Slow cooker honey garlic chicken recipe: your next favourite fakeaway meal

Name: Slow cooker honey garlic chicken recipe: your next favourite fakeaway meal
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 6 h
Total time: 6 h 10 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 800 g chicken thigh fillets; 2 cm piece fresh root ginger, peeled and grated; 5 garlic cloves, crushed; 100 mL runny honey; 75 mL dark soy sauce; 50 mL oyster sauce; 1 tbsp. Sriracha hot sauce; 2 tbsp. cornflour; 1 tbsp. sesame seeds, toasted (optional); 4 spring onions, sliced (optional)

This Asian-inspired chicken dish is better than any takeaway you might be craving. If you prefer things a little spicier, add an extra spoonful of Sriracha.

By The Good Housekeeping Cookery TeamUpdated: 20 May 2025

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Your next favourite fakeaway recipe is only a 10 min prep away with this stunning slow cooker honey garlic chicken. You let the slow cooker do all of the hard work while you go about your day. Once you're home you're rewarded with a superb honey and garlic Chinese style chicken dish! We make this all year round because it's so addictive.

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Yields:

4 serving(s)

Prep Time:

10 mins

Cook Time:

6 hrs

Total Time:

6 hrs 10 mins

Cal/Serv:

477

Ingredients

800 g
chicken thigh fillets
2
cm piece fresh root ginger, peeled and grated
5
garlic cloves, crushed
100 ml
runny honey
75 ml
dark soy sauce
50 ml
oyster sauce
1 Tbsp.
Sriracha hot sauce
2 Tbsp.
cornflour
1 Tbsp.
sesame seeds, toasted (optional)
4
spring onions, sliced (optional)

Directions

1. Step 1Put the chicken, ginger, garlic, honey, soy, oyster sauce and Sriracha into the bowl of the slow cooker and mix. Cover and cook on low for 6hr, until the chicken is cooked through and tender.
2. Step 2Remove chicken with a slotted spoon to a chopping board. Pour the cooking liquid into a medium pan. In a small bowl, mix the cornflour with 2tbsp of the cooking liquid to form a thick paste. Add the cornflour paste to the pan and simmer over medium-high heat for 2min until thickened, whisking continuously.
3. Step 3Chop the chicken into bite-size pieces, stir into the thickened sauce and cook just until heated through. Sprinkle over the sesame seeds and spring onions, if using, and serve with rice and broccoli if you like.

GH TIPS:

Serve with fluffy white rice, or a special egg fried rice for a Chinese-inspired fakeaway feast.

You could replace the chicken with thinly sliced steak or beef if you weren't keen on chicken.

Add ay vegetables you like towards the last 10-15mins of cooking such as broccoli, green beans or peas.

If you love a Chinese takeaway, you'll want to try our peanut chicken recipe, too!