Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken and Veggies
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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!
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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
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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Made this for my sister and her family. Delicious and everyone including kids loved it.
This was absolutely delicious!!! I’ve made it several times now. My kids are picky eaters and they ask almost every other week if I would make it again. I do not put the carrots or green beans in the pot because the kids like the beans cooked in a little bacon drippings. Neither do I put in the carrots. Again, they like them with a little brown sugar. I would DEFINITELY pass this on to my friends. Thank you for a wonderful easy meal that makes my family happy. My husband told me ” it’s so good, my tongue will slap my brain” lol
Sluggish stoves are excellent for summer in the south-less warmth in the cooking area than the oven. This looks actually delish and i recognize my household is mosting likely to love it. Thanks so much for the dish.
Thank you Jana!, one of the best chicken
I had in a long time.
I strayed a bit from your original recipe by
adding 1/4 cup of calamata olives and 1/4
cup of raisins.
All the best!
Gabriela
I made this last week for dinner. I put everything in the pot in the morning and turned it on low for 8 hours or more. I was so very good. Only thing I did wrong was not cut my potatoes and carrots up small enough. I double the sauce and reduced the soya sauce and it was so good. I am going to be making it again.
What are the calories in this per serving?
I made this while my parents were in town visiting, and they loved it so much. My dad kept going on about how it reminded him of his mother’s cooking, and it brought back the best food memories. She was an excellent cook, so that’s a big win! Mom asked me for the recipe as soon as they got back home. The only thing I did a little differently was taking a moment to brown the chicken thighs in a cast iron after they finished cooking because I felt like all of the good browning from the initial sautee had softened, and I prefer chicken skin to have a little crunch.
Any thoughts on a substitute for ketchup? My two year old literally just finished the ketchup with his Salmon yesterday (this is the only way I can get him to eat salmon lol). Anyways bc of Covid I can’t just run to the store with my little one and my infant. Could I use tomatoes sauce instead? .
I use bbq sauce, amazing!
Do you need to baste every hour on low? Also what is the calorie count per serving for this dish! Thank you! It looks great!
Hey! I had the same thought putting everything in like.. there’s NOT enough moisture in this. I used two lb chicken breasts instead and then added like double the potatoes, carrots, and green beans at the end. And then filled that sucker up with water til all ingredients were covered. The chicken ended up just falling apart. I recommend trying that! It does make it more of a stew, but the flavor is still *chefs kiss* and you can always make extra sauce for more flavor after it cooks. I think my only complaint is I don’t believe the carrots compliment the flavor of the dish well. I agree maybe some onion or some kind of pepper would do it some good. Otherwise, I really think you should try it again. 🙂
This was delicious! I cut the honey to 1/3 cup and it was plenty sweet. I also threw in an onion and mushrooms. It’s very adaptable. I’ll definitely keep this recipe in my regular rotation. Thank you!
Very tasty! Making for the second time today, at family’s request. I sub coconut aminos for the soy sauce, and add a little extra than recipe calls for. It is so good I eat the leftovers as a soup, I shred the chicken for it.
DAMN DELICIOUS! This was the jam, thanks for being awesome! I’m going to try it with beef next…
What do we do with the sauce?
It notes in step 2 to add the soy sauce mixture (aka the sauce) into the slow cooker after you place in the chicken ,potatoes and carrots
So good! If using chicken breast cook 4-5hrs and add fresh cut green beans during the last hour. My family loved it! Definitely will be on the rotation at our house!!
Is that 4-5hrs on low? I assume, but I’m very new to crockpot cooking and am not sure.
Hello 🙂 This might be a stupid question, but as I’m cooking for 1, I plan to halve all the ingredients. Should the cooking time remain the same?
Use sweet soy sauce it makes it 5x better
So good. The chicken was amazing and so tender.
The carrots and potatoes didn’t get tender enough for me after 4 hours on low. I took out chicken and simmered them a bit longer.
It’s four hours on high, that’s why.
This chicken is delicious. I used sweet potatoes (fresh), because I didn’t have the regular potatoes, and they were delicious! The sauce flavored them to deliciousness. This will be on my menus weekly. Thank you
I was wondering the same thing about the sweet potatoes! I have some and my son is allergic to white but can eat sweet, so I will use that tmrw! Also, some mushrooms and onions to go with it. Anything I read on here is always Damn Delicious!
Can you use chicken breasts for this recipe ??
Best recipe ever!! Damn Delicious, thank you!! Sauce was the best!!
Making this today! Does anyone know how many calories are in a single serving?