Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken and Veggies
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The easiest one pot recipe ever. Simply throw everything in and that’s it! No cooking, no sauteeing. SO EASY!
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Just because summer is quickly approaching in about two weeks does not mean that you need to put your crockpot in storage. Rain or shine, winter or summer, slow cookers are meant to be used 365 days of the year, and it comes in really handy when you move into a new home and you have no idea if the oven or gas range is working yet.
Seriously. We have been living in our new home for less than a week and I have yet to test out the stove. But my slow cooker never fails me, especially in this glorious one pot meal, packed with the most flavor-packed chicken thighs and three different kinds of veggies.
The recipe calls for bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs, which I highly recommend using if you decide to broil the chicken at the very end to help crisp up the skin. But this is a completely optional step so if you decide to skip this, it is best to use boneless, skinless chicken thighs (or boneless, skinless chicken breasts). You can’t go wrong either way!
Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken and Veggies
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
Equipment
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.
- OPTIONAL: 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.
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I love crockpot recipes that don’t require precooking or a lot of advance prep! I found the boneless thighs overcooked when checking after 6 1/2 hours on low, so will check much earlier next time. I thought the sauce was yummy, even though I discovered I only had about half the honey called for and ended up supplementing with (drum roll, please) pomegranate molasses.
First time I tried this recipe I wasn’t really a huge fan, so I tried it again but made some adjustments. Both times I used chicken breasts (had no issues with it coming out dry) as well, because I personally prefer them over thighs. For the sauce this time I just used soy sauce, honey, garlic, and ketchup (seasoned with salt and pepper too). Then I made a second batch of sauce with just soy sauce, garlic, and honey. Really loved how it came out with the extra sauce! Found it made a difference for me omitting some of the ingredients in the sauce, and adding more. Overall a pretty solid recipe, but certain ingredients I wasn’t a huge fan of.
In your ingrediens it says…8 chiken thighs, but in your video you only use 3….I wonder if 8 thighs is gonna fit in my slow cooker…
The video is a reduced version of the recipe, but the recipe is correct for 8 chicken thighs.
Disappointing recipe. The only adjustment I made was the chicken – I used breasts instead of thighs, as nobody in my house likes the darker meat. I didn’t expect it to affect the recipe in any way as I routinely use chicken breast in my crock pot and my meat is always so tender, moist and shreddable. I have NO clue what happened, but not only was my chicken tough and tasteless but my potatoes and carrots were still raw after four hours in the crock pot! It smelled great but lacked any kind of flavor. I pulled the chicken and fried just cooking the veggies for some extra time and, even after an extra hour and a half on high, they were still not completely cooked through but they did become edible. I ended up throwing out the dish. Disappointing, as I had planned for it to be packed up in my lunch for the next few days.
I couldn’t taste any honey and there was no garlic flavor at all. The soy sauce overtook the dish, which would’ve been fine as I do love soy sauce, but it just canceled out so many of the other yummy, promising other flavors.
Not sure what went wrong here. Glad to see it was great for others but I agree with some commenters that this just didn’t work.
After the 1st hr I went to baste it and there was nothing to baste it with there was no liquid I hope I did not waste my money with this
Hi! This looks really amazing~ once I get my new crockpot, it will be the first thing I try!
But hey, silly question. How come the recipe calls for 8 chicken thighs but photos and video only show 3? Are the ingredients in he list adjusted to 3 thighs or 8 thighs? thanks~
The video is a reduced version of the recipe, but the recipe is correct for 8 chicken thighs.
Can you recommend other vegetables that would play well with the green beans, carrots, and potatoes? I like to go veggie heavy whenever possible. Thanks!
Parsnips, red onions and sweet potatoes would also be great additions.
2nd time making it!!! Green beans don’t turn out that well in only 30 minutes but I learned the first time!!! I love this meal and so does my boyfriend, which is a huge plus!!!
This looks delicious! I wonder, could this recipe be adapted to work in a pressure cooker instead of a crockpot/slow cooker?
How is this one the next day? I might make this tonight to have it ready for tomorrow night dinner. Thoughts ?
This reheats very well!
Woah – OMG! The flavor is amazing! Love it! Thank you Chungah – I appreciate the healthy, flavorful meal!
-Diane
This is my first Damn Delicious recipe, and I must say it was truly damn delicious. The sauce sounded so odd, but wow, so very tasty. And, such and easy dish to make. I also never basted and, again, I feel the dish is amazingly good. Thanks for sharing such an easy and delicious recipe.
This came out very tasty, but none of the vegetables were done in the cooking time given (at High for 3-4 hours), especially the green beans. Had to leave it in the cooker for almost 6 hours and the green beans still weren’t done. Not sure what went wrong. Will try again.
Okay, this dish really is “damn delicious!” I made a few tweaks. First, I removed the skin from the thighs and trimmed the extra fat. I seasoned the thighs with salt and pepper and laid them on a bed of sliced onions in the slow cooker. For the sauce, I used regular sodium soy sauce, omitted the honey altogether, and substituted tomato sauce for the ketchup, as I try to cut down on added sugar. I feel the carrots add enough sweetness, and I did not need the extra sugar at all. I also seasoned my veggies with salt and pepper and added two cans of drained, cut green beans during the last 30 minutes. In my opinion, had I not added the extra seasoning, in stages, the dish would have tasted too bland for me. This made a pot FULL of food that will last the entire week. This recipe is (damn) delicious, easy, inexpensive, and makes plenty for a large group or to enjoy as leftovers.
I am really looking forward to making this recipe for dinner tonight, however I only have chicken drumsticks. Would it be possible to make this dish with drumsticks instead of thighs? How will this effect the cooking time? Thank you for posting this recipe!
Unfortunately, without further recipe testing, I cannot answer with certainty. As always, please use your best judgment.
Hi, recipe looks great, though I’m not a fan of ketchup in recipes or cooked. Is there an alternative I could use?
Unfortunately, without further recipe testing, I cannot answer with certainty. As always, please use your best judgment.
The sauce wasn’t very strong, but overall everything was good.
I doubled this recipe and used boneless strip chicken breasts instead. It is on the crock right now. I had to Vitamix blend all the sauce ingredients because my honey was extra thick. Consistency turned out well.
Just made this two nights ago and it was delicious. I forgot to add the green beans in, so I just opened a can of green beans, drain and rinsed them and added to the crock pot and it was still good. I thickened the sauce with chicken gravy mix. After eating, I turned the bowl up (I was by myself at the time) and drank the sauce. Veggies were delicious and chicken was nice and tender. This recipe is certainly a keeper in my house. No leftovers whatsoever. I was so impressed that I immediately joined your newsletter club. Keep ’em coming.
This is the best recipe I have ever made. It is so flavorful and delicious.