Slow Cooker Honey Chicken
Slow cooker honey chicken - super easy recipe to make and absolutely delicious! The chicken comes out tender every time.
Slow cooker honey chicken - super easy recipe to make and absolutely delicious! The chicken comes out tender every time.
- Carbohydrate 11.6985695340611 g
- Cholesterol 72.5747792 mg
- Fat 11.0546319699528 g
- Fiber 0.0509019235219559 g
- Protein 23.6957225266886 g
- Saturated Fat 3.09489521726408 g
- Serving Size 1 1 Serving (130g)
- Sodium 273.599042506494 mg
- Sugar 11.6476676105391 g
- Trans Fat 0.933891712718073 g
- Calories 243 calories
Step-by-step
- Place chicken breasts in a crock pot.
- Combine soy sauce, honey, olive oil, onion powder, garlic, salt and pepper in a medium bowl.
- Stir until combined.
- Pour sauce over chicken.
- Cook on low for 3-4 hours, or until the chicken easily falls apart.
- Serve chicken over cooked quinoa.
- Add extra sauce and top with green onions and sesame seeds if desired.
- Enjoy!
Using high heat for boneless poultry in a slow cooker inevitably yields dry, stringy meat because muscle fibers tighten aggressively above 160 degrees Fahrenheit, expelling their internal moisture faster than the surrounding liquid can compensate. Preventing this requires relying strictly on the low setting, which maintains a gentle thermal environment allowing collagen within the connective tissue to gradually denature into gelatin over three to four hours without seizing the surrounding muscle fibers. When properly cooked, the meat reaches a tender state where it easily pulls apart with two forks, absorbing the surrounding reduction of soy sauce, honey, and garlic. Selecting low-sodium tamari instead of standard soy sauce provides an identical savory umami punch while cutting the sodium content by roughly half, making it a seamless swap for anyone managing dietary restrictions without sacrificing depth of flavor. Maintaining a tight lid seal throughout the cooking cycle traps evaporating liquids inside the vessel, which continuously bastes the poultry and prevents the honey and aromatics from scorching against the ceramic walls.
