Slow cooker honey chicken – Super easy recipe to make and absolutely delicious! This healthy crockpot chicken comes out tender every time.
I love to have lots of quick and easy slow cooker recipes on hand, especially for those busy weeknights. This crock pot honey garlic chicken is one of my favorites, along with slow cooker ribs, taco lasagna, slow cooker carnitas and slow cooker cabbage soup.
Crock pot honey garlic chicken
If you know me, I’m all about quick and easy DELICIOUS recipes! This slow cooker honey sesame 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.
Look at all the juicy flavor! It makes the healthy crockpot chicken so tender.
How to make slow cooker honey chicken
This slow cooker honey garlic chicken recipe really is so simple and only requires 5 basic ingredients for the sauce that I’m sure you already have in your pantry:
- 1/2 cup soy sauce (I like to use low-sodium)
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 TB olive oil
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
All you need to do is mix those ingredients together, add a little salt and pepper and pour over the healthy crockpot chicken. Then you let the slow cooker do all the work.
Slow cooker honey chicken variations
We love to serve this crock pot honey garlic chicken over rice or quinoa, but it also taste great in lettuce wraps or over a salad. To top it off you can add sesame seeds and sliced green onions on top. Sometimes with the leftover chicken we’ll even make tacos or nachos. The possibilities are endless.
Slow cooker honey chicken
Ingredients
- 1.5 pounds chicken breasts
- 1/2 cup low-sodium soy sauce
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 2-3 cloves garlic ,minced
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
For serving: rice or quinoa, sliced green onions, sesame seeds
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 3-4 hours, or until the chicken easily falls apart.
- Serve chicken over cooked rice or quinoa. Add extra sauce and top with green onions and sesame seeds if desired.
- Enjoy!
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Mmm… tasty! I hope this crock pot honey garlic chicken will become a family favorite in your home! Enjoy!
So are you a slow cooker fan? What are some of your favorite healthy chicken crockpot recipes?
Do you know how much a serving size of this is? It gives what the nutritional value is for a serving but not what a serving size is.
There are 5 servings in this recipe! I haven’t measured it out, I usually just divide into 5 bowls. :)
We loved it! Even my picky 2 year old devoured it! Yummy flavors. We paired it with rice and riced cauliflower….delicious! We’ll be making this again!!!
I’m so glad it was a hit! :)
I didn’t care for this. I used chicken thighs with the skin removed and it came out runny and some what bland. I think it would be better with the optional green onions and sesame seeds; I didn’t use them.
If you start with frozen chicken, how much longer do you cook it?
I would recommend cooking 5-6 hours instead.
It’s not recommended that you cook frozen chicken in a slow cooker, as it doesn’t get to the required temperature for long enough to ensure you don’t get food poisoning! Best to defrost it in the refrigerator overnight, then pop in the slow cooker. Cheers
What size crock pot did you use?
Judging by the picture it looks just like an average sized crock pot to me. I actually didn’t even know there were different sizes.
Is this recipe using fresh chicken breasts or frozen?
I usually use fresh chicken breasts, but you can increase the cooking time if you are going to use frozen. :)
Probably a dumb question here, but do you put the chicken breasts in whole or cut them? Thanks. Anxious to try this!
You can put them in whole! :)
Wanna try this tomorrow for dinner but can you use garlic
powder instead?
That should work fine! :)
I love this recipe! I was just curious what the calories, macros were for this meal. I ameal.
I’m not sure the exact calories, but I typed the recipe in a calorie counter and it looks like the chicken would be about 300 calories per serving. Then you would add the calories for the rice or quinoa. Hope that helps! :)
Hi there! Trying this for the first time this evening, hoping it turns out well! Do you think mashed potatoes would go well with this chicken? We had rice the other night, and I have a ton of potatoes that need to be used. Thanks!
Hi Katelin! Mashed potatoes would go fine on the side but I probably wouldn’t serve the chicken on top of the potatoes. I hope you enjoy this chicken, it is a family favorite! :)