Description
Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken is a tender, flavorful dish that combines sweet honey and savory garlic in a sticky sauce. Perfect for busy weeknights or lazy Sundays, this recipe requires minimal effort and delivers maximum taste. Serve it over rice or noodles, and watch your family come back for seconds!
Ingredients
Scale
- 3–4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 1.5 lbs)
- 4 cloves fresh garlic, minced
- 1/2 cup pure honey
- 1/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tsp ground ginger (or 1 tbsp fresh ginger)
- 2 green onions, sliced (for garnish)
Instructions
- Gather and prep all ingredients; finely chop garlic.
- In a medium bowl, mix honey, soy sauce, minced garlic, rice vinegar, and ground ginger until well combined.
- Place chicken breasts in the slow cooker and pour the sauce over them.
- Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or high for 3-4 hours until chicken is tender.
- Shred the chicken in the slow cooker using two forks and mix with the sauce.
- Serve over rice or noodles and garnish with sliced green onions.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 6 hours
- Category: Main
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup (approximately 250g)
- Calories: 360
- Sugar: 32g
- Sodium: 680mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 42g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 30g
- Cholesterol: 80mg