Gluten Free Slow Cooker Sweet Sesame Chicken Recipes

SWEET SLOW COOKER SESAME CHICKEN RECIPE

Steps:

• Start by seasoning chicken lightly with salt and pepper and place into crock pot.
• In a bowl, combine honey, soy sauce, onion, ketchup, oil, garlic and pepper flakes.
• Pour over chicken.
• Cook on LOW for 4 hours or on HIGH 2 hours,
• or just until chicken is cooked through.
• Remove chicken from crock pot with a slotted spoon, leaving sauce behind.
• Dissolve 2 teaspoons of cornstarch in 3 tablespoons of water and pour into crock pot.
• Stir to combine with sauce. Replace lid and cook sauce on HIGH for ten more minutes until the sauce has thickened.
• Shred chicken with two forks and then return to pot and toss with sauce before serving.
• Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve over rice, quinoa, noodles or MY favorite, spinach!

CROCKPOT SESAME CHICKEN RECIPE

Steps:

• Grease your crockpot with cooking spray.
• Whisk together sauce ingredients: broth, rice vinegar, soy sauce, honey, ketchup, garlic, red pepper flakes, ginger, and pepper.
• Pour half the sauce into crockpot.
• Place chicken into crockpot.
• Pour the rest of the sauce over the chicken.
• Place the lid on and cook on LOW for 4 hours or HIGH for 2 hours.
• Remove chicken from crockpot and set aside.
• Whisk the cornstarch into the sauce until well combined.
• Place chicken back into crockpot and cover.
• Cook for an additional 30 mins on HIGH (if you cooked on HIGH before) or 1 hour on HIGH (if you cooked on low before).
• Remove chicken, cut into chunks, then stir back into sauce.
• Serve with your choice of rice and additional toppings and enjoy!

GLUTEN-FREE SLOW-COOKER SWEET SESAME CHICKEN

Steps:

• Spray 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Place chicken in slow cooker. In medium microwavable bowl, mix onion, sesame oil, garlic chili sauce, tomato paste and gingerroot. Microwave uncovered on High 4 to 5 minutes; stirring occasionally, until onions are softened. Stir in honey and soy sauce.
• Pour sauce over chicken in slow cooker. Cover; cook on Low heat setting 4 to 6 hours or until chicken is tender and cooked through. Dissolve cornstarch in 2 tablespoons water. Remove chicken to cutting board. Stir cornstarch mixture into sauce in slow cooker. Increase heat setting to High; cover. Cook 5 to 10 minutes or until slightly thickened.
• Shred or cut chicken into bite-size pieces. When sauce is slightly thickened, return chicken to slow cooker, and stir into sauce. Serve over rice. Sprinkle with green onions and sesame seed.

SESAME CHICKEN FOR SLOW COOKER

Steps:

• Spread chicken into the crock of a slow cooker.
• Stir honey, soy sauce, ketchup, minced onion, vegetable oil, and garlic powder together in a bowl; pour over the chicken.
• Cook on Low until the chicken is tender, 3 to 4 hours.
• Remove chicken from the sauce in the slow cooker to a cutting board. Stir water and cornstarch together to dissolve cornstarch completely; pour into the sauce in the slow cooker until smooth.
• Cook on High until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes.
• Cut chicken into bite-size pieces and stir into the sauce. Sprinkle sesame seeds over the chicken and sauce mixture.

SLOW-COOKER SESAME CHICKEN WITH CASHEWS

Steps:

• Spray 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In medium bowl, mix 1/4 cup chicken broth, the honey, 2 tablespoons of the soy sauce, the rice vinegar, sesame oil, gingerroot, garlic and red pepper. Add chicken and mix to coat; transfer to slow cooker.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 2 to 2 1/2 hours or until chicken is no longer pink. In small bowl, mix cornstarch and remaining 2 tablespoons chicken broth; stir into slow cooker. Cover; cook on High heat setting 15 to 20 minutes or until bubbly around edges and starting to thicken.
• Add remaining 2 tablespoons soy sauce and the broccoli to slow cooker, mixing to coat broccoli with sauce mixture; cover and continue cooking 10 to 15 minutes or until broccoli is crisp-tender. Stir in cashews. Before serving, sprinkle with sesame seed, and garnish with sliced green onions. Serve with cooked white rice.