Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken and Veggies
by Chungah
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One pot meal! With juicy, tender chicken, potatoes, carrots and green beans all in one. The best kind of set and forget dinner for the family!
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I made this yesterday. I used chicken breasts instead of thighs. I made half the order and cut all ingredients in half. Cooked on high for about 4 hours. It was wonderful! Very easy to make. Flavor and seasoning was just perfect. Highly recommended for a low maintenance healthy meal.
Why you’ll love this slow cooker honey garlic chicken and veggies recipe
- Slow cooker recipe that saves the day. This is an easy no-fuss recipe with everything you need in one – the best kind of dump-and-go, set-and-forget dinner. Prep everything in the morning and go about your day without turning on the stove all day (even better for those hot summer days!).
- One pot meal. We’re talking the most flavor-packed chicken with three different types of veggies here (potatoes, carrots and green beans). We have a main dish and sides all in one!
- Flexible, forgiving recipe. This recipe can easily be adapted to what you have on hand (and personal preference). Swap out the bone-in, skin-on chicken for boneless, skinless chicken, or use sweet potatoes in place of the red potatoes or broccoli in place of the green beans.
How to make slow cooker honey garlic chicken and veggies
- Prep the sauce. Mix the sauce ingredients together – reduced sodium soy sauce, honey, ketchup, garlic, basil, oregano, red pepper flakes and black pepper. Add more red pepper flakes for an additional kick of heat!
- Dump and go. Throw everything into a slow cooker along with your sauce. Set and forget your slow cooker for 7-8 hours, adding in the green beans during the last 30 minutes of cook time. For a thicker sauce, add an optional cornstarch slurry (1 tablespoon cornstarch mixed with 1 tablespoon cooking liquid) with the green beans.
- Broil. Remove the chicken onto a sheet pan, skin side up, broiling for 3-4 minutes for that crispy, caramelized skin.
- Serve. Serve warm with potatoes, carrots and green beans, spooning some of the sauce over your favorite grains.
Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken and Veggies: Frequently Asked Questions
What cut of chicken should I use here?
Bone-in, skin-on chicken is best – it will be juicer and have extra flavor than boneless and skinless.
Can I use boneless, skinless chicken thighs or breasts?
Yes! Skip the searing and reduce the cook time by about 2.5-3 hours for thighs and 3-3.5 hours for breasts, reaching an internal temperature of 165°F.
What can I serve this with?
With chicken and veggies all in one, serve over rice (or your favorite grains) to sop up all the sauce along with a light salad for a complete meal.
How can I make a thicker sauce?
Add a cornstarch slurry (1 tablespoon cornstarch mixed with 1 tablespoon cooking liquid) with the green beans. This will help thicken the sauce as the green beans cook through.
How can I store leftovers?
Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for 2-3 days.
Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken and Veggies
One pot meal! With juicy, tender chicken, potatoes, carrots and green beans all in one. The best kind of set and forget dinner for the family!
Video
Ingredients
- 8 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
- 16 ounces baby red potatoes, halved
- 16 ounces baby carrots
- 16 ounces green beans, trimmed
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
For the sauce
- ½ cup reduced sodium soy sauce
- ½ cup honey
- ¼ cup ketchup
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine soy sauce, honey, ketchup, garlic, basil, oregano, red pepper flakes and pepper.
- Place chicken thighs, potatoes, carrots and soy sauce mixture into a 6-qt slow cooker. Cover and cook on low heat for 7-8 hours or high for 3-4 hours, basting every hour. Add green beans during the last 30 minutes of cooking time.
- Preheat oven to broil. Place chicken thighs onto a baking sheet, skin side up, and broil until crisp, about 3-4 minutes.
- Serve chicken immediately with potatoes, carrots and green beans, garnished with parsley, if desired.
Equipment
Notes
- Use the right size crockpot. A 6-qt slow cooker is ideal for this recipe. If the slow cooker is too small, the chicken may not cook evenly. If the slow cooker is too large, the liquid may cook down too quickly, causing the chicken and veggies to burn.
- Bone-in chicken will have more flavor. While boneless, skinless chicken thighs or breasts can be used, bone-in will be juicier and have extra flavor.
- Use reduced sodium soy sauce. Reduced sodium has less sodium and less salt without compromising flavor.
