Slow Cooker Asian-BBQ Fusion Chicken

The ingredients list in this chicken dish seem a little crazy – Lemon, BBQ sauce, ginger? What?!

But WOW do they work well together! The flavor of this dish is BOLD… I almost guarantee you’ve tasted nothing like this before. You will LOVE it!!

You will also love it because it’s a slow cooker meal and freezes great if you want to prepare it ahead of time!

So yeah… kind of a lot of ingredients. But nothing crazy here. You should have the majority in your pantry already. You can sub ground ginger for the ginger and lemon juice from a bottle instead of a fresh lemon.

Just throw it all in and walk away. Well, I mean, put the lid on and turn it on too.

Which reminds me… have you ever forgotten to turn your slow cooker on after you placed all of your ingredients in? I have more than once. There’s actually a name for it, it’s called “Pizza Delivery Night.”

But this dish is way better than pizza. Enjoy!

And if you like this one, you might be interested in 40 other slow cooker dump recipes that are AMAZING!

Slow Cooker Asian-BBQ Fusion Chicken

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Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 4 hours

Total Time: 4 hours 15 minutes

Servings: 4 -6

Author: Lauren Cobello

Ingredients

• 6 chicken thighs skin removed.
• 1/4 tsp paprika
• 1/4 tsp onion powder
• 1/4 tsp chili powder
• 3 cloves garlic minced or pressed (or 1 Tbsp minced jarred garlic)
• 1 Tbsp minced fresh ginger or 1 tsp dried ground ginger
• 1 jalapeno seeded and minced
• 1/3 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup honey
• Juice from 1 lemon or 3 Tbsp lemon juice
• Lemon zest if using a fresh lemon
• 1 Tbsp sesame oil
• 1/2 cup BBQ sauce
• 1/2 cup tomato sauce
• Toasted sesame seeds
• 1 Tbsp cornstarch
• 1/4 cup cold water

Instructions

• Place chicken in the bottom of the slow cooker.
• Season chicken with the spices.
• Add all of the ingredients on top except for the water and corn starch (the order doesn't really matter)
• Cook on high for 4 hours (or medium for 6, low for 8)
• In a small sauce pan, whisk the cold water with the cornstarch until well blended.
• Add about 1/2 cup of the liquid from the slow cooker to the sauce pan and whisk.
• Heat over medium heat until it bubbles and thickens.
• Mix the thickened liquid back into the slow cooker and stir. Let it cook for another 10 minutes.
• Serve chicken over rice. Top with some of the sauce and then some sesame seeds.

Have you grabbed my freezer meal plans, yet? I might be biased but I think they are pretty amazing! They have saved our dinner hour for years now. Check them out!