Crock Pot Honey Sesame Chicken

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Crock Pot Honey Sesame Chicken is an easy dinner that your family will love. It’s simple to prepare and packed with flavor!

Honey Sesame Chicken

   I’ve been using my Crock Pot like crazy lately, and I’m lovin’ it! It’s so nice to throw everything in it, and then get on with my day, smelling a delicious meal in the making!

I made this Honey Sesame Chicken last Sunday when I was waiting for my family to come home. Kale took the kiddos up to Salt Lake to visit his family, so I had my house to myself for 3 days! It was so nice! 🙂 I can’t remember the last time I had that much time alone, and I knew it would be a LONG time before it happened again, so I took full advantage of it.

Honey Sesame Chicken

I went to a movie (Maleficent, and it was so good!), organized 3 rooms in my house, and lounged around like a lazy person. It was great! 😀 Okay, so back to this chicken. It was smelling amazing and ready to eat by the time my family got home. I served it over rice and we all devoured it.

Crock Pot Honey Sesame Chicken

Delicious and easy chicken packed with flavor!
Servings 6
Author Life in the Lofthouse

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs
  • 1 ¼ cups honey
  • 1/2 cup low-sodium soy sauce
  • 1/3 cup ketchup
  • 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/2 cup diced yellow onion
  • 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
  • 2 Tablespoons water
  • Sesame seeds

Instructions

  • Spray the inside of the crock pot with cooking spray. Place the chicken inside. Season with salt and pepper.
  • In a medium bowl, combine honey, soy sauce, ketchup, oil, garlic, onion and pepper flakes. Whisk until combined. Pour over the chicken in the crock pot.
  • Cover with lid and cook on low heat for 3 ½ hours OR cook on high heat for to 2 hours. (Internal temperature of chicken needs to reach 165 degrees F.)
  • When done cooking, carefully remove chicken from crock pot and cut chicken into chunks. Meanwhile, stir together the cornstarch and water to create a slurry. Whisk the slurry into the honey sauce in the crock pot. This will slightly thicken it. Stir the chicken back into the honey sauce and toss to coat.
  • Serve chicken hot with rice or noodles, and sprinkle sesame seeds over the top. Enjoy!

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17 thoughts on “Crock Pot Honey Sesame Chicken

    1. Meg, yes you could definitely do this in the oven. Follow the recipe exactly but Bake at 375 degrees for 40 minutes or until no longer pink.

    1. Patricia, they are correct. Chicken doesn’t have to cook as long as beef does in a crock pot. But also keep in mind every crock pot heats differently. Some cook things faster than others.

  1. Thank you, planning to cook this tonight, you’ve def helped me learn to cook several dishes, 23yr old woman cooking like a chef lol.. thank you again

      1. I have prepared this 2 times for my family in the last few months. They live it! I don’t normally use thighs but I have for this recipe. It is so tender and yummy. Thanks

  2. Could you throw ingredients in a bag and freeze to make another day? Or do you think the flavors will be too altered from freezing?

  3. Could you add some veggies to the crockpot with the chicken, for a complete meal? What veggies would go nicely with this dish?

  4. LOVE This recipe! So happy I stumbled upon it, for it is now a regular meal at my place. It’s incredibly easy to make and delicious as well. My partner is a self proclaimed takeaway Chinese food connoisseur and even he thinks it beats the takeaways!

  5. Hi Holly, Just saw this recipe for crock pot Honey Sesame Chicken and it looks delicious. I was just wandering if you could serve this over some noodles (like egg noodles)? Thanks so much and keep the great recipes coming.

  6. I made the recipe tonight and it is delicious! I used chicken breasts rather than thighs because I do not like dark meat. I cut the recipe in half because there are only two of us but I plan to freeze the leftovers in individual freezer bags so I will have a quick dinner whenever I need it.

    I will serve it with white rice, asparagus and a salad.

    Thank you for a very easy delicious recipe!

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