Slow Cooker Honey Sesame Chicken
Tender chicken cooks in a sweet-savory honey sesame sauce, then gets finished with sesame seeds and green onions.
Prep
: 10
Total
: 25 minutes
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs trimmed
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1/3 cup low-sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon fresh ginger grated
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
- 3 green onions sliced
Instructions
Instructions
- Place the chicken thighs in the slow cooker.
- Whisk the honey, soy sauce, tomato paste, rice vinegar, sesame oil, garlic, and ginger together, then pour over the chicken.
- Cover and cook on low for 4 hours, until the chicken is tender and reaches 165°F.
- Transfer the chicken to a board and cut or shred it into bite-size pieces.
- Whisk the cornstarch with water, stir it into the sauce, cover, and cook on high for 10 minutes until glossy and thickened.
- Return the chicken to the sauce, toss to coat, and garnish with sesame seeds and green onions.