Crockpot Honey Sesame Chicken

Stolen from The Comfort of Cooking

Ingredients:

6-8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs or 4 chicken breasts (about 2 pounds) 

Salt and pepper 

1/2 cup diced onion

2 cloves garlic, minced

1/2 cup honey 

1/4 cup ketchup

1/2 cup low-sodium soy sauce 

2 tablespoons vegetable oil or olive oil 

1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes 

4 teaspoons cornstarch

1/3 cup water 

Cooked rice

1/2 tablespoon (or more) sesame seeds

3 scallions, chopped

Directions:

Place chicken in a crock pot and lightly season both sides with salt and pepper.

In a medium bowl, combine onion, garlic, honey, ketchup, soy sauce, oil and red pepper flakes. Pour over chicken. Cook on low for 3-4 hours, or high for 2 hours.

Remove chicken to a cutting board, leaving sauce. Shred chicken into bite-sized pieces; set aside.

In a small bowl, dissolve 4 teaspoons cornstarch in 1/3 cup water; add to crock pot. Stir to combine with sauce. Cover and cook sauce on high for ten more minutes, or until slightly thickened.

Add cooked rice to 4 plates, top with chicken and spoon sauce over top. Sprinkle evenly with sesame seeds and chopped scallions.

Enjoy!

Maple Chipotle Pulled Chicken

I am posting the instructions for this recipe made in the oven but it would also be fantastic if you tossed the chicken in a crockpot for the day, pulled it apart, and then added the sauce. This recipe is also great for freezing or making ahead and reheating :D

Pulled Chicken

1 whole chicken, skinned
Spice rub (I use same combo of spices I use for my pulled pork found here)
1 bottle beer
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar

Heat your oven to 300F. Rub your skinned chicken liberally with spice rub and place the in a heavy bottomed pan with a tight fitting lid (a dutch oven is perfect.) Poor the beer and apple cider vinegar in the pot, place the lid on it, and bake for 2-3 hours, until the chicken is fall off the bone. When cooked, remove from liquid and carefully pull apart the chicken, discarding bones and any remaining skin. Be careful, some of the chicken bones are very tiny! Now make the BBQ sauce...

Maple Chipotle Barbeque Sauce

3 tbsp olive oil
3 cloves chopped garlic
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cups plain tomato sauce
1/2 cup maple syrup (I used Jim Beam pancake syrup I found at Sobeys)
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1-2 canned chiplotles (I found 1 enough for us but this recipe would also be tasty with a little more heat.)
1 tsp fancy molasass
1 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp ground dry thyme
1 tsp salt

In a small saucepan, slowly saute onions and garlic in olive oil until they soften and start to caramelize. Add remaining ingredients and simmer slowly for about 20-30 minutes or until reduced by about 1/4 the initial volume, stirring ofhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.giften. When cool, puree in a blender or food processor until smooth.

Now all you have to combine the pulled chicken and the BBQ sauce, pop it back in the 300F oven to warm up a bit (about 30 mintutes or so) and serve!

This tastes great served on buns with Coleslaw and Bourbon Baked Beans.

Buffalo Chicken Dip

3/4lb cooked chicken breast, chopped into bite sized pieces(I used the breast meat from a rotisserie chicken)
8oz cream cheese softened
1 cup blue cheese dressing
1 cup Frank’s Red Hot buffalo wing sauce
8oz package shredded mozzarella or cheddar

Preheat oven to 350F. Mix cream cheese, dressing, frank’s, chicken and shredded cheese in a bowl, transfer to shallow baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly.

Can be made in advance and refrigerated until ready to heat up!

Chicken Souvlaki

4 skewers (if using wood be sure to soak them overnight)
4 chicken breasts, cubed
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/3 cup lemon juice
4 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
2-3 tsp oregano

Toss cubed chicken, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, and oregano into a plastic bag or container to marinate for at least 4 hours in the fridge. Just before cooking, tread onto skewers. BBQ until chicken is cooked through! Serve with Tzatziki.

Parmesan Chicken

1 whole chicken
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 tsp dry mustard
1 tsp Whorchestershire
1 tsp garlic powder
1 cup dry bread crumbs
1 cup parmesan cheese
3 tsp dried parsley
pinch of salt

Cut up chicken in peices (breast, back, etc). Mix together melted butter, dry mustard, whorechestershire, and garlic powder in a bowl. In another bowl, mix together bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, and parsley. Dunck chicken pieces in butter mixture, then in parmesan mixture. Bake on a cookie sheet or slotted roaster (so grease drips through) at 350 for about 1 hour on until done.