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Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken Legs
Fall-off-the-bone chicken drumsticks slow cooked in a sticky sweet honey garlic sauce. A simple and satisfying crockpot dinner, perfect for busy days!
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Prep Time
15
minutes
mins
Cook Time
4
hours
hrs
30
minutes
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Total Time
4
hours
hrs
45
minutes
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Course
Soup
Cuisine
Mexican
Servings
6
people
Calories
497
kcal
Equipment
1 Slow Cooker
1 Mixing bowl
for sauce
Ingredients
Main ingredients
2.5
lbs
Chicken Drumsticks
Salt and pepper
to season
¼
cup
Water
½
cup
Honey
⅓
cup
Soy sauce
2
tablespoon
Ketchup
5
Garlic cloves
minced
3
tablespoon
Onion
finely chopped
Sesame seeds
optional, for garnish
Green onion
optional, chopped for garnish
3
tablespoon
Corn starch
for slurry
4
tablespoon
Water
for slurry
Instructions
Instructions
Spray the inside of the slow cooker and turn on to low setting.
Salt and pepper the chicken as desired.
Place water into the crockpot and then add the chicken making a layer on the bottom.
In a small bowl, whisk together the honey, soy sauce, ketchup, garlic and onion.
Pour the sauce mixture over the chicken, place the lid on and cook on low for 4.5 hours.
To thicken the sauce, remove chicken after 4.5 hours and make the slurry with corn starch and water.
Whisk the slurry into the liquid inside the crockpot and turn heat to high setting.
Place the chicken back into the slow cooker and cook uncovered for another 30 minutes.
Serve with rice and garnish with sesame seeds and chopped green onion if desired.
Notes
Serve over rice with your choice of vegetable side or salad. Top with sesame seeds and chopped green onion for garnish, optional yet recommended.