hot, hoT, hOT, HOT!!

I received two jars of honey from Module Markting in exchange for writing a review on the blog.  Opinions are all my own.

Ok it has been hot, hot, hot where I live, oh my gosh so hot! It is so hot it is even hard to think at times, and when it is too hot to even think, the last thing I ever want to do is be on a hot kitchen, which means slow cooker meals. Yesterday's slow cooker meal was a winner in my book, it was honey chicken teriyaki. This recipe was also the perfect opportunity to try New Zealand Happy Valley Honey that I received recently to sample. 


I received the Wildflower Field honey and Clover Field honey. In addition to the cooking with the honey, I sampled it on a honey, only to give it a fair taste, right? It is quite delicious honey, very smooth, very pleasant tasting, and a delicious accompaniment to your buttermilk biscuits, scones, in Greek yogurt with some granola and berries, just to name a few ways. 

To make this very easy, won't heat up your kitchen honey teriyaki chicken, you need 4 boneless chicken thighs or breasts, 1/2 cup soy sauce, 1/2 cup honey, 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar, 2 garlic cloves minced, 1/4 onion, chopped, 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper, 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger, 3 tablespoons cornstarch, 1/4 cup water, sesame seeds and chopped green onions for garnish. 

In your slow cooker, add the chicken. 
In a bowl, combine the honey, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, garlic cloves, onion, pepper and ginger. 

Mix until combined then pour over the chicken. Cook chicken on high for 3-4 hours, or on low 4-5 hours. Once cooked, shred the chicken. Remove the liquid from the slow cooker and pour into a sauce pan. In a small cup add the cornstarch and water until cornstarch is dissolved then add into the slow cooker liquid and stir. Heat up the liquid until it is a thick sauce about 2 minutes, stirring continually. Pour sauce over shredded chicken then serve over a bowl of rice. I sautéed some baby bok toy for some extra crunch and fiber goodness. 

recipe found here


8 comments:

Unknown said...

this sounds delicious! xo jillian - cornflake dreams

Hilary said...

That looks yummy! I am a fail at coming up with new things to cook.

Jen said...

This sounds so good!

Jess said...

I can't believe how hot it was either! We came to escape the heat not bring it with us!!!!!

birdie to be said...

Yum! Great way to use honey. I need to try this!

Allison said...

Oh yum! This looks delicious. My husband seems to collect honey so this might be on the menu soon.

Autumn (It's Autumn's Life) said...

Oh man that looks delicious!

Unknown said...

Oh my goodness yum!