Slow-Cooked Honey Sesame Chicken
Slow-Cooked Honey Sesame Chicken takes around 45 minutes from beginning to end. This recipe serves 6. One serving contains 332 calories, 18g of protein, and 10g of fat. For $1.93 per serving, this recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe is liked by 364 foodies and cooks. It works well as a rather cheap main course. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet. A mixture of onion, sesame seeds, cornstarch, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. It is brought to you by Alaska from Scratch. With a spoonacular score of 51%, this dish is solid. Similar recipes include Slow Cooker Honey Sesame Chicken, Slow Cooker Honey Sesame Chicken, and Slow Cooker Honey Sesame Chicken.
Servings: 6
Ingredients:
2T canola oil
8-10 chicken breast tenderloins or 4-5 chicken breast halves (thighs would also be tasty, or a combo of light and dark meat)
2T cornstarch dissolved in 6T COLD water
2 cloves garlic, minced
3/4c honey
1/4c ketchup
1/2c diced onion
1/4t red pepper flakes
Salt and pepper
Sesame seeds (I used about 1T)
1/2c soy sauce
Equipment:
bowl
cutting board
pot
whisk
Cooking instruction summary:
Place chicken in the bottom of the slow-cooker (frozen chicken is ok). Season with salt and pepper. In a bowl, mix honey, soy, ketchup, oil, onion, garlic, and red pepper flakes. Set slow-cooker to low and cook, covered, for 3-4 hours (until chicken is cooked through and fork-tender). Remove chicken from pot and set on cutting board. Cut into bite sized pieces. Meanwhile, mix cornstarch and cold water. Whisk into pot with sauce. Change temperature to high and cook until sauce thickens. When sauce is thicker, return chicken to pot and warm through. Sprinkle a generous amount of sesame seeds over chicken. Serve chicken and sauce over rice.
Step by step:
1. Place chicken in the bottom of the slow-cooker (frozen chicken is ok). Season with salt and pepper. In a bowl, mix honey, soy, ketchup, oil, onion, garlic, and red pepper flakes. Set slow-cooker to low and cook, covered, for 3-4 hours (until chicken is cooked through and fork-tender).
2. Remove chicken from pot and set on cutting board.
3. Cut into bite sized pieces. Meanwhile, mix cornstarch and cold water.
4. Whisk into pot with sauce. Change temperature to high and cook until sauce thickens. When sauce is thicker, return chicken to pot and warm through. Sprinkle a generous amount of sesame seeds over chicken.
5. Serve chicken and sauce over rice.
Nutrition Information:
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