Slow Cooker Asian Chicken - 9 Ingredient Recipe {Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free} (2024)

Last Updated on April 12, 2019 By Vicky 26 Comments

Slow cooker Asian chicken recipe needing only nine ingredients for tender, fall-apart-in-your-mouth chicken. Set it and forget it. 15 minutes of prep required and the slow cooker does the rest. Gluten Free and Dairy Free too.Slow cooker Asian chicken was something I knew I had to make after my first experience with the slow cooker making Mexican Pineapple Chicken. I just knew there would be many more recipes to follow. I mean this magical kitchen appliance seems to be a serious time saver.

You just throw a bunch of ingredients into the big pot like structure, turn the heat to low or high and 4-6 hours later dinner is ready.

Um is this the busy weekday life saver or what? I don’t know what percentage of the working professionals nowadays cook their meals from scratch but I am guessing the numbers are decreasing with every year.

Every one is busy and tired. Who has the time or patience to slave away in the kitchen after a long day of work? Now I know I love and live to cook so you simply can’t get me out of the kitchen but for those who eat to live, I get it. When you come home from work you’re already hungry and need dinner right away.

Well seems like the slow cooker has you covered. If I were still in the 9-5 work life I would be using a slow cooker all the time. Toss the ingredients together in minutes in the morning before rushing out the door and then come home to a hot meal waiting for you. No live in chef required. A pretty nifty device right?

Now I don’t yet own my own slow cooker – I was using the one from the house sit in Costa Rica but now I am seriously considering getting one. Looks like there are plenty to choose from on Amazon, from the classic Crock-Potfor $49,to the Hamilton Beach model, and plenty others to choose from. Let me know if you have a favorite one that you use in the comments below.

For this slow cooker Asian chicken recipe I combined my favorite key Asian ingredients – ginger, garlic, tamari, rice vinegar, chili garlic, sauce, sesame oil, chicken broth, and olive oil. Mix all of those together in a bowl and pour over the chicken in the slow cooker.

I used chicken breasts for this because that’s all I had on hand but I know this recipe would be even more tender and delicious with chicken thighs, so go with whichever one you have. The chicken broth is optional though it will create more sauce for the chicken once it’s cooked, but it works without it as well.

It’s just magical to me how you can throw in raw chicken and the sauce into the slow cooker and in hours you have tender and flavorful fall apart in your mouth slow cooker Asian chicken. Shred the chicken once it’s cooked and mix with the sauce in the slow cooker for another 20-30minutes.

Serve the over rice, or in tacos, burritos, salads, you name it.

My new favorite slow cooker Asian chicken dish right here.

Made with practically zero effort.

If you love this Slow Cooker Asian Chicken recipe check out these other Asian chicken recipes:

• Gluten Free Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps {GF, DF}
• Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps {GF, DF, 30 min}
• 15 Minute Asian Chicken Tomato Stir Fry {GF, DF}
• Asian Cabbage Chicken Salad with Creamy Tahini Dressing {GF, DF}
• 20 Minute Asian Turkey Stir Fry {GF, DF}
• Asian Shredded Chicken Recipe {GF, DF}

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