This slow cooker honey soy chicken is chicken thighs, slow cooked to tender, shreddable perfection in a sweet a sticky sauce. The sweet and salty easy dinner is mouth-watering and totally irresistible.
Spring onion greens (green onions/scallions), finely sliced
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Equipment
Slow cooker
Slotted spoon
baking tray
Instructions
Trim excess fat from the chicken thighs and double check the butcher hasn't left in any pieces of bone.
In the bowl of a slow cooker, combine the honey, soy sauce, oyster sauce, shaoxing rice wine, garlic and ginger. Whisk until fully mixed.
Add the chicken and onion, then mix everything to combine. Drop the butter on top, if using.
Cook, covered, on low for 3- 3 ½ hours or until it’s tender and starting to break apart when you stir.
Add the capsicum and sesame oil. Stir together the cornflour and water then pour into the slow cooker and stir well. Turn the slow cooker up to high and cook for another 40 minutes.
OPTIONAL: If you want the sauce even thicker, transfer just the sauce to a small saucepan and bring to a boil for 4-5 minutes until thickened to your taste then pour it all back into the slow cooker.
Shred the chicken and mix it back into the sauce. Scatter over sesame seeds and sliced spring onions.
Give it a taste. If you want a little more saltiness, add some soy sauce or sea salt a little at a time until it has the balance you like.
Serve over steamed rice with greens like beans, broccoli or bok choy
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Notes
Gluten-free option: To make this recipe gluten free, swap the soy sauce for tamari and check the label on the oyster sauce (many will contain soy but some, like kikkoman are gluten free).
Shaoxing rice wine: You can swap this a dry sherry, or even for rice vinegar.
Chicken: You can swap the boneless chicken thighs for bone-in chicken thighs. These add extra flavour.
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