- Add an optional cornstarch slurry. For a thicker sauce, stir in a cornstarch slurry (1 tablespoon cornstarch + 1 tablespoon cooking liquid) with the green beans.
- Helpful swaps. Swap out the baby red potatoes for sweet potatoes, or broccoli for the green beans.
- Make it crispy. Broil the chicken, skin side up, for a few minutes on the top rack, about 6 inches from the broiler, for that caramelized glaze on the skin. Watch closely though as the skin can burn very quickly!
- Serve with your favorite grains. White rice, brown rice, cauliflower rice, quinoa or farro are all great options to sop up the sauce.
- Reheat in the oven. Leftover chicken can be rubbery when reheated. For best results with leftovers, reheat in the oven at 350°F, covered in aluminum foil until warmed through.
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This recipe is ridiculously good- The chicken was so tender it just fell off the bone and the veggies were soft and juicy. The sauce was so yummy I let one of my clients try it and now she wants the recipe. I will definitely be making this again soon and sharing.
Thanks!
Looks delicious, but not healthy!!!
Hi!
I hope you reply quickly. I was thinking of making the honey garlic vegetable and chicken for this weekend, (to serve over Saturday and Sunday) but if it cooks during the night, I can’t get up every hour to baste it. I have company coming, older men, and I’m disabled. If you can a suggestion for this recipe, or maybe another one where it’s pretty soft foods and not spicy, please let me know. I’m disparate. Thank you!
Yes, of course! Happy to help!
There are many other slow cooker recipes you can try instead that does not require hourly basting.
You can check them out here: https://damndelicious.net/category/slow-cooker/.
Here are some of my favorites:
https://damndelicious.net/2016/10/07/slow-cooker-beef-stew/
https://damndelicious.net/2017/12/16/slow-cooker-loaded-potato-soup/
https://damndelicious.net/2017/11/28/slow-cooker-tomato-basil-soup/
https://damndelicious.net/2016/12/09/slow-cooker-chicken-wild-rice-soup/
Is there a reason the video only has 3 pieces of chicken in it when the recipe calls for 8?
The video is a reduced version of the recipe, but the recipe is correct for 8 chicken thighs.
Ok so it wasn’t as bad as many of the other users made it out to be, but it’s definitely not something that I’m going to be eager to make again. I did make some changes to it though. I did about 6 cloves of garlic and 2 tsp of red pepper flakes, so it had a bit more heat but wasn’t what I would call hot. Definitely have to agree that it is one of the least appetizing looking dishes I’ve ever made. Everything just kinda turns into a brownish color.
Also I have NO idea how they came up with the portions for this. There is no way 8 chicken thighs and 16oz of carrots, potatoes and green beans will fit in a 6qt slow cooker and will be covered by that amount of sauce. I used 3 good sized chicken breasts and left out the green beans entirely and it was still a pretty cramped crock pot.
2.5 out of 5 stars.
Joe, if you are using chicken breasts (not chicken thighs), please note that they are substantially larger so, of course, not everything will fit.
Chungah, I actually got this recipe out of your book. I was also planning to use breasts but I have a larger slow cooker. How would you adjust the cooking for boneless/skinless breasts (2 lbs)?
Also, will you be coming out with another book any time soon?
Unfortunately, without further recipe testing, I cannot answer with certainty. As always, please use your best judgment when making substitutions and modifications. And yes, I am hoping to have another book out very, very soon! 🙂
One more thing…by the comments that I have read people either love this recipe or hate it. If you were to make it today would you modify any of the ingredients? I was thinking of skipping the oregano and using fresh basil. I also have some fresh sage, fresh thyme and fresh oregano on hand. Any suggestions?
I actually love the recipe as is but you can certainly use all the fresh herbs you have on hand! 🙂
Looks delicious and going to make this tomorrow… Do you need any extra liquid to ensure the chicken isn’t dry OR is the sauce enough?
The sauce/seasonings should be enough. 🙂
How can I make this recipe in an instant pot please?
What a great idea! But unfortunately, without further recipe testing, I cannot answer with certainty. As always, please use your best judgment when making substitutions and modifications.
Made this with raw honey & without the parsley (because I didn’t have any) and it was very good. The sauce has a sweet tang to it & it’s even better warmed up later. The raw honey may be better to use instead of store bought filtered/pasteurized honey since that just isn’t ‘real’ honey. Also added the green beans at the beginning so they cooked well & didn’t end up still crispy. Will definitely make this again.
Is there any chance I can make this with skinless chicken breasts? Say, two or three large ones cut in half?
Yes, absolutely!
I made this in the oven and it turned out great! Family really loved it. I did make some changes:
No green beans(ran out of room in the dish), No parsley,basil, oregano or red pepper flakes. Added:
1/4 c rice vinegar, granulated garlic, and 4 minced garlic cloves. Wanted to add mushrooms and onion quarters, but again no room. I usually buy the chicken thighs boneless & skinless at Costco. This time I bought them at Winco with bone-in and skins on. the ones from Winco were much bigger than the Costco ones, and that why I ran out of room.
Can I make ahead and freeze? I thought this might be an easy meal to take to my daughters.
Freezing sounds like an amazing idea but unfortunately, I cannot answer this with certainty as I have never tried freezing this myself. Please use your best judgment for freezing and reheating.
Chungah, you never lose your cool! I have been reading the comments on this recipe (Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken). I am definitely going to make this soon. The reason that this is not a comment on the recipe as much as it is possible solution for all of the negative comments. I have been using Rival Crock Pots forever. Then one day while browsing Amazon, I came upon a Cuisinart slow cooker. It was calling me to order it so, yup, I did. I used it twice and went back to my Rival. The jist of this long comment is that not all slow cookers are alike. I think this could be the reason for so many negative comments because we have never ever been disappointed with your recipes! Please keep them coming!
Thus is great ! Question if my Green beans are frozen to I have to steam them or can I just put the frozen string beans in the slow cooker?
I’m making this for the second time…..it is AMAZINGLY delicious and super easy to make!! Thanks for a great recipe!!!!
Thank you!
This recipe is delicious, idk what everyone who’s bashed it is talking about. This will def be a new staple in my home, we all loved it! Literally the only thing different I did was added a little extra pepper flakes, and added a splash of chicken broth (just because I had a little extra I needed to use from the fridge). Soooo good!
(Ps: nothing about this smelled funky like some others were stating, I literally don’t know why they were bashing on this recipe)
This was super delicious. Made it last week, making it again tonight!!
That’s great!
Does the chicken skin really turn brown like that without frying it first?
The chicken is broiled in step 3:
3. OPTIONAL: Preheat oven to broil. Place chicken thighs onto a baking sheet, skin side up, and broil until crisp, about 3-4 minutes.
Hi!
I was hoping you might be able to give me some tips on using canned veggies for this recipe.
My family doesn’t have a lot of money and we don’t live very close to a grocery store. Gardening is also out of the question, and we don’t have a whole lot of freezer space, so we have to buy a lot of canned stuff.
It’s hard to find recipes for canned veggies, so any tips would be really helpful!
Thank you!
Thank you for this recipe. I love easy recipes especially when they taste as delicious as this one! I live in Arizona and it is so HOT right now that I try to use a slow cooker or make salads.
OMG I can’t believe all of the negative comments!! People are so RUDE. If you don’t think you are going to like something then use your common sense and substitute the ingredients for something else. Don’t leave passive aggressive comments on someone’s blog.
I tried this recipe last night and was nervous, because of all the negative comments. It turned out AMAZING and I have no regrets. This recipe was so good I will be using it again and again. Next time I will put a little less honey in it, but that is pretty much it. I did substitute the basil and oregano for ginger and sesame oil, just because I wanted to use it up. I also put a 1/2 cup of white wine on top, because I wanted to try it out. This was amazing! I cooked the chicken on low for 8 hours and it was perfect- fall off the bone tender. I also put the chicken under the broiler for a couple of minutes until it was nice and crisp. I can’t wait to have the leftovers again tomorrow. I was nervous about the green beans not being cooked enough, but they were perfect. Thank you so much for the great recipe Chungah! I have tried other recipes of yours and have never been let down. Keep up the great work! Say hi to Butters <3 :).
You are so sweet, Lindsey! Butters says “hi” (in spirit!) as he’s currently snoring away in the toilet. Hah!