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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How many hours would you suggest if I only use 4 bone in thighs on low heat?
I saw this recipe on facebook. However, it did not mention the ketchup. I need to make meals for an elderly couple who have a tomato allergy. Can this be made without the ketchup?
Kind of defeats the purpose of a slow cooker to be home to baste. Turned out just ok. Will only make again when home to baste.
If you want to cook it faster than the time, how long can you have it on high heat for?
Millie, you can cook on high heat for 3-4 hours.
I tried to read through all the comments but I am running out of time. 🙂 I just put in 8 frozen chicken breasts with the sauce (at 9AM). I thought I could add the carrots and potatoes in half way through? my husband hates mushy carrots….because I am using frozen chicken, should I do it on high for the first 4 hours? then after I add the veggies do it on high for another 4 hours?
So I used mostly regular soy sauce. Did I just ruin my chicken?
It’s really hard to say – it may be a little bit salty than desired!
This looks amazing. Everything sounds delicious in this recipe. I think I’ll brown it at the end as per your last instructions. Although it’s fully cooked through, the crispy skin adds a nice touch. Thanks for sharing.
Hi,
If we don’t have a pot cooker, is there anyway to do this in the oven?
Unfortunately, without further recipe testing, I cannot advise on how to adapt this recipe without a slow cooker. However, here is an article worth checking out on a possible conversion guide. Hope that helps!
This was fabulous!!! We were in heaven. I’ll be checking more of your recipes!
Thanks for sharing.
This looks delicious, so I’m trying this for the first time today. And I just checked Facebook and saw that the website TASTY is posting a video today of this recipe! I guess they like your style! Ha!
Making this today! The store was out of thighs completely so I am substituting skin on bone in leg quarters instead. They’re quite large so I only put 3 in and that covered the bottom of the 6qt crockpot. The I layered with potatoes and then carrots on top. And then pored the sauce over it all. Set my timer for every hour basting. Cooking in on low and will probably extend the time to make sure the quarters are cooked. Excited to try it! Thanks!
This was good although it did not look like the photo. The sauce made everything very dark…even the potatoes were brown….not appetizing. Did this happen to others?
Yes, it happened to me – everything was the same colour of brown, very unappealing.
Yes, same here. It was very hard for us to eat but couldn’t stomach throwing it out. Glad our two-nights worth of dinner is over.
Do the chicken thighs have to be defrosted?
Yes, it is best to defrost prior to using.
Oh my gosh this looks so good! Girl, I am over here drooling over this dish right now. I am all over this! 🙂 I can’t even stop starring.
I’m making this right now. I can’t wait to taste it!!! Thanks for sharing.
Do you know if this will be ok if I did low for 7 hours and then it stays on warm for almost 4 more hours? I’m gone for 12 hours for work. 🙁 This chicken was almost completely immersed when I put everything in this morning, so I’m not concerned about it going dry… More about it being mushy…
Unfortunately, without having tried this myself, I cannot answer with certainty. As always, please use your best judgment.
This was the first crockpot meal that I have EVER made. Why did I not start sooner?! This was DELICIOUS. The meat literally fell off the bone. I have a lot of GI issues right now, so I’m trying to eat things that are gentle and highly nutritious. This was SO satisfying and my body embraced it really well. Because I’ve been recommended to avoid soy, I used Coconut Aminos instead (really similar effect) and it was delicious! You can buy them at Whole Foods–you get to avoid soy and get the fantastic benefits of coconut. 🙂
Next time:
I’m going to put the green beans in an hour beforehand–they were a little too al dente for me.
I’ll either use less honey or brown rice syrup instead. The sauce was a great amount of sweet, but I think that the sweetness of the carrots could be more highlighted by using less honey.
This was FANTASTIC. And I got to give my fiancé lunch for the next day…did I mention I just ate leftovers for breakfast? YUM. Still two or more full meals of leftovers in the fridge. SUPER thankful for this find!
Karianne
Would cooking this recipe on high for the shorter amount of time rather than longer on low cause it to lose any of its tenderness or good flavor?
Sarah, you can choose to cook on low heat for 7-8 hours or high for 3-4 hours without altering the end results.
I’m glad others found a recipe that their family loves! I, however, was not so lucky. I followed the recipe as written (except I used quartered red potatoes in place of baby red potatoes) and all the veggies were hard and the chicken was overcooked (7.5 hrs on low). The green beans didn’t even soften a little so I took both those and the carrots out and did a quick steam in the microwave to make them edible. The potatoes were either rock hard or complete mush depending whether they were above or below the liquid line. Very disappointed. Glad it worked for others, but this isn’t for us. 🙁
I’m not sure where I went wrong but this totally didn’t work for me 🙁 it was edible but it ended up tasting and smelling like beef tamales. I was hoping for something more sweet and savory. Any thoughts?
I am not entirely sure why it would smell like beef tamales. Did you follow the recipe exactly as written without any substitutions?