated in 2020, though the recipe has not changed. It’s just as perfect as it ever was. 😉