The easiest, most delicious slow cooker chicken recipe yet! Slow cooker honey garlic chicken requires only 5 ingredients and 5 minutes of prep time to produce sweet, savory, and sticky chicken. A weeknight dinner staple recipe you’ll make again and again!


If you’re looking for a high protein dinner recipe that requires less than 5 minutes of prep, no chopping, and minimal this slow cooker honey chicken fits the bill – it’s one of the ultimate dump-and-go slow cooker recipes! Now, with crockpot chicken recipes, something I hear people complain about a lot is that they lack flavor, which can totally happen when a sauce cooks for a long time.

I combat this by only using ¾ of the sauce to cook the chicken in and reserving ¼ to add at the end to give it a boost of fresh flavor. And speaking of sauce, the star of this recipe is the honey garlic sauce, which infuses the chicken with so much flavor and creates a sweet, savory, and thick honey soy sauce.
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  • This recipe works really well with chicken thighs, but you can use chicken breasts or drumsticks. The breasts may just need to cook a bit longer.
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Ingredients

FOR THE HONEY GARLIC SAUCE
  • ⅓ cup soy sauce, or tamari for gluten-free
  • ⅓ cup honey
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
  • 2 pounds boneless chicken thighs, or boneless skinless chicken breasts
TO ADD AT THE END (OPTIONAL)
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
OPTIONAL SERVING SUGGESTIONS
  • Sliced green onions, sriracha or chili sauce, cooked rice
EquipmentInstructions

MAKE THE HONEY GARLIC SAUCE
  • Whisk together the soy sauce, honey, garlic and lime juice in a medium bowl until well combined.
MAKE THE HONEY GARLIC CHICKEN
  • Add the chicken to a 6-quart slow cooker. Pour over about 3/4 of the honey garlic sauce and toss to coat. Set the remaining honey garlic sauce aside while the chicken cooks.
  • Cover and cook on high for 2-4 hours or low for 4-6, or until the chicken is cooked through and very tender.
  • Remove the chicken to a cutting board and let it cool slightly, then shred it with two forks.
THICKEN THE SAUCE (OPTIONAL)
  • If you wish to thicken the sauce, carefully remove 2 tablespoons of the cooking liquid to a medium bowl. Whisk in the cornstarch, then add back to the slow cooker along with the remaining honey garlic sauce, whisking to combine.
  • Cover and cook the sauce only on high for 15-30 minutes or until the sauce thickens.
  • Add back the chicken and stir to combine and allow to warm back through. Serve with green onion and hot sauce, if desired.
You can use diced spring onions as a garnish.

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