This is a MUST TRY recipe. I only share recipes that we love on the blog and I would never recommend a recipe that we didn't think was amazing, this recipe is in a bit of a league of it's own. It's right up there with Lee's favorite Beef Bourguignon, and my favorite key lime pie.
But what makes this recipe extra amazing is that it is so fast and so easy, seriously 5 minutes of prep! We like to serve ours over rice, but it would be equally good over noodles, (maybe even better), and for a vegetable I just chopped up some red peppers on the side.
Asian Garlic Chicken
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
5 cloves minced fresh garlic
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1/2 cup gingerale (you can substitute sprite, 7 up)
1/2 tsp - 1 tsp red pepper flakes (*optional, adjust to personal tolerance for spice)
2 tbsp water
1 tbsp cornstarch
1) Combine vinegar, garlic, sugar, soy, pepper flakes and gingerale in crock pot. Mix until sugar has dissolved (this doesn't take more than 1 minute).
2) Now, place chicken into crock pot with liquid.
3) Turn crock pot to high and cook for 4 hours! (You can also turn the crock pot to low and cook for 8 hours),
4) When the chicken in ready (after 4 hours on high) pull the chicken out and cut into chunks. Take the liquid from the crock pot and pour it into a small sauce pot on the stove. Bring liquid to a boil. Mix water and cornstarch together and pour into liquid. Heat until the sauce is thickened (feel free to add more cornstarch and water if you would like your sauce thicker).
5) Eat!
6) Come back and let us know if you loved it as much as we do!!!
Sounds yummy! I love my slow cooker - our boys are 10 & 8 and play year round baseball. Without the slow cooker we'd hardly ever be able to eat at home! :-)
ReplyDeleteThis sounds so good, can't wait to give it a try.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds amazing! I love Asian food but can't eat it out because I'm allergic to soy. I can totally make this with homemade soy free soy sauce.
ReplyDeletewe'll definitely have to try! our guy is playing football this year and its been a hard adjustment. with practice from 6-8 we've been eating tons of take out or hot pockets. one can only eat so much of either one of those before being totally over them! thanks!
ReplyDeletealso was ur chicken breast frozen or thawed?
DeleteYum! I will have to print this for Katie to take to school. I have a feeling they will be using their crockpot a lot!!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds fantastic! I'm going to try it tomorrow. Can I double the recipe? And would I cook it the same amount of time?
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Elizabeth
Sounds so good. I will definitely be trying this. Nothing beats cooking in a crock pot.
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Have this in the crock pot right now and it smells awesome! Looking forward to more of these recipes. It's hard to find a crock pot meal that my husband likes with good flavors. Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great recipe. I love my slow cooker and even cook roast meats in there and they are so tender the meat just tears part. If I wash soft veggies I cook them in ther or you can just put some veggies in the oven. I also cook spag bolognese in the slow cooker which is our favourite recipe. There is a link on my other blog in May or June posts.
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Kathy A, Brisbane, Australia
Here's the link
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This recipe looks amazing and so easy. I will have to try it this week with some chicken thighs.
ReplyDeletei would turn the slow cooker to high and add the cornstarch and water and cover for 10 mins to thicken the sauce, minus the chicken. one less pot to wash!
ReplyDeleteHonestly, without you there are days my family wouldn't eat. I didn't decide to make this early enough in the day, so I rushed it by doing it in a dutch oven on my stove, still gave it 2 hours to think about itself on a low heat, and it turned out FANTASTIC!
ReplyDeleteAdd it, along with your sticky pork and a few others to the list of mainstays for our menus!
Saw this yesterday, checked my fridge and pantry, had all the ingredients, and made it for last night's dinner. I used two boneless skinless breasts and four boneless skinless thighs. Served it with brown rice and edamame. Two teenaged boys loved it, and I loved it because it was easy (and tasted good). Thanks for sharing! (And I love your blog.)
ReplyDeleteHad this for dinner last night! Huge hit with the hubby, but not so much for the little ones. Will probably make it quite a bit. Loved it!
ReplyDeleteI am going to try this and add green beans at the last minute,to thaw them if they are frozen. Thank you Ashli.
ReplyDeleteThis was SO good! My two teenagers and my husband gobbled it up. No leftovers! Next time I will double the recipe. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleterandom question Ashli...I've noticed on your menu plan Mondays that Lee has leftovers for lunch (and you've mentioned you don't like leftovers), so what do YOU eat for lunch??
ReplyDeleteThanks for this recipe..it's in my crockpot right now!
Made it. Ate it. Loved it! My husband says it's the best thing I've ever made! HA! It was awesome! I used frozen chicken and it worked great!
ReplyDeleteChristine
This recipe sounds amazing. It's something I will have to try. I have been trying to try a new recipe at least once a week. . .more if I can. I was wondering how it was going with a baby in the home now. I now have custody of 2 grandchildren (ages 7 & 3) and it has REALLY changed everything in my household. I had myself on a nice schedule (cleaning, shopping, etc) and it is all out of balance. I am having a hard time getting adjusted to having little ones in the household. I am struggling to find that balance again. . . .
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean. On top of being a single mom to a little boy, I'm also on a mission to help parents and children be happy and although it hasn't been an easy journey, it's totally worth it especially that parenting and happiness experts have come together to help me bring this vision to life!
DeleteTried it last night & the whole family gobbled it up! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the recipe!
was DELISH!! altho I have to say we had egg noodles with it but I didn't really care for it. cant wait to have it again with rice!!
ReplyDeleteFantastic! I already had egg rolls, pot stickers and rice on hand so this was the perfect recipe to try. Let me start by saying my husband is fussy. Though he gets insulted when I say that and claims he just likes good quality food that also tastes good . He loved it and immediately said this was approved to add to our "rotation". Thanks so much! It was especially convenient now that school is back in session and we are short on time.
ReplyDeleteThankyou Ashli, this recipe looks amazing. My slow cook ( aka crock pot) is a mainstay in our kitchen especially as we are in the midst of winter. How could you possibly go wrong with those ingredients - can't wait to try it. :)
ReplyDeleteAshli, thanks so much for sharing this delicious recipe. We just finished dinner and I had to let you know that it was wonderful.
ReplyDeleteSounds yummy! I think I'll try it tomorrow night. Thanks for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteThis has been on our list to prepare since you posted it. We finally made it this past weekend, and it was fabulous! We made it almost exactly per the recipe, except we used 1 1/4 cup brown sugar (as opposed to 1 1/2 cups), and we used 1 1/2 teaspoons red pepper flakes because we like things spicy. This was so delicious. Thanks for giving us another go-to recipe for busy households!
ReplyDeleteSounds Delicious! Slow cooker recipes are the best!
ReplyDeleteHi Ashli...we had this last night after returning home from a round of golf which was a tad chilly...YUM! Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteHi Ashli...we tried this last night....loved it! Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious! Thanks for sharing. I'm always looking for new chicken recipes. Have fun taking care of the wee one. Have a great week. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
ReplyDeleteSadly as from today I'm removing you for the blogs I visit everyday, it's clear that you don't care about enough about your readers to post on your own blog.
ReplyDeleteI think a crock pot is a fabulous idea. 2 weeks befor our grandson was born our daughter made 12 frozen pre crock pot dinners. Now we had them over as much as they would come so it took her a while to eat them all, but it was a fabulous treat to know you had some food at the ready.
ReplyDeleteSo thank you for this recipe! She and I will both use it!
So excited for your continual & constant joy in your sweet wee man!
Hi Ashli ~ just checking in.... I hope all is going well.
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very good recipe!!! will definitely keep this in our dinner rotation! hope all is well with you guys. i check in each morning and you haven't updated in awhile. i know it's hard adjusting to life with a little person, i've done it three times :) keeping you guys in my prayers. looking forward to hearing from you soon :)
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Did I miss something? Why the gingerale?
ReplyDeleteHey just checking on you!
ReplyDeleteWhere are you ????
ReplyDeleteI made this and it was delicious! When will we see new blog posts?
ReplyDeleteHeya! Hope you're doing well with Hudson... Miss your posts! :)
ReplyDeleteHeya! Hope you're doing well with little Hudson at home! Miss you!
ReplyDeleteAre you ok? Still blogging?
ReplyDeleteAre you okay?
ReplyDeleteWe haven't heard from you in a while... :(
Are you okay?
ReplyDeleteWe haven't heard from you in a while. :(
Know you are very busy with your new little one. Hope all is well. Get some sleep.
ReplyDeleteYour recipe made its way into my kitchen and into my heart- I LOVE it! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteFound thjs online and tried it. Absolutely delicious. I served it as lettuce wraps. Whole family loved it. Thanks for sharing!
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