{"id":4209,"date":"2015-02-19T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T14:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/highdesertmg.wpengine.com\/our-holly-days\/2015\/02\/19\/slow-cooker-honey-sesame-chicken\/"},"modified":"2015-02-19T06:00:49","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T14:00:49","slug":"slow-cooker-honey-sesame-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.highdesert.com\/our-holly-days\/2015\/02\/19\/slow-cooker-honey-sesame-chicken\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow Cooker Honey Sesame Chicken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/2015\/02\/slow-cooker-honey-sesame-chicken\/\">Holly Sosa<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/2015\/02\/slow-cooker-honey-sesame-chicken\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/slow-cooker-honey-sesame-chicken13.png\" alt=\"slow cooker honey sesame chicken13\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m feeling all kinds of Mama Rockstar today. We had our car seats inspected yesterday and the ginger-mustached police officer gave me a glowing review, \u201cYou are the most dialed in parent I&#8217;ve seen today, well\u2026actually, maybe ever!\u201d Then, as if the universe somehow knew I needed the extra encouragement, my son&#8217;s teacher jumped in to tell officer ginger-stache what incredible parents my husband and I are and how she is impressed at how well we have blended our family. I cried. And then while other parents were begrudgingly accepting a new carseat installed by fellow officers, I drove away high on that <em>I&#8217;m-doing-something-right<\/em> glow.<\/p>\n<p>I made this slow cooker honey sesame chicken last night in hopes to continue my Mama Rockstar high and it was all kinds of amaze. Packed with flavor, fairly easy to make, and enough sauce to cover a bed of rice, it was the perfect Asian meal to satisfy our bellies. We love Asian food in our home and when I nail a perfectly balanced sweet and salty recipe, we all sing my praises. Excuse me as I go and brush my shoulders off. Don&#8217;t worry, the universe kept it&#8217;s balance and granted me with a cold today, as if to say, \u201cSimmer down, Sriracha, you&#8217;re<em> so<\/em> not all that and you need to take it down a notch humble bragger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/slow-cooker-honey-sesame-chicken15.png\" alt=\"slow cooker honey sesame chicken15\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/slow-cooker-honey-sesame-chicken14.png\" alt=\"slow cooker honey sesame chicken14\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>Slow Cooker Honey Sesame Chicken<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/slow-cooker-honey-sesame-chicken13.png\" width=\"205\"><\/p>\n<div> <span><a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/easyrecipe-print\/3430-0\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Print<\/a><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>Prep time<\/div>\n<div> 10 mins\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Cook time<\/div>\n<div> 4 hours\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Total time<\/div>\n<div> 4 hours 10 mins\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Ingredients<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>2\u00bd pounds boneless skinless chicken breast<\/li>\n<li>1 cup honey<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup low-sodium soy sauce<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon sesame oil<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons olive oil<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons minced garlic<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons minced onion (dried)<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc cup barbecue sauce<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc teaspoon Sriracha<\/li>\n<li>6 tablespoons cold water<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons cornstarch<\/li>\n<li>sesame seeds<\/li>\n<li>green onions, sliced<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Instructions<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>Cut chicken into cubes and put in slow cooker.<\/li>\n<li>In a medium bowl, whisk together honey, soy sauce, sesame oil, olive oil, garlic, onion, barbecue sauce, and Sriracha and pour over chicken.<\/li>\n<li>Stir sauce into chicken until all pieces are coated.<\/li>\n<li>Cook on low for four hours.<\/li>\n<li>Remove chicken from slow cooker.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer sauce from slow cooker to a large skillet on medium heat.<\/li>\n<li>In a small bowl, stir together cornstarch and water.<\/li>\n<li>Add cornstarch mixture to sauce and stir constantly until sauce thickens.<\/li>\n<li>Turn heat down to low and add chicken to sauce.<\/li>\n<li>While simmering, stir to ensure all chicken is coated.<\/li>\n<li>Serve over rice and top with sesame seeds and green onions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div title=\"style002\">3.2.2925<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2> For additional recipes, be sure to follow Our Holly Days via Pinterest.<\/h2>\n<p><a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/ourhollydays\/\">Visit Our Holly Days&#8217;s profile on Pinterest.<\/a><br \/><!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --><\/p>\n<p>The post <a target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/2015\/02\/slow-cooker-honey-sesame-chicken\/\">Slow Cooker Honey Sesame Chicken<\/a> appeared first on <a target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/\">Our Holly Days<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/2015\/02\/slow-cooker-honey-sesame-chicken\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Slow Cooker Honey Sesame Chicken\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Holly Sosa I&#8217;m feeling all kinds of Mama Rockstar today. We had our car seats inspected yesterday and the ginger-mustached police officer gave me a glowing review, \u201cYou are the most dialed in parent I&#8217;ve seen today, well\u2026actually, maybe ever!\u201d Then, as if the universe somehow knew I needed the extra encouragement, my son&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.highdesert.com\/our-holly-days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.highdesert.com\/our-holly-days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.highdesert.com\/our-holly-days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.highdesert.com\/our-holly-days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.highdesert.com\/our-holly-days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.highdesert.com\/our-holly-days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.highdesert.com\/our-holly-days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.highdesert.com\/our-holly-days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.highdesert.com\/our-holly-days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}