Crockpot Sesame Chicken – Easy Slow Cooker Dinner Idea

Candy, savory, and barely spicy, this simple Crockpot Sesame Hen is a straightforward Asian-inspired dinner with completely balanced flavors.

Crockpot Sesame Hen

For those who love sesame chicken, I believe you’ll take pleasure in this simple, arms off sluggish cooker sesame rooster recipe. Making it within the slow cooker, the rooster seems extra like my Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken. For those who favor it extra like a stir-fry, I’d persist with the range high recipe. It’s made with boneless skinless rooster breasts or thighs, honey, soy sauce, sesame oil, rice wine vinegar and sriracha for that steadiness of candy, spicy, savory and acid. Serve it over a bowl of rice or together with your favourite brown fried rice recipe.

Why This Sluggish Cooker Sesame Hen Works

I’m not a fan of candy meals as a foremost dish until they’re balanced with savory and spicy flavors. On this recipe, the honey, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, and sriracha complement one another fantastically, making a harmonious steadiness with out being overly candy. After a number of trials, I lastly nailed the right sweet-savory ratio with out counting on an excessive amount of sugar (or honey on this case).

Nevertheless, some suggestions since I shared this in 2013 impressed me to make a couple of tweaks to make it higher. I decreased the tomato paste, added contemporary ginger for a contact of heat, and bumped up the sesame for further depth. I additionally examined this recipe with rooster thighs, which turned out to be my favourite—juicy, flavorful, and ideal for this dish. For those who favor rooster breasts, be happy to make use of these as a substitute!

What You’ll Want

Right here’s the components to make sesame rooster within the sluggish cooker. See precise measurements within the recipe card beneath:

• Hen thighs or breasts: Use your most popular reduce for juicy, flavorful outcomes.
• Black pepper: Provides a refined kick to boost the general taste.
• Soy sauce: Supplies a salty, umami base; tamari works nice for a gluten-free choice.
• Honey: Balances the saltiness with a contact of pure sweetness.
• Tomato paste: Provides depth and richness to the sauce.
• Rice wine vinegar: Brings acidity to brighten the flavors.
• Garlic: Infuses the dish with a daring, fragrant layer.
• Ginger: Provides heat.
• Sesame oil: For that sesame taste.
• Sriracha: For warmth to steadiness the sweetness.
• Cornstarch: Thickens the sauce to coat the rooster completely.
• Water: Helps dissolve the cornstarch.
• Sesame seeds: Provides a lightweight crunch and nutty taste.
• Scallions: Brightens the dish with a contemporary garnish.

How To Make Crockpot Sesame Hen

Right here’s the step-by-step instructions, see recipe card beneath for the printable recipe.

Place the rooster within the sluggish cooker and season with black pepper. In a medium bowl, mix soy sauce, honey, tomato paste, vinegar, garlic, ginger, sesame oil, 1 tablespoon water and sriracha. Pour over the rooster and prepare dinner on LOW 3 to 4 hours. If you’re not house and wish it to prepare dinner longer, it will likely be fantastic.

Take away rooster, leaving the sauce within the sluggish cooker. Shred rooster with two forks; put aside.

In a small bowl, dissolve cornstarch in remaining 1/4 cup water; add to the sluggish cooker and stir to mix. Cowl and prepare dinner on HIGH till barely thickened, about 15 to twenty minutes; return rooster to the sluggish cooker and blend properly.

Serve rooster and sauce over rice and high with sesame seeds and chopped scallions for garnish.

Serving Recommendations

• Rice – Serve this over sticky rice, jasmine rice or brown rice. For simple rice recipes do this Instant Pot Brown Rice. Cauliflower rice would make a fantastic low-carb choice.
• Greens – steamed or roasted broccoli, snow peas, asparagus or bok choy could be a fantastic facet.

Leftovers

For lunch the following day, I made some lettuce wraps with some leftover forbidden rice. This can preserve as much as 4 days within the fridge in an hermetic container.

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