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I’m really enjoy­ing my new slow cooker.  I’ve learned that if I make a nice batch of some­thing, the left­overs tran­si­tion into other meals dur­ing the week and that helps dur­ing the Eat In Chal­lenge when I’m tempted to pick up the phone and call for take­out.  Hon­estly, with this injury, I’m hes­i­tant on doing any big chop­ping, etc. so this recipe trans­lated well into great ideas for other meals includ­ing a quick casse­role with the left­over rice and a honey gar­lic chicken panini with some fresh arugula and but­tery fontina another night.  I also added a bit of red pep­per for a tiny tang of heat in the background.

This recipe is some­thing you will use over and over.  It’s super sim­ple and doesn’t take a lot of prepa­ra­tion.  Plus, your wal­let with thank you for not call­ing in for takeout.

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Honey Gar­lic Chicken

Recipe adapted from AllRecipes.com

Ingre­di­ents:

• 1 table­spoon veg­etable oil
• 10 bone­less, skin­less chicken thighs
• 3/4 cup honey
• 3/4 cup lite soy sauce
• 3 table­spoons ketchup
• 2–3 cloves gar­lic, minced or crushed
• 1 table­spoon minced fresh ginger
• 1 (20 oz) can pineap­ple tid­bits, drained with juice reserved
• Pinch of red pep­per flakes (optional)
• 2 table­spoons cornstarch
• 1/4 cup water
• Salt and Freshly Ground Pepper

Direc­tions:

1. Sea­son your chicken thighs with salt & pepper.
2. Heat oil in a skil­let (or in slow cooker insert if able) over medium heat and cook chicken thighs until evenly browned on all sides.  Place thighs in slow cooker.
3. In a bowl mix honey, soy sauce, ketchup, gar­lic, gin­ger, red pep­per flakes and reserved pineap­ple juice.  Pour into the slow cooker.
4. Cover and cook for 4 hours on High.
5. Stir in pineap­ple tid­bits just before serving.
6. Mix the corn­starch and water in a small bowl.  Remove chicken thighs from the slow cooker.  Blend the corn­starch mix­ture into the remain­ing sauce in the slow cooker to thicken.  Serve sauce over the chicken.
7. Serve with jas­mine or bas­mati rice.

The Ingre­di­ents

Don’t For­get To Shape Your Rice – Pre­sen­ta­tion Pre­sen­ta­tion Presentation!

Viola!  The Final Product

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