Description
Slow cooker honey garlic chicken legs are a perfect dish to serve up on a busy weeknight. Minimal prep work required and the honey garlic sauce is finger-licking good.
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 to 8 chicken legs
- 2 tsp garlic, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup honey
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp onion, minced fine
- 1 cup chicken broth
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 1/3 cup water
- green onion and sesame seeds for garnish
Instructions
- Season: With the minced onions and pepper season the chicken.
- Base: Pour the chicken broth into the slow cooker and place seasoned chicken on top.
- Sauce: In a bowl add your honey, garlic, soy sauce, and mix well. Pour this mixture over your chicken.
- Cook: Set to low for 5-6 hours or until the chicken is cooked.
- Thicken: Remove chicken from slow cooker. Mix the cornstarch and water together and stir into the sauce in slow cooker.
- Finish: Place chicken back into the slow cooker and turn to high for 20 minutes to thicken the sauce.
- Serve: Serve on a bed of rice if you would like and garnish.
Notes
Serve with a side of rice, crisp green salad, or steamed vegetables.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 hours 20 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 510 kcal
- Sugar: 32 g
- Sodium: 840 mg
- Fat: 22 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 16 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 38 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 36 g
- Cholesterol: 145 mg
Keywords: slow cooker, honey garlic chicken, chicken legs, easy dinner