Crockpot Sesame Chicken
Published 8/4/2021 • Updated 9/6/2022
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Throw all of the ingredients for this Healthy Crockpot Sesame Chicken recipe into your slow cooker and have dinner ready in no time.
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Crockpot Sesame Chicken FTW!
Want to know the best part about owning a crockpot AKA slow cooker? They are seasonal year-round! You heard me, I keep mine out all year because I love it so much! By the way, this slow cooker is very similar to the one I have and currently sells for under $50 on Amazon!
This delicious Crockpot Sesame Chicken Recipe dates back to 2013 and we decided to reinvent it by tweaking the recipe and retaking the photos! It’s still as good as the first time we made it, but much more beautiful.
The bowl helps because guess what? I made it in pottery 🙂 I say WE because Linley was actually with me when I made this recipe AND I believe the old photos are the first time her hands made an appearance in a FFF photo. #TBT Gah, I’m going to get all emotional. Okay, so here’s what you need to make this crockpot sesame chicken recipe.
Here’s What You Need
- chicken breast
- honey
- soy sauce (or tamari)
- organic ketchup
- minced garlic
- sriracha
- onion
- sesame seeds
Serving Suggestions
We plated our crockpot sesame chicken with some white sticky rice and steamed broccoli, but you’re more than welcome to use quinoa or brown rice and serve with any vegetable you want! Here are more ideas:
- grains: quinoa, brown rice, fried rice, or cauliflower rice
- veggies: peppers, onions, mushrooms, or cauliflower
Check it out!
Healthy Chicken Crockpot Recipes
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Crockpot Sesame Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breast
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup soy sauce, or tamari
- 1/4 cup organic ketchup
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon sriracha
- 1/2 medium onion, minced
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
Instructions
- First, mix honey, soy sauce, ketchup, minced garlic, and sriracha together.
- Then, place chicken and onion into a large crockpot and pour on sauce.
- Turn crockpot to high and let cook for 1.5-2 hours. Or, alternatively, cook on low for 6-8.
- At 1.5 hours, check the chicken breasts to see if they are fully cooked (not pink in the middle). Once they are cooked, take chicken breast out and shred them using two forks.
- Before placing shredded chicken back into crockpot, add 1 tablespoons of cornstarch to the sauce and whisk until it dissolves. Place shredded chicken back into the pot, add sesame seeds, mix with sauce, and let cook for an additional 30 minutes on high.
- Serve with white sticky rice, steamed broccoli, and more sesame seeds.
Tips & Notes
- Nutrition does not include rice or brocolli.
- This recipe was updated in August 2018.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Is there away to make the Sesame Chicken recipe without the cornstarch?
Stir the cornstarch into cold water and it won’t clump up and will dissolve easier.
That is a really good tip 😀 😀 Will have to remember this for next time!
OMG I have so many and I love shredded chicken for sure.
Most recently I made this butter chicken…
http://luvwhatyoudo.net/2013/12/17/12-days-of-recipes-day-3-butter-chicken-and-indoor-winter-workout/
And i also have a PB chicken recipe that I LOVE!
That looks DELICIOUS!! Thanks for sharing Jennifer!
This was SO good! Absolutely delicious. The only trouble I had was with the cornstarch. I could not get it to thicken up. Has anyone else had this problem? Even without the sauce thickening the flavor is so good but I bet it’s even better when the sauce clings to the chicken!
I’m definitely trying this now! I’ve been a little skeptical to try it in the crock, but this is what my husband always orders when we get Chinese! So excited to have a healthy version 🙂
You may want to edit the second mention of the term crock-pot. I just wanted to let you know so you could change it! : )
OMG. Fixing now.
I need a crock pot!!!!
I LOVE my crockpot. When Football rolls around and the summer is over its crockpot Sunday time in my household. Yesterday I made this recipe -> http://www.preventionrd.com/2012/01/money-matters-slow-cooker-buffalo-chicken-chowder/ and it was so good! Perfect way to celebrate the start of football!
YUM. I need chowder in my life.
Easiest way to shred? Put it in your Kitchen Aid mixer with the beater-blade for like 30 seconds! No fork needed! 😀
OMG PURE GENIUS EM!
YUM!! I’m not quite ready for crockpot and pumpkin things yet…but this looks amazing!