Slow Cooker Sweet Garlic Chicken- a weeknight favorite. Just dump everything in the crockpot and let it do the work! Chicken, apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, ginger ale, soy sauce, minced garlic, ginger, onion powder, garlic powder, BBQ seasoning, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes. Can cook now or throw everything in a freezer bag for an easy freezer meal for later. SO easy and super delicious. Serve over rice or noodles for a complete meal!
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This Slow Cooker Sweet Garlic Chicken is one of our favorite weeknight meals. It has a great blend of flavors and is super simple to make. Just dump everything in the crockpot and let it do all the work. Chicken simmered in cider vinegar, ginger ale, soy sauce, and ginger. Seriously delicious! Let the chicken cook while you are at work. When you are ready to eat, quickly shred the chicken and whip up some Teriyaki Green Beans. SO much better than takeout. Leftovers are equally delicious! Add this to your menu ASAP!
How to Make Slow Cooker Sweet Garlic Chicken
This chicken is effortless to make. Simply place the chicken in the crockpot. Whisk together apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, ginger ale, soy sauce, minced garlic, ginger, onion powder, garlic powder, BBQ seasoning, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes. Pour the sauce over the chicken. Cover and cook on LOW for about 6 hours. Shred the chicken with two forks. Add some cornstarch to thicken up the sauce and enjoy!
- You can use any boneless chicken that you prefer. Breasts, tenders, thighs all work fine.
- Feel free to add some vegetables to the mixture – bell peppers, onions, asparagus, or broccoli would be good.
- Can I use frozen chicken? Yes! You can add the chicken to the slow cooker frozen.
- Can I cook the chicken on HIGH? Yes. The chicken will take 2 or 3 hours on HIGH, just depending on your slow cooker.
- To make a freezer meal for later, simply place chicken and sauce ingredients in a gallon freezer bag. Place the bag in the freezer and pull it out when you are ready to cook. You do not need to thaw the contents of the freezer bag before placing it in the slow cooker.
- Is Sweet Garlic Chicken gluten-free? For a gluten-free dish, use a gluten-free soy sauce and BBQ seasoning.
- Here is our recipe for Homemade BBQ Seasoning: https://www.plainchicken.com/bbq-seasoning/
What to Serve with Sweet Garlic Chicken
We like to serve the chicken over rice. Don’t forget to spoon all that yummy sauce over the chicken. It is too good to let it go to waste! This would also be good over noodles, potatoes, or quinoa. I sprinkled the chicken bowl with some extra red pepper flakes for a bit of heat. That is totally optional, but we really enjoyed it!
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Slow Cooker Sweet Garlic Chicken
Equipment:
Ingredients:
- 2 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts
- ⅔ cup cider vinegar
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup ginger ale
- 2 Tbsp soy sauce
- 1 Tbsp minced garlic
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 Tbsp bbq seasoning
- salt and pepper, to taste
- ¼ tsp red pepper flakes
- 2 Tbsp corn starch
- 2 Tbsp water
Instructions:
- Place chicken in slow cooker.
- Whisk together apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, ginger ale, soy sauce, minced garlic, ginger, onion powder, garlic powder, BBQ seasoning, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes. Pour sauce over chicken.
- Cover the slow cooker. Cook on LOW for 6 hours.
- Shred chicken with two forks. Combine corn starch and water. Add to the slow cooker and cook on HIGH for an additional 10 to 15 minutes, until the sauce has slightly thickened.
- Serve the shredded chicken over rice, potatoes, or pasta.
Notes:
- You can use any boneless chicken that you prefer. Breasts, tenders, thighs all work fine.
- Feel free to add some vegetables to the mixture – bell peppers, onions, asparagus, or broccoli would be good.
- Can I use frozen chicken? Yes! You can add the chicken to the slow cooker frozen.
- Can I cook the chicken on HIGH? Yes. The chicken will take 2 or 3 hours on HIGH, just depending on your slow cooker.
- To make a freezer meal for later, simply place chicken and sauce ingredients in a gallon freezer bag. Place the bag in the freezer and pull it out when you are ready to cook. You do not need to thaw the contents of the freezer bag before placing it in the slow cooker.
- Is Sweet Garlic Chicken gluten-free? For a gluten-free dish, use a gluten-free soy sauce and BBQ seasoning.
- Here is our recipe for Homemade BBQ Seasoning: https://www.plainchicken.com/bbq-seasoning/
Steph
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is that fresh ginger or powdered ?
I used dried ginger
what can you use other than ginger ale?
Any substitutions and modifications to the recipe would be up to you. Enjoy!
It looks like maybe the Asian seasoning from McCormick has been discontinued. Have you come across a seasoning that would be a good substitute? This recipe sounds so good!
McCormick Asian Seasoning has been discontinued and the description says its ginger, garlic, sesame seed and chili pepper. 5-Spice Powder is a blend of cinnamon, cloves, fennel, star anise, and Szechwan peppercorns so I don't think it would be the same. Trying this with ground ginger, garlic powder, sesame oil, and chili powder.
Run hot water over all sides of the bag and it will slide right out!
When you say Asian seasoning what does that mean? and where do you get pomegranate balsamic vinegar? it sounds delish but I don't know where to get half of the ingredients 🙁
McCormick has an Asian seasoning. Pomegranate balsamic vinegar will be with the regular balsamic vinegar. I got it all at Publix. I'm sure Walmart, Target and other grocery stores carry these ingredients too.
How long would the cook time be if not frozen?
It should cook for 5 or 6 hours without freezing.
Did you use a particular brand of "garlic and herb" or "Asian seasoning"?
I usually buy McCormick brand. Enjoy!
Do you think this could be done in the instant pot?
Chinese Style Five Spice! It's where all the other spices are in the Supermarket.
I threw everything into a Ziploc bag and cooked it overnight without freezing. Added soy sauce, red pepper flakes, and pureed ginger because I couldn't find the Asian spice. Overall nice flavor hoping serving it over mashed potatoes or quinoa will work better texture wise.
What is Asian seasoning?
I think I did something wrong. Does cooking it in a crockpot liner affect cooking speed? I cooked it frozen on low for 5 1/2 hours and it was really dry.
What brand of Garlic and Herb seasoning did you use?
A delicious and healthy meal. Blessings, Catherine
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I love this freezer meal series, so thank you! One question for all the meals: you say to freeze the recipe in a gallon-size Ziplock bag. Once it's all frozen and you want to put it in the Crock Pot, how do you get it out of the bag? Isn't it all kinda frozen to the bag??? Dumb question, I know.
What would you recommend for cook time if not frozen?
Is that cook time for thawed out or still frozen?
This one looks really good.
cook time is for frozen
I have shredded cooked chicken, how long on stove top? Thank you looks delicious
Thank you so much for posting these what brand of bbq seasoning do you use?