Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken and Veggies
Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken combines tender chicken thighs with potatoes, carrots, and green beans.Everything cooks in a sweet and savory honey garlic sauce.Finish the chicken under the broiler for deliciously crisp skin.
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:
- - 1/2 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
- - 1/2 cup honey
- - 1/4 cup ketchup
- - 2 cloves garlic minced
- - 1 teaspoon dried basil
- - 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- - 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- - 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the reduced-sodium soy sauce, honey, ketchup, minced garlic, dried basil, oregano, crushed red pepper flakes, and black pepper until well combined.
- Arrange the chicken thighs, halved baby red potatoes, and carrots in a 6-quart slow cooker.
- Pour the prepared honey garlic sauce evenly over the chicken and vegetables.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 7–8 hours or HIGH for 3–4 hours, until the chicken is thoroughly cooked and the vegetables are tender. Spoon some of the sauce over the chicken occasionally if convenient.
- Add the green beans during the final 30 minutes of cooking so they become tender without getting overly soft.
- For crispy skin, preheat the oven broiler. Carefully transfer the Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken thighs to a baking sheet, skin side up.
- Broil for about 3–4 minutes, watching closely, until the skin becomes browned and crisp.
- Serve the chicken with the potatoes, carrots, and green beans. Spoon some of the warm honey garlic sauce over the top and finish with chopped parsley.
Notes
For an easy chicken dinner with plenty of vegetables, serve each chicken thigh with a generous portion of potatoes, carrots, and green beans.
Baby gold potatoes can replace red potatoes, and broccoli florets can replace the green beans. If using broccoli, add it toward the end of cooking to prevent it from becoming too soft.
For a lighter plate, serve the chicken with fewer potatoes and additional green vegetables. For a heartier meal, steamed rice is excellent for soaking up the honey garlic sauce.
When preparing this meal as halal, use halal-certified chicken and verify that packaged condiments and sauces meet your dietary requirements.
Baby gold potatoes can replace red potatoes, and broccoli florets can replace the green beans. If using broccoli, add it toward the end of cooking to prevent it from becoming too soft.
For a lighter plate, serve the chicken with fewer potatoes and additional green vegetables. For a heartier meal, steamed rice is excellent for soaking up the honey garlic sauce.
When preparing this meal as halal, use halal-certified chicken and verify that packaged condiments and sauces meet your dietary requirements.