Crockpot Garlic Chicken

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This crockpot garlic chicken recipe is easy and delicious. It has sweet and sour vibes and is perfect served over rice or egg noodles.

Dinner plate with slow cooker garlic chicken served with rice and extra sauce and a side of peas.

If you are looking for a fun and flavorful dinner idea, this recipe is for you. Garlic chicken is saucy, tender, and delicious.

A word of warning, if you make this recipe the house will smell fabulous all day long. In fact, that is why we have this recipe.

My husband is a contractor. He and his guys were working on a house where this was cooking.

It tortured them all day long. They must have mentioned it to the homeowner a few times, because she ended up writing out the recipe for them to have.

Crockpot with chicken breasts, brown sugar, vinegar, garlic, and more, ready to be cooked.
Crockpot with cooked chicken breasts and thickened sweet and sour garlic sauce in it, ready to be served.

So, I am not exaggerating! My husband not only came home with the recipe, but offered to make it.

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Of course I put it right on our menu, because he was so excited about it and you can never have too many good chicken recipes. We have been enjoying recipes with these flavors recently.

The honey garlic chicken drumsticks were a hit and so is the honey garlic roasted pork. Plus, it sounded good and the lemon lime soda in the ingredients list intrigued me.

The sauce has a sweet and sour flavor going for it with the vinegar and brown sugar. You can actually kind of taste the lemon lime soda if you are looking for it.

Slow cooker garlic chicken served over rice with extra sauce soaking into rice and a side of peas, next to the crockpot it was cooked in.
Bite of tender garlic chicken on fork, ready to eat.

As the name suggests, there is a nice amount of garlic and just a bit of spicy kick from the red pepper flakes. The combination is delicious as well as aromatic.

We served it as whole chicken breasts over rice. However, you could also shred the chicken if you wanted to serve more people.

I hope you will give it a try. Or check out my collection of crockpot recipes for more tasty inspiration.

Dinner plate with a glossy chicken breast in garlic sauce served over rice with a side of peas next to the crockpot the chicken was cooked in.
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Crockpot Garlic Chicken

Author: Carlee
Servings: 6 servings
This crockpot garlic chicken is easy, delicious, and has the best sweet and sour vibes. It's saucy, tender, and perfect served over rice or egg noodles. Fair warning: your house will smell absolutely fabulous all day long.
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 6 hours
Total: 6 hours 10 minutes

Equipment

Ingredients 

  • 2-3 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 cup light brown sugar packed
  • ⅔ cup apple cider vinegar
  • ¼ cup lemon lime soda
  • 2 Tablespoons minced garlic
  • 2 Tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 2 Tablespoons cornstarch

Instructions 

  • Place 2-3 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts in the slow cooker.
  • Add the 1 cup light brown sugar, ⅔ cup apple cider vinegar, ¼ cup lemon lime soda, 2 Tablespoons minced garlic, 2 Tablespoons soy sauