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
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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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My slow cooker can only turn high or low. Please advise me which heat should I turn? Thks
Steph, you can use either setting. The time frame for each is listed in the recipe.
Looks so good. Can you add dry onion soup mix?
That sounds like an amazing addition but without trying this myself, it is hard to say what the end result will be. Please use your best judgment.
Looks delish! If making this in the oven, what would you suggest? I was thinking 400 degrees for 1 hr?
1 hour seems a bit too long – I would suggest 25-30 min and going from there.
Oh man. This is one the most satisfying, hearty, comfort-food-a-liscious things ever. I’ve tried a lot of crock pot recipes that end up being, like… “Well, I guess I see your point, but…” This one is heads and shoulders above. I’ll be making this again.
Do you think this recipe would work as a make ahead freezer meal?
Unfortunately, I cannot answer this with certainty as I have never tried freezing this myself. Please use your best judgment for freezing and reheating.
Do you think the flavors would go well with some boneless pork ribs instead of chicken? Thanks!
I have not tried this myself but it sounds like a great substitution!
I threw this in the crock this morning with pork country style ribs before I saw your reply 🙂 It was fantastic! I think I would prefer it with pork than chicken. I also stirred some cornstarch into the sauce prior to serving to thicken. Great recipe!
Pork sounds delicious with this sauce mixture!
Do the potatoes and carrots get mushy cooking it on low For eight hours? I always seem to mess that part up and usually add those in later, closer to the end of the cooking time. I want to make this for dinner tonight.
Nope, they shouldn’t get mushy, but as always, you should do what is most comfortable for you so if you usually add them later on, I would recommend doing so.
Made this tonight. Very tasty. Next time, I will par cook the potatoes and maybe the baby carrots for a minute or two in the microwave. I like them just a little more tender than they were after 8 hours at low setting. This might cut the cooking time to about 5 hours. I could also see substituting the chicken thighs with beef stew meat. Also, about 1 hour before the end time I mixed about 2 tblsp. of corn starch in 1/4 cup of cold water and added it to the pot. Thickened up the gravy just right. Hardest part was skinning the chicken thighs. Yuck!
If I don’t use green beans, what other green veggie do you recommend? I was thinking asparagus, but I figure it would turn to mush cooking that long. Broccoli?
Asparagus and/or broccoli can certainly be added but you may have to add them in closer to the end of cooking time.
Bell peppers or sweet potato
I made this earlier this month and it was fantastic!! My grocery store doesn’t have red potatoes so I just chopped up russet potatoes instead, and I ended up cooking it for quite a lot longer than the recipe here says (this could be a wattage issue since I’m using my Crockpot in Japan), but I followed everything else to the letter and it was delicious!! The leftovers held up really well in my fridge too and made for a few extra lovely meals. Thanks so much for the recipe; I’ll definitely make it again!
I had a question: I LOVE slow cookers. I love even more to freeze meals and throw them in the slow cooker once things get really busy around here! Do you think this would freeze easily if prepped, freeze, then defrost and place in crockpot?
Unfortunately, I cannot answer this with certainty as I have never tried freezing this myself. Please use your best judgment for freezing and reheating.
Sorry if I missed this somewhere, but do you know if this will freeze well? I have a 7 week old and you know how it goes…it’s always nice to have meals stock piled.
Unfortunately, I cannot answer this with certainty as I have never tried freezing this myself – there were no leftovers left to freeze! Please use your best judgment for freezing and reheating.
I use your site all the time and love everything I’ve tried so far! (So does my husband;)) Thanks for the great recipes.
Planning to make this for dinner tonight and am wondering about dropping in some corn on the cob in place of the green beans. should I wait until half way to put the corn in? Any suggestions?
Elizabeth, my apologies for the delay in response – I just found this question in my spam box.
Corn on the cob sounds like a great substitution. They can be cooked on low heat for 4-5 hours or on high 2-2 1/2 hours, or until done.
I finally tried this recipe last night and it’s one of my new favorites! My house smelled heavenly when I got home yesterday and it still smelled like that delicious sauce mixture this morning. This will become a staple crock pot meal in my house. Thanks, Chungah!!
I’ve got some chicken breasts and the rest of the ingredients readily available – will using boneless chicken breasts instead of bone-in thighs change anything about the cook time?
I actually have not tried this with chicken breasts myself so I can’t really say with certainty – it should be fine but as always, please use your best judgment to ensure that the chicken is completely cooked through.
I made this for dinner tonight. Had it on 5 hours on high as the morning got away from me and I only managed to get the slow cooker out at lunch time. The order in which I added the ingredients meant that basting wasn’t necessary as the chicken enjoyed a luxurious bath throughout the cooking process (layer of potatoes, chicken, sauce, rest of the potatoes, carrots, green beans). I doubled the potatoes and green beans, doubled the chilli flakes (we like it hot) and used skinless chicken thigh fillets, and the result was nothing short of amazing! Super easy recipe. Damn delicious. 🙂
Made this for dinner tonight cooked on high for 4 hours then low for 1 hour and it was fall off the bone delicious. I only basted once, when I turned it to low.
Hi There. Want to try this, but I am not a fan of Ketchup. I cant even look at it! Haha. Any recommended substitutes? Would tomatoe sauce do? Thank. Love your recipes. My kids love them too!!
Super late reply on this but hoping it might help others looking…you could use tomato paste (and maybe a pinch of sugar ) instead of ketchup and still get amazing results.
Wow! Delicious! D#%$ delicious to be exact! Thank you so much for sharing!❤️