Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs and Vegetables in Honey Garlic Sauce

chicken thighs

🥗Healthier: skinless chicken thighs

💰Cheaper: chicken drumsticks

Skinless thighs are lower in fat; drumsticks are often cheaper.

honey

🥗Healthier: agave syrup

💰Cheaper: sugar

Agave syrup has a lower glycemic index; sugar is more budget-friendly.

Add colorful carrots and red and yellow gold potatoes to the slow cooker.

Add olive oil, salt, and black pepper to the vegetables and toss together.

Season bone-in skin-on chicken thighs with garlic powder, onion powder, Italian seasoning, salt, and black pepper on both sides.

Heat olive oil in a pan over medium-high heat and sear the chicken thighs for 3 minutes on each side.

Place the seared chicken on top of the carrots and potatoes in the slow cooker.

In a bowl, mix together lemon juice, rice cooking wine, honey, soy sauce, sweet chili sauce, stone ground mustard, garlic paste, ginger paste, and brown sugar.

Pour the sauce mixture over the chicken and vegetables in the slow cooker.

Cover and slow cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6 hours.

About an hour before cooking is done, mix cornstarch and water together and add to the slow cooker to thicken the sauce.

Gently mix the cornstarch mixture into the sauce, ensuring it coats the chicken.

Optionally, broil the chicken for additional color before serving.

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