{Slow Cooker} Sriracha Chili Chicken
{Slow Cooker} Sriracha Chili Chicken is an easy and tasty meal that comes together quickly in your crockpot.
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Hi friends! It’s Kelly from Life Made Sweeter again, and I’m back today to share an easy crockpot meal that is full of tasty spices!
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No need to order take-out when that craving hits. Simply toss everything into your slow cooker and let it do all the work for you!
We use our crockpot quite often around our house. It’s a lifesaver when you don’t have a lot of time and can help make meal time so much easier.
This Sriracha Chili Chicken starts off with some chicken breasts placed in the bottom of your crockpot. You simply whisk together the ingredients for the sauce and pour it over the chicken to simmer together for about 2 hours.
After it’s cooked, just shred or cut the chicken into cubes. Feel free to cut them up into bite-sized pieces beforehand. I like leaving them whole and shredding or cutting them afterwards since it helps seal in the juices and flavors.
We are obsessed with spicy foods in our house so the amount of chili I used was just right for us. Feel free to adjust the level of Sriracha and chili pepper according to your heat preference.
Serve chicken over some rice, quinoa, noodles or your favorite sides.
This easy Asian inspired dish is sure to warm you up on a chilly day. Plus how easy was that without having to call for delivery?? 🙂
{Slow Cooker} Sriracha Chili Chicken
Ingredients
- 2 pounds Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts, left whole, thawed
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp of fresh ginger, minced
- * ¼ to ⅓ cup Sriracha, (you can adjust more or less depending on your heat tolerance)
- ½ cup reduced sodium soy sauce
- ⅓ cup honey
- 3 Tbsp rice vinegar or apple cider vinegar
- 2 Tbsp sesame oil
- * ¼ teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes or use 1 whole red Thai chili pepper, seeded, finely chopped (you can adjust more or less depending on your heat tolerance)
Cornstarch Slurry
- * 1 Tbsp cornstarch
- 2 Tbsp lukewarm water
Toppings for garnish (optional)
- Sesame Seeds
- Fresh Cilantro
Instructions
- Lightly spray the bottom of the crockpot with cooking spray. Place the chicken in the bottom of the crockpot.
- Whisk together the garlic, ginger, Sriracha, soy sauce, honey, vinegar and sesame oil and pour mixture over chicken.
- Cook on high for 2 to 3 hours (depending on your crockpot – mine was done at 2 hours), until chicken is cooked through. Toss in the crushed red pepper flakes or red Thai chili if desired. (You may choose to leave out the red peppers depending on your heat tolerance).
- After the chicken is cooked through, whisk together the corn starch slurry and pour into the crockpot, mixing well with the sauce. Cook for another 20 minutes on high until the sauce thickens up.
- Shred or cut chicken into bite-sized cubes.
- Serve chicken with rice or noodles as desired and a generous heaping of sauce.
- Sprinkle with Sesame Seeds and Fresh Cilantro.
Notes
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You may also enjoy a few of these crockpot recipes from Life Made Sweeter:
Slow Cooker / Crockpot Chicken Lo Mein Noodles
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How many chicken breasts equal 2 pounds?
Thanks for the great recipe. I tried chicken and beef tips. Added broccoli as well. All worked perfectly.
What a great recipe! Super easy and tasted delicious. I also topped with green onions. Will def make again!
Wow! This looks wonderful! I have family members that LOVE Sriracha – this would be great for them!
This dish would be perfect for a Sriracha fan 🙂 Thanks Yvonne!
I am SO on board for easy, slow-cooked chicken dinners! This looks so cozy and comforting and that sauce is killing me! Can’t wait to try this one on a busy weeknight. Gorgeous photos too, Kelly!
So glad you’re on board with this, the sauce was our favorite too. Thanks so much Sarah!
Can’t believe something so delicious so simple to prepare! Thanks, Kelly, for sharing.
Thanks Angie, we make this weekly because it really is so easy and full of flavor!
Amber, I can’t wait to try this recipe! We love Sriracha on just about everything and this looks so easy:) Thanks for sharing, Kelly!
Thanks Heather 🙂 If you are a Sriracha fan, you will love the flavors and it’s so easy to put together too!
I love Kelly and this recipe and can’t wait to try this!!! looks so good!!
Thank you so much Alice!!! 🙂 So glad you like this!
I can not wait to make this for my husband! He loves sriracha. He puts it on EVERYTHING! Pinned.
Thanks Jen, you must try it if he’s a Sriracha fan 🙂 It’s so simple to make too! Thanks so much for pinning!
Ummmm delicioso!
Thanks Ana!