If you know me, I’m all about quick and easy DELICIOUS recipes! This slow cooker honey chicken is one of those recipes. The chicken has such a unique flavor and leaves your family begging for more! They’ll think you slaved all day in the kitchen. Shh! Don’t tell. They don’t have to know it only took you five minutes to make. ;) This dish is also pretty healthy as well. You can cut back on the honey to make it even more healthy. It’s one of our family’s new favorite recipes!
Slow cooker honey with with quinoa recipe -
Ingredients
- 3 large frozen chicken breasts (if your's are thawed, adjust cooking time)
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 3/4 cup honey
- 1 TB olive oil
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1/4 cup sesame seed (optional)
- 1 cup quinoa (cooked according to package directions) - could substitute with rice
Instructions
- Place chicken breasts in a crock pot. Combine soy sauce, honey, olive oil, onion powder, garlic, salt and pepper in a medium bowl. Stir until combined. Pour sauce over chicken. Cook on low for 4-6 hours, or until the chicken easily falls apart.
- Serve chicken over cooked quinoa. Add extra sauce from the crock pot on top and add sesame seeds for show.
- Enjoy!
Mmm… tasty!
So are you a crock pot fan? What are some of your favorite recipes?
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Sandy
I love quinoa and am always looking for new recipes. Thanks so much for sharing this! make a really good cold quinoa salad where I make a batch of quinoa and to it I add a grilled chicken breast or two, some red onion, a can of tropical fruit (drained) and a can of chunk pineapple (drained). I add sesame oil and some soy sauce and it is delicious!
Jamielyn
That salad sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing! Mmm…
Cat Davis - Food Family Finds
I still haven’t decided if I like quinoa yet but the chicken looks amazing. At the very least it would be great over rice.
Jamielyn
Yes, you could definitely substitue it with rice. :) It took my family awhile to get used to quinoa too. They don’t notice the difference now.
Kris
That looks amazing! I need to make it asap.
Jen at Ovuline
Quinoa is such a nutrient-packed grain and many people are not familiar with it. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe! I will definitely try it.
Crystal
I’m always looking for new slow cooker recipes. This looks delicious!! Thanks for the recipe!!
Capturing Joy with Kristen Duke
Yum, this looks delicious, always up for more quick and easy recipes!
Julie
This looks amazing!
Deanna
I upped the ante on the garlic, just because we like it so much, and I used something called coconut aminos, instead of soy sauce. I also sauted some onions and sweet peppers on the side, for whoever wanted to add them. We used brown rice, as I was out of quinoa. Thawed chicken breasts (about 2#) were cooked nicely in three hours, and I did 1-1/2x the sauce recipe to allow for that much chicken. Delicious! Thank you!
Jamielyn
Your changes sound great! Thanks for sharing! So glad you enjoyed it. :)