Honey Sauced Chicken
This is one of my family’s favorite
school night recipes. I love it because I can throw it in the crockpot in the
AM and it’s ready when we get home. The kids love the chicken and the sauce.
Make white or brown rice (our kids haven’t yet seen the brown rice light so
they get white and Andrew’s holding fast to his roots and sticking with the
white rice) the night before and you’ve got dinner on the table 10 minutes
after you walk in the door. I typically serve it with steamed broccoli or
steamed edamame.
Honey Sauced Chicken
Ingredients:
1 ½ lbs. (roughly 4) boneless
skinless chicken breasts (fresh or frozen – I usually do frozen)
1 tsp. salt
½ tsp. black pepper
¾+ cup honey
½ cup low sodium soy sauce
¼ cup chopped onion (or 1/8 cup onion
flakes)
¼ cup ketchup (For a cleaner version than Heintz bottled ketchup (which is certainly nearly as easy as the bottled version and with way less sugar: 3 Tbls tomato paste, 1 Tbls apple cider vinegar, 1 tsp. honey, ½ tsp. garlic powder, ½ tsp. onion powder, salt to taste)
2 Tbls. coconut oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
½ tsp. red pepper flakes
Directions:
1.
Season both sides
of chicken with salt and pepper, put into crock pot.
2.
In a small bowl,
combine honey, soy sauce, onion, ketchup mixture, oil, garlic & pepper flakes. Pour
over chicken.
If you’re using frozen chicken, add 1 ½-2 ½ hours to your cook time.
4.
When it’s done, cut
chicken into bite size pieces, then return to pot and toss with sauce. Serve
over rice.
If you don’t have the time in the AM or don’t have a crockpot,
this can be an easy 30 minute baked chicken meal:
Dice chicken and season both sides
with salt and pepper, place in 8x8 pan. Pour sauce over chicken and bake at 350
for 20 minutes, stirring after 10 minutes.
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