Need an easy, no fuss, one-pot winner winner chicken dinner? Look no further! This Slow Cooker Sesame Chicken Drumsticks recipe is the answer to your dinner dilemma!
Slow Cooker Sesame Chicken Drumsticks
It’s inexpensive, easy to make, quick to put together, uses one pot, oh, and did I mention delicious? Everyone will be running to the table for this one! Read on to find out which ingredient brings it over the top yummy.
Ya know what I love about drumsticks? I don’t have to tell my kids to “please use your fork”. It’s totally appropriate to eat with your hands. And they are totally into that.
Ya know what else I love about them? They’re really affordable. Usually one of the least expensive cuts of chicken. Often sold in a family pack, which is great for a larger family, or a smaller family to have leftovers for lunch.
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Ingredients:
- soy sauce
- honey
- sesame oil
- fresh ginger
- garlic
- chicken drumsticks
- cornstarch
- sesame seeds
Instructions:
- Combine the soy sauce, honey, sesame oil, ginger and garlic in the slow cooker.
- Add the chicken and coat well
- cook on low for 6-8 hours, or high for 4 hours
- Remove chicken and place on a rimmed baking sheet.
- Pour remaining sauce into a small sauce pan, bring to a boil and add a cornstarch slurry, cook until thick.
- Baste the chicken with the sauce, and place under the broiler for a few minutes to caramelize (this step is optional)
Notes:
- Fresh grated ginger really takes this up a notch. However, you can substitute ground ginger if you’d like. I love these ceramic ginger graters, they’re easier than the box grater for this job.
- We love the sauce, which is why I add some cornstarch and make it into a glaze for dipping or basting. You can remove the chicken, and add the cornstarch slurry straight to your crockpot if you’d like. Just turn it on high and let it go for 15-20 minutes, or until it’s thick.
- When making a sauce like this, I often run it through a fine mesh sieve to strain out any little tiny pieces of chicken or chicken fat before I add the slurry.
- Placing the chicken under the broiler for a few minutes is completely optional. I like it because it helps the sauce stick and it just caramelizes it a bit for a deeper flavor. But the recipe is still pretty fabulous without this step.
It’ll take you 5 minutes, maybe 10, to throw this in the crock pot, then you can get on with your day and come home to an awesome dinner!
Slow Cooker Sesame Chicken Drumsticks
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asian flavor infused chicken drumsticks cooked in the slow cooker, makes for an easy weeknight meal.
Author: Chellie
Serves: 6
Ingredients
- ½ cup soy sauce
- ¼ cup honey
- 3 cloves fresh minced garlic
- 1½ Tbs toasted sesame oil
- 1 Tbs grated fresh ginger (you can use ground ginger, just use a little less)
- 12 chicken drumsticks
- 2 Tbs cornstarch
- sesame seeds for garnishing
Instructions
- Combine the soy sauce, honey, garlic, sesame oil, and ginger in the crock pot, stir well.
- Add the chicken and turn to coat well.
- Cook on low 6-8 hours, or on high for 2-4 hours
- Remove chicken and pour the sauce into a small saucepan over medium heat.
- Combine cornstarch with equal parts cold water and mix well.
- Add the slurry to the hot liquid. Bring to a boil, until thickened, 1-2 minutes.
- Baste chicken with the sauce and place it under the broiler for a few minutes to caramelize. (optional)
- Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve with a side of dipping sauce if desired.
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This sounds really great. Pinning and printing it off.
Thanks Carol! We loved it!
Thanks Carol! Enjoy!!
Great recipe! I cannot get enough of slow cooker stuff and i like the value of this one because I already have most of the ingredients in the house.
I would love it if you would share this on my weekly link party : )
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Thanks Ashleigh, that is one of the reasons I love this one too.
My kids love wings, so I think they’d like these drumsticks too! Sounds like an easy weeknight dinner to me 🙂
It totally is an easy weeknight dinner. You could use the same sauce with wings, it would be great! Finger lickin’ good!
What a beautiful blog, and these drumsticks sounds amazing. I love anything with an Asian flair, and anything in the crock pot. These sound perfect! I would love for you to stop by and link up at our new party where we make the features! Thanks for sharing and hope to see you at the party! http://uncookiecutter.com/2016/04/chicken-taquitos-link-make-9/
Thank you April! We must be soul-sisters–asian + Crockpot. I will stop by your party, thank you for the personal invite!
Yes! So glad you stopped by, Kim and I were just laughing that we both found you, and invited you at the same time. Small world, haha!
LOL! I was thinking the same thing–was this an accident? Ya’ll are soul-sisters too!
Hi Chellie! These look AMAZING! I can almost smell and taste them through the screen! And I love that this is an inexpensive and easy recipe – it would be great for upcoming parties! We host a weekly link party with a bit of a twist. Each week the hosts make and feature recipes from those linked up! We’d love for you to join us! http://tinyurl.com/h22otpq
Thank you SO much! I think parties are a great idea for this recipe. Thank you for the invite, I’ll hop on over!!
Yum – these look easy and sound yummy! Pinning to try one night! 🙂
Awesome Jamie! It’s the perfect weeknight meal!
Great recipe! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
I made these yesterday and they were amazing! So easy and the whole family loved them. I’ll be featuring them tomorrow at You Link It, We Link It! Thanks so much for linking up and as a feature, you are invited to pin on our group pinning board. Just shoot me an email at [email protected] and we hope to see you back with more recipes tomorrow!
Wow! I’m honored! Thank you so much and I’m glad everyone liked it. Sometimes it’s hard to please all the people all the time, great to have a winner!
These are sooo good! Having leftovers tonight. The meat really fell off the bone, and the sauce is delicious. Will definitely make again. 🙂
They are one of our favorites!! So glad you enjoyed it (twice). 🙂