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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kristy
Salivating! What else you think! haha….
Kristy
Cooking on a Dime
I have never tried chicken thighs in a slow cooker. Now I will add it to the “must try” list!
Catalina @ Cake with Love
Great dinner, thanks for the rice tips!
Maria
Thanks for the rice tips!
teresa
oh this has my mouth just watering! i love this dish!
rachael
I want to make this for dinner tonight. looks delicious! I’ve never cooked rice this way. Is it really 4 qts of water? Do you cook it like pasta and drain the remaining water? Sounds great to me since I always use too little water in my rice cooker and it burns. thanks!
Barbara
Yes, just boil it like pasta and then drain it when it’s tender. I always burn rice in my rice cooker too. Enjoy!
Daniela
Delizioso il pollo preparato a questo modo. Un abbraccio Daniela.
Katie {Epicurean Mom}
I love the addition of the spice to the chicken! Sweet and spicy is very my style! Looks delicious!
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella
Rice really is hard to cook, I agree! My parents use a rice cooker. I think I have finally figured it out but I really want to try your method now! xxx
Juliana
Barbara, I sure need to use better my slow cooker…this chicken looks delicious, sweet and spicy and perfect with rice.
Hope you are having a fabulous week 🙂
beti
I’m not a fan of slow cooker food but I would love to try new recipes, this chicken sounds great with honey and garlic
Asmita
Looks superb!!! Perfectly cooked rice or pasta can make a big difference to any dish. I will have to try this recipe.
Rocky Mountain Woman
I think the altitude messes with my rice sometimes! This looks so good, I love the garlic and barbecue combo….
Angie@Angie's Recipes
A flavourful garlic chicken. Would be nice to serve with pasta too.
JG
This looks like a wonderful slow cooker recipe!
~Judy
Alison @ Ingredients, Inc
perfect for dinnertime!
Melanie
This dish looks good and simple, which is a plus. I’ll have to give it a try. I tried one from Kalyn’s site too. We had the turkey white bean pumpkin chili. It was excellent with some added chipotle chili powder & topped w/ sour cream & Mont Jack cheese. Interesting way to do rice. I like to do mine in the oven, with different seasonings and/or fresh herbs added.
Amy
Yum, what a simple and scrumptious creation. I can eat this everyday! 😛 Your brown rice looks perfect. I always preferred brown over white for more fiber and nutty flavor. I love your recipe.
Valérie ( France )
je suis fan des assiette sucrées-salées, le poulet, l’ail et le miel sont une délicieuse association
Je te souhaite une agréable journée
Valérie.
Jo
I’ve seen this way of cooking rice also called the french method, apparently this is the most common way they cook rice! I haven’t tried it out myself yet, will ahve to give it a go.