Name: Sesame Chicken for Slow Cooker Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h 10 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts; 1/4 cup honey; 1/4 cup soy sauce; 1/4 cup ketchup; 2 tablespoons sesame oil; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 tablespoon grated ginger; 2 tablespoons cornstarch; 1/4 cup water; 2 tablespoons sesame seeds; Optional: chopped green onions for garnish

How To Make Sesame Chicken for Slow Cooker

Unlike beef and pork, it’s quite uncommon to encounter tough cooked chicken. That’s why you’d often find that this poultry meat is often cooked hot and fast. However, that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t work for low and slow cooking, either. Explore these slow cooker chicken recipes, and you’ll find that there are actually lots of options to consider for cooking chicken in a crock pot. Make soups, carnitas, pasta, chicken sandwiches, and more!

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 4 hours

Total: 4 hours and 10 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup ketchup
2 tablespoons sesame oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon grated ginger
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
Optional: chopped green onions for garnish

Instructions

Place the chicken breasts in the slow cooker.
In a small bowl, whisk together the honey, soy sauce, ketchup, sesame oil, garlic, and ginger. Pour the mixture over the chicken.
Cover the slow cooker and cook on low heat for 4 hours.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the cornstarch and water. Pour the mixture into the slow cooker and stir until the sauce thickens.
Sprinkle the sesame seeds over the chicken and cook for an additional 30 minutes.
Serve the sesame chicken over rice or noodles, garnished with chopped green onions if desired.