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Slow Cooker Honey Sesame Chicken Wings - crazy delicious chicken wings in a sticky savory honey sesame sauce. 10 minutes prep time & dinner is ready!
My little boy has started to really like chicken, which makes me the happiest mom in the world. We eat chicken a lot, and I really love chicken, especially chicken wings.
A few weeks ago when I had a party, someone brought over some baked chicken wings and little G ate like six of them. He ate all the chicken skin (his favorite) and the meat, and spat out the bones in one nice whole piece.
I was so impressed by his newly acquired skills, meaning his ability to eat bone-in chicken just like a grown-up now. I guess he has mastered his fine motor skills in the eating department!!
Since he likes wings now, I thought about making him an easy dinner with chicken wings.
He loves the combination of honey (he always asks for plain honey in a bowl and he would dip his fingers and “eat” the honey dry!), soy sauce, sesame seeds and thus I decided to make him this easy peasy slow cooker honey sesame chicken wings.
I got myself some organic jidori wings (jidori means free range in Japanese). The jidori wings are small or shall I say regular-sized, a clear sign that they are not hormone fed chicken.
The prep took 10 minutes of my time. I put all the ingredients into the slow cooker and set the heat level to high.
Three and a half hours later, I had the most amazing, fall-off-the-bone and absolutely delicious honey sesame chicken wings.
My boy devoured the wings during dinner. I packed the leftover for his lunch box at school. This is an amazing recipe for busy moms who don’t have a lot of time to cook. Bon appetit!
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This recipe is only 360 calories per serving.
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Slow Cooker Honey Sesame Chicken Wings
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs. chicken wings, drumettes and mid sections
- 1 inch ginger, peeled and sliced
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon cooking sake , or rice wine, optional
- 3 dashes ground white pepper
- 1/2 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1/2 tablespoon dark soy sauce , for coloring purpose, optional
- 1/2 tablespoon corn starch , plus 2 tablespoons water
- salt , to taste
- white sesame seeds , for garnishing
Instructions
- Rinse the chicken wings under cold water and drain them.
- Transfer the chicken wings and all the ingredients into a slow cooker, then stir to combine well.
- Cook on high heat for 3 1/2 hours. Turn off the heat, dish out the contents, top with white sesame seeds, and serve immediately.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I decided to try this dish tonight for dinner, but im going to do it with chicken legs instead of wings with it and add some garlic noodles with it ! I believe it will turn out right i will be posting updates….. Stay Tuned.
Awesome please let me know!
Can this be adjusted for the Instant Pot’s pressure setting or should I stick to using the slow cook function?
One more comment after reading others. Keep in mind that wings (fat/liquid) content are not consistent at all and adjusting your fluid and/or cornstarch is to be expected. Also, not all slow cooker (crockpots) heat the same at the same setting(s) so, cooking time may certainly vary. We love this recipe. Thank You!!!
Excellent!!! Great combination of flavors!
One more comment after reading others. Keep in mind that wings (fat/liquid) content are not consistent at all and adjusting your fluid and/or cornstarch is to be expected. Also, not all slow cooker (crockpots) heat the same at the same setting(s) so, cooking time may certainly vary. We love this recipe. Thank You!!!
Excellent!!! Great combination of flavors!
Please add the detailed recipe separately including right amount of adding ingredients and timings as it’s muddled up and can’t figure out exact recipe and ingredients
Hi Sarah, please click on the red bar “GET RECIPE” for detailed recipe.
Hi, my chicken wings have turned very tender before the 3.5 hours are up. So is it ok to turn off? Thanks
Yes.
I know you mentioned we can use any chicken, but do you think thighs or breasts would be appropriate since they’re so large? Maybe cut the thighs in half to compensate?
Yes, you can cut thighs into halves!!
I put it in the slow cooker this afternoonat 4pm and by 730pm, it was perfect except for more liquid than in the recipe. Put another half tablespoon of cornflour in a bit of warm water into the slow cooker to thicken the sauce. Much better. Next time I’ll dry the chicken pieces more. It’s very tender and delicious though. Om nom nom..good reviews from the clan.
Happy that you enjoyed this slow cooker honey sesame chicken wings recipe. :)