This recipe was so good, and so easy to make!! I think I have made it before - when I first started my adventures in cooking. Since we had a snow day from work, I decided to take advantage of being home by using the crock pot for dinner! This was so easy, even my 2.5 year old was able to help me out!
INGREDIENTS:
* 4-6 Chicken Breasts (The original recipe called for 2 lbs of chicken. I used chicken cutlets -- and they were still frozen)
* 3 garlic cloves - chopped (I used minced garlic out of the jar. I didn't measure, I just added what looked right)
* 1/2 cup soy sauce (I used kroger brand - the lite soy sauce)
* 1/2 cup ketchup (yes ketchup, who would have known?? But, I hear lots of Chinese restaurants use ketchup for the sesame chicken)
* 1/3 Honey (My dad is a bee keeper so I used some of his delicious/local honey)
* 1 tsp dried basil or fresh basil (I had never cooked with basil so I used a little over 1/2 a tsp because I didn't know what it would taste like, or if I even liked it)
DIRECTIONS:
Combine all ingredients in a bowl, pour over chicken breasts in the crock pot.
Original recipe said to cook on HIGH for 4 hours. I cooked on LOW for 4-5 hours and everything was fine. Many times when I cook chicken in the crock pot on low, the meat just falls apart with a fork. Not with this recipe (or any recipe that I used soy/terriyaki). I'm thinking the sodium/salt in the soy sauce dries the chicken out!! So personally, I would cook this one (on LOW!! Unless my crock pot is just super powerful and gets extra hot, even on low!!)
I steamed some fresh broccoli and made some rice to go with the meal. Everyone was satisfied and I heard some "yummms" in the background!
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