Honey Garlic Chicken

Name: Honey Garlic Chicken - slow cooker
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 240 min
Total time: 250 min
Ingredients: 600 g 6 chicken thighs (Boneless & skinless); 100 g Runny honey; 100 g Light Soy Sauce; 50 g Tomato puree; 3 tbsp water; 1 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar; 4 Cloves garlic (or 3) (peeled and chopped very small ); Salt & Black pepper (Seasoning ); 6 Spring onions / scallions (peeled and chopped ); 1 tbsp cornflour; 1 tbsp water

This slow cooker Honey Garlic Chicken is delicious. It’s easy and packed full of garlicky sweetness, there’s a lot of garlic :-). It’s the perfect midweek meal, or family dinner when you’re busy

You simply pop it all in your slow-cooker (crockpot) switch it on – and off you go – I guess it’s what you call a dump recipe

And 4-6 hours later – boom a delicious hot and healthy dinner is waiting

Why Slow Cooker / Crockpot Meals?

Well they are the best thing for busy people, really they are. And energy saving. It’s so much cheaper to run a slow cooker than to put the oven on. I read somewhere that it’s a quarter of the electricity price – so why not?

You simply do a little prep, pop it all in the slow cooker, leave for anywhere between 4-8 hours (depending on the recipe) and leave it all alone!!

Then you have a wonderful warm dinner prepared – voila

How do you make Honey Garlic Chicken?

Step by step

Step 1 – chicken thighs or Chicken breasts for your honey garlic chicken?

See the full recipe card at the bottom of this post

Pop your chicken thighs in your slow cooker – remove all visible fat

I like thighs, however chicken breasts work just as well

Step 2 – your Honey garlic chicken sauce

In a small bowl mix all your wet ingredients together and add your chopped garlic

Step 3

Poor over your chicken thighs and cook of high for 3-4 hours

Step 4 – thicken your honey garlic chicken

Once cooked add your cornflour and water mix / sauce mix, back into the slow cooker to thicken. You may feel it’s thick enough already so skip this if this is the case

Add your chopped spring onions at this point too – reserving a few to serve / garnish

Step 5

Once the cornflour mix is added you will see it thicken in the heat of the sauce and serve accordingly

You can shred using 2 forks or simply leave if you like your chicken a little more chunky

Step 6

Ta-dah! Serve

Other ideas for your Honey Garlic Chicken

Try adding a spoonful of sweet chilli sauce or a few dried chilli’s – the amount is up to you, depending on how much chilli kick you want.

You can also sprinkle with sesame seeds as this gives a mote Asian theme

What to serve with your Honey Garlic Chicken

I serve mine with a mix of basmati and wild rice

It also works well with vegetables and potatoes

or if you fancy it with a bread roll!

The Deets for your Garlic & Honey Chicken

Your stock cubes are free
1 level tablespoons cornflour is 1
Honey – 4 tablespoon is 10 syns

= 11 – so say 3 Syns per portion

****However I am not a Slimming World consultant (or linked to SW at all) so you need to check yourself

Can I refrigerate my Leftover Honey Garlic Chicken?

Yes you can. It will keep in the fridge for 2 days.

Pop it in an airtight container once cool and make sure you fully reheat before serving. Heat in a saucepan for approx 10 minutes until piping hot all the way through, it must be piping hot

Can I freeze my leftover Honey Garlic Chicken?

Yes you can – it freezes perfectly – and that what makes a perfect recipe to batch cook

Simply pop your left over cooled honey garlic chicken into an airtight container, freeze and use within a couple of months

To reheat – defrost overnight in the fridge, then heat in a saucepan for approx 10 minutes until piping hot all the way through, it must be piping hot

Slow Cooker Choice

Lots of people ask me about which slow cooker I would recommend

Well it has to be this one, it has a sear function for browning – so a lot less washing up and a way more flavour for your recipes

Morphy Richards 3.5L Sear & Stew Slow Cooker, Shatter Resistant Aluminium Pot, 3 Heat Settings, Hob Proof, Easy Clean, 163W, Black, 461020.

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Another couple of crockpot suppers

Beef Bourguignon is a delicious slow cooker meal – it’s also very low in Syns

Have a gander at the recipe

If you love your slow cooker / crockpot and the convienence of it you might also love my Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken recipe

And it’s the perfect recipe for both summer & winter too

Look at it

And four more slow cooker recipes …..

Slow Cooker Beef Curry – yum

How about a Slow Cooker Chicken Curry? – it’s just as easy as this one, if not easier

Finally my Healthy Turkey Mince Chilli – also made in the slow cooker – delicious

And finally the DUMP recipe of all time

My Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala is just delicious! Uber easy

Enjoy Cx