An easy, delicious Crockpot / Slow Cooker meal made with inexpensive chicken thighs and a simple Asian style sauce. I spiced the Crockpot Spicy Honey Garlic Chicken up with a little garlic chili sauce and served it with foolproof rice.
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I adapted this recipe from the Honey Garlic Chicken Recipe on Taste and Tell, which was featured on Kalyn’s Kitchen delicious site Slow Cooker from Scratch. A great site for finding slow cooker recipes. This is a wonderful weekend night meal that has quick & easy prep.
I doubled Deborah’s recipe, adapted from More Make it Fast, Cook it Slow, so I would have leftovers to freeze for another day. Doubling the sauce wasn’t necessary so I decreased it to one and a half in my adapted recipe below.
The foolproof method from America’s Test Kitchen Healthy Family Cookbook cooks the rice the same way you would pasta. Just boil it in a lot of water until it’s tender and drain it.
You end up with perfectly cooked, fluffy rice and an added bonus is that it cooks in less time than the traditional pilaf style. It’s such great idea. If you have trouble cooking rice and don’t have a pressure cooker, give this method for cooking rice a try.
Put this Crockpot Spicy Honey Garlic Chicken on your menu soon. You’ll be glad you did.
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Spicy Honey Garlic Chicken with Foolproof Rice
Ingredients
- 3 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs
- ½ teaspoon dried minced garlic
- [1 teaspoons chili garlic sauce]
- ¾ cup soy sauce
- ¾ cup ketchup
- ¾ cup honey
Foolproof Rice
- 1 cup rice*
- 2 ½ teaspoons salt
Instructions
- Spicy Honey Garlic Chicken
- Place the chicken in the bottom of a slow cooker. In a small bowl, whisk together the garlic, chili sauce, soy sauce, ketchup and honey. Pour over the chicken and cover.
- Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours or high for 3 to 4 hours. Remove chicken, place on a plate and tent with foil to keep warm. Transfer the remaining sauce to a saucepan and reduce down over medium heat until desired consistency is reached. Serve over the chicken and garnish with fresh basil.
- Serve over rice.
- Foolproof RiceIn a large pot bring 4 quarts of water to a boil. Stir in the rice and salt. Return to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until rice is tender.
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baker in disguise
so simple!!! i couldnt agree more with you about the foolproof method of cooking rice!!!
Tracey
I just love the simplicity of this recipe! Chicken thighs are one of my favorite inexpensive cuts of meat so this is perfect.
Deloris
I’ve been cooking rice that way all my married life and thought I was making a terrible mistake when I compared how I do it with the way others do it!
Claire @ Claire K Creations
Thanks for the new rice cooking method I’ll give that a go. Never heard of cooking it that way but I love the sound of fool-proof!
Joanne
Hip hip hooray for chicken thighs! I love how simple this is. Great recipe, Barbara!
Anne
So I have to ask… would this method of cooking rice eliminate the inevitable “foamy boilover” that always happens? I don’t know why cooking rice has to be so tricky, but I have a hard time even with a rice cooker. It always burns the bottom layer – no matter which brand I try. I’m looking forward to trying this! Great post!
Barbara
My rice cooker always burns the bottom layer too. Yes, no more “foamy boilover.” lol
My Inner Chick
DeLISH.
Barbara, I’m on my way over…
How far are you from Minnesota? X
Natalie A.
Thanks for sharing this slow cooker meal! The chicken looks super easy to make and I bet it tastes extremely tasty too!
vianney
I love seeing a recipe on one blog, then finding it on another blog.. food bloggers are so supportive. great dish!!
Jamie
The flavors I love and the kind of dish we all love to eat. Sadly, no slow cooker; I would so be tempted to try this in the oven. Gorgeous!
Barbara
I think this would be great slowly braised in the oven as well.
Lindsey Johnson (Cafe Johnsonia)
My family would love this.
I (ahem) have always had a problem making rice. I never get it right! I’m going to try this instead of my rice cooker next time I make rice.
cindy
I’m always looking for good crock pot recipes. This is dinner tonight!
Thanks Barbara!
Lynda
This looks so good Barbara. I’ve been wanting some more crock pot meals, so this asian meal will be perfect for us!
Thanks for the rice tip. A new stove can be really hard to get used too. We went from gas to electric a few years ago, and it seemed I burned everything for awhile! 🙂
Shannon
I’m definitely trying this one! I need more slow cooker recipes in my life!
kelley
I love this, Barbara! I could eat some form of meat with rice every night and be a happy girl! If you want to know a secret, I have a hard time cooking rice too. I’d like to think it’s the altitude but who knows………. 🙂
Kalyn
How fun that you tried this recipe and liked it as much as Deborah did! And thanks for the mention of the new blog; I really appreciate it.
Deborah
So glad you tried the chicken, and I need to try your rice recipe. I have the hardest time making rice!
Blog is the New Black
Sounds fab!
Cassie
This is my kind of slow cooker meal. The flavors sound perfect and it looks so simple!
Rosa
A delicious chicken dish! I love the flavors.
Cheers,
Rosa