Slow Cooker Honey Sriracha Chicken

This has been a staple for years, and is my last carnivorous holdout after going vegan for the last 18 months or so. It’s just too good, though I have gone from using it as an every-week survival food (it is affordable enough for those impoverished, as I have been) to an every-few-months treat. At any rate, thank you ever so much for this amazing recipe. Try it in rice, on sandwiches, with various greens, on its own – you really can’t go wrong.

One thing I’d point out is that the chicken can and sometimes does overcook just slightly at the high end of time options (read: if you go the whole 5 hours on low), especially that part of it which is submerged in sauce, but this doesn’t really take away from anything and is more a visual nitpick. It all gets shredded anyway…! It can help to ensure that all chicken is wholly submerged in the dance, but this may require some fileting depending on the exact breasts you get.

Making this constantly for years of grad school (and of adjuncting thereafter), that has been my only issue. You can always count on this one – I certainly have.

Made this in the crockpot and halved the sriracha and it was SO GOOD! My husband had thirds and said it has to go in the dinner rotation. I served it with basmati rice and a steamed bag of “Asian stir fry” veggies. No regrets and will happily make again!

I reduced the amount of sriracha, as recommended for a less hot/spicy flavor, friends & family enjoyed it, will make again.

Loved the taste of the sauce but cooked it on low for the recommended 6-8 hours (ended up being 6.5) and it was very dry and edges were burnt. Will try again for less time and hopefully have a better experience.

Whenever I make this recipe, I’ve always over cooked the meat (usually 7 hours on low in a slow cooker). It’s been hard to shred. This time I watched it more carefully and it only needed about 4 hours on low for the chicken to shred easily! Keep that in mind. Otherwise, such a delicious recipe!! I use 1/4 cup sriracha and that’s perfect for me. Tried it on Hawaiian rolls inside of rice and it was really tasty!

This is soooo yummy!! We made it twice in one week. Once in a bowl with broccoli and cilantro rice and then again for tacos! Perfect spicy/sweet flavors! So simple and easy!! Definitely one of our new go tos!!

Hey listen, I gotta tell you ladies somethin’. I don’t know what the hell I’m subscribed to that made you fine folks or this incredible recipe pop up, but I can’t tell you how happy I am that it has. I made this today on a “half work day” off, after a long run. My wife is from Mexico and likes various spicy chicken dishes (think a spicy tinga, or a spicy cochinita pibil, etc), but Thai dishes and Sriracha as a condiment, have become a big deal when ordering out. So after seeing this two days ago, I was like, “I’m gonna do it, seems like a healthier ‘win-win’.” I mean….I cook, I grill, but rarely do I “crock pot” anything,

So combine all that, with the fact I’m a Western NY transplant in Dallas, Texas, and I gotta live with all things brisket, pulled pork, and barbacoa, all around me….while trying to keep my girlish figure. It ain’t easy, I assure you. But muchachas…this is it. You’ve done it. I followed this recipe to the letter today, and packed it all away at 4 bells in the afternoon…fully expecting it to be done at 1 in the morning. Well…by 11 pm, I had to give it a go. Couldn’t wait. The first sample? Divine. But that wasn’t gonna cut it. I needed a wrap, a pita, a naan, a somethin’. So I put it in a low carb tortilla (see “girlish figure” referenced above, here) that I wished was a bolillo or just a nice French loaf. But good Christ…it was everything I needed. I mean, just awesome.

Here’s the bottom line: I’m in good shape, but I got portion control issues when I eat. I’ll work on that, but this is gonna help immensely. Trust me, this is a “no doubter”, and it will be a “once a weeker”. But moreover? My wife digs it…loved it, actually. It’s like a healthy pulled pork, which last I checked, rarely exists.

Ladies, once again….kudos. Can’t give you enough credit here. Dish like this when you’re either working out, running, wanting to stay status quo, whatever? Forget about it. It’s wonderful. And I absolutely love the big three, as they are so hard to find in food combination: Healthy, easy, delicious.

Have a good week, and know you helped some folks out by spreading this dish. See ya.