Our Crock Pot Sesame Chicken Recipe is an easy low carb way to make the take out favorite. The savory sesame flavors slow cook throughout the dish producing a tender fall a part chicken every time. Carb lovers enjoy this with fried rice, while those with a low carb lifestyle enjoy these with fried cauliflower rice, steamed broccoli or sauteed whole green beans.
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How to Make Sesame Chicken in a Slow Cooker
Cris here.
We recently adapted a recipe from one of our favorite low carb cookbooks: Bacon & Butter to create this Crock Pot Sesame Chicken. We absolutely love these savory Asian-inspired flavors slow cooked to tender perfection! We enjoy this dish low carb style over fried cauliflower rice or whole green beans sauteed in butter – yum!
Notes on Crock Pot Sesame Chicken
- This dish is an adapted a recipe from one of our favorite low carb cookbooks: Bacon & Butter
- We enjoy this dish low carb style over fried cauliflower rice or whole green beans sauteed in butter.
- We used skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs. Other cuts will work, however, cooking times will vary.
- We like to broil our chicken in the oven (or air crisp in the Foodi) at the end of this recipe to crisp up the skin. However you do not have to.
- Check out all our favorite recommendations for cookbooks, slow cookers and low carb essentials in our Amazon Influencer Shop.
- You can find more low carb recipes in our Low Carb Recipe Library that we update weekly.
- As with any of our recipes, carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly. Your nutritional content depends on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.
- All slow cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline. Recipes should always be tested first in your own slow cooker and time adjusted as needed.
Crock Pot Sesame Chicken Recipe
Crock Pot Sesame Chicken Recipe
Our Crock Pot Sesame Chicken Recipe is an easy low carb way to make the take out favorite. The savory sesame flavors slow cook throughout the dish producing a tender fall a part chicken every time. Carb lovers enjoy this with fried rice, while those with a low carb lifestyle enjoy these with fried cauliflower rice, steamed broccoli or sauteed whole green beans.
Print Pin RateCook Time: 5 hours
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 8 chicken thighs bone-in, skin-on
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- salt & pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup sugar free maple syrup
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- 2 tsp minced garlic
- 2 tsp red wine vinegar
- pinch crushed cayenne pepper
- 2 tsp sesame seeds
Instructions
- Pour butter into a browning slow cooker or skillet.
- Salt and pepper chicken and brown on both sides.
- In a bowl, mix remaining ingredients.
- In the slow cooker, pour the mixture over top of the chicken and cook on low for 4-5 hours or until tender.
- Broil in the oven for 2-3 minutes on each side to crisp up skin (or air fry in Foodi/Air Fryer).
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Notes
- This dish is an adapted a recipe from one of our favorite low carb cookbooks: Bacon & Butter
- We enjoy this dish low carb style over fried cauliflower rice or whole green beans sauteed in butter.
- We used skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs. Other cuts will work, however, cooking times will vary.
- We like to broil our chicken in the oven (or air crisp in the Foodi) at the end of this recipe to crisp up the skin. However you do not have to.
- Check out all our favorite recommendations for cookbooks, slow cookers and low carb essentials in our Amazon Influencer Shop.
- You can find more low carb recipes in our Low Carb Recipe Library that we update weekly.
- As with any of our recipes, carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly. Your nutritional content depends on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.
- All slow cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline. Recipes should always be tested first in your own slow cooker and time adjusted as needed.
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Cris
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