Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken
Our slow cooker honey garlic chicken is one of those recipes that’s easy to make and hard to stop eating. Boneless, skinless chicken breasts are slow-cooked in a sweet honey, garlic, soy sauce mixture until they’re super tender and juicy, then shredded and served over rice.
The only thing that tastes better than a hearty chicken dinner is an easy one. That’s why recipes like our slow cooker creamy ranch chicken, slow cooker sweet and sour pork, and slow cooker red beans and rice are always in our menu rotation.
Now, we’ve added this delicious honey garlic chicken to our rotation. It’s another easy slow cooker recipe that comes together quickly and only requires a little patience to make!
Table of contents
❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Limited Ingredients: It only takes four ingredients to make this recipe.
- Easy: Just mix the sauce, add everything to the slow cooker, and wait a few hours!
- Sweet and Tangy: The honey, soy sauce, and garlic create a sweet, tangy, bold sauce that’s perfect with the tender chicken.
- Versatile: Shred this chicken and serve it over rice or as a filling for sandwiches, wraps, or tacos.
- Perfect for Meal Prep: This is a freezer-friendly recipe, making it perfect for meal-prepping.
🛒Ingredients
We’ve made this list to help you save time on your next trip to the grocery store. You can find the full amounts needed in the printable recipe card at the bottom of the post.
- Boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- Honey
- Soy sauce
- Garlic – minced
📝Variations
- Chicken: This can be made with chicken breasts or thighs. Both are delicious.
- Other Meats: This sauce is perfect with beef or pork. You can even use it with shellfish.
- Spicy: Add red pepper flakes, hot sauce, or cayenne for a hot honey version.
🥄 Equipment
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Mixing bowl
- Slow cooker
🔪 Instructions
This is a quick overview of the steps needed to make this recipe. You can find the full instructions in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
- Add the chicken to at least a 5-quart slow cooker. Mix the sauce ingredients in a bowl.
- Then, pour it over the chicken.
- Cook until fork-tender.
- Shred and serve over rice. Enjoy!
💭 Tips
- Mix the sauce ingredients before adding them to the slow cooker. They won’t mix while they cook.
- Spray your slow cooker with nonstick spray to prevent sticking.
- You can cook the chicken on low or high, but we prefer low for a super-tender and juicy chicken.
🥫 Storage
Refrigerate leftovers for up to 3 days in an airtight container. For longer storage, freeze for up to 3 months in an airtight, freezer-safe container or heavy-duty freezer bag.
Defrost overnight in the refrigerator before reheating. Then microwave individual portions at 1-minute intervals.
Serve With
Serve this chicken shredded over white rice or with dishes like mashed potatoes, oven ranch potatoes, or melting potatoes, along with vegetables like green beans with mushrooms.
⁉️ FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
It’s not always necessary to spray a slow cooker with nonstick spray. However, it should be used when the recipe doesn’t have very much liquid.
To easily shred chicken, use a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, a hand mixer, or two shredding claws.
If your chicken is hard to shred, it may have been either overcooked or undercooked, or cooked in a way that doesn’t allow for the muscle fibers to break down properly.
🍽 More Recipes
If you’re looking for more delicious chicken recipes, check out our hot honey chicken salad, sheet pan lemon chicken and potatoes, or blackened chicken club sandwiches.
🧾Recipe Card
Want to make this recipe? Print the recipe card below, or pin this recipe, so you can find it later.
Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken
Equipment
- large bowl
- slow cooker
Ingredients
- 3 pounds chicken breasts
- ½ cup honey
- ½ cup soy sauce
- ¼ cup water
- 1 tablespoon garlic minced
Instructions
- Place the chicken breasts in a 5 quart (or larger) slow cooker.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together honey, soy sauce, water, and minced garlic. Pour this mixture over the chicken in the slow cooker.
- Cook the chicken on low for 6-8 hours or high for 3-4 hours until the chicken is fork tender.
- Use forks to shred the chicken, then serve it hot over rice.
Disclaimer
Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.
This was really good. I loved how tender the chicken got, and the flavor is fantastic.
I’ve made this twice now and it’s officially a family favorite! The sauce is the perfect balance of sweet and savory, and the chicken just falls apart beautifully!
This honey garlic chicken was so yummy! I loved the sauce, wanted to pour it over the veggies and the rice too, it was epic.
This recipe was so delicious! It was easy to prepare and the entire family loved it, I can’t wait to make it again!!
Made the house smell amazing! served with rice and veggies, very good.