Honey Sesame Chicken

Lately my afternoons receive got been starting out amongst me camped out on the flooring exterior Boy #2's room waiting for him to autumn asleep for his nap. Otherwise he constantly gets out of bed in addition to I'm constantly coming upstairs to lay him dorsum inwards bed. I intend he's heading towards dropping his nap, but then far he notwithstanding takes 1 close days, thankfully. Some days I sit down hither for a really long time. Other days he falls asleep pretty quickly. Normally I receive got my telephone amongst me in addition to produce something similar choose handgrip of upward on Scrabble or Words With Friends or Draw Something, but today I brought my laptop upward in addition to decided to produce a weblog post. I merely uploaded our Easter pictures in addition to that included some dinner pics from recently. It was a tough selection which 1 to produce because we've had some tasty things, but I figured I'd commencement amongst this one. I tend to survive somewhat against cooking chicken inwards the crockpot because it ALWAYS seems to plow out dry. Dry chicken is non delicious, in addition to personally I similar to swallow delicious food. This 1 sounded tasty in addition to since at that spot was a sauce amongst it, I idea that mayhap it would survive okay...because sometimes dry out chicken tin dismiss at to the lowest degree survive masked amongst plenty sauce.

Honey Sesame Chicken
Source: Adapted from Table For Two blog via Pinterest

1 to 1.5 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Salt in addition to pepper
3/4 loving cup of honey
1/2 loving cup of depression sodium soy sauce
1/2 loving cup ketchup
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp. ruddy pepper flakes
Cornstarch
Sesame seeds

Place the chicken breasts inwards the crockpot insert in addition to sprinkle tabular array salt in addition to pepper on both sides.
In a medium sized bowl, combine honey, soy sauce, ketchup, oil, garlic powder, onion powder, in addition to ruddy pepper flakes. Stir to combine well. Pour over the chicken inwards the crockpot.

Cook on depression for 3-4 hours or high for 1 1/2-2 1/2 hours.

When done, take away chicken in addition to cutting into chunks. Prior to putting the chicken dorsum inwards the stockpot, combine some cornstarch inwards H2O in addition to whisk it into the crockpot to thicken upward the sauce a bit. Throw the chicken dorsum inwards in addition to stir some to recoat the chicken inwards the sauce.
Serve hot over a bed of white rice or quinoa (optional) in addition to sprinkle some sesame seeds on top.

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The master recipe called for chicken thighs, but I alone had chicken breasts. And the master recipe had to a greater extent than beloved in addition to less ketchup in addition to existent garlic in addition to existent onion, but I didn't receive got plenty honey, I accidentally used besides much ketchup, in addition to I was besides lazy to chop upward garlic in addition to onion. Hey, at to the lowest degree I'm honest. Also, since I'm existence honest, I forgot to larn this started when I had planned, then I had to throw my chicken into the crockpot frozen in addition to tell a prayer in addition to cross my fingers it was done inwards fourth dimension for dinner. Thankfully it was. And you lot know what? It wasn't dried out!!! Perhaps using frozen chicken in addition to checking the chicken when you lot intend it mightiness non survive cooked yet are the keys? Maybe I've merely been leaving it inwards the crockpot for besides long all these years. I don't know. But, I produce know that this was DELICIOUS in addition to my whole household unit of measurement actually liked it. I opted to serve it amongst quinoa instead of rice because I alone had chocolate-brown rice in addition to non plenty fourth dimension for it to cook, summation I love the nutritional content of quinoa over rice.

This is definitely something we'll receive got again, particularly since close of the ingredients are things I e'er receive got on hand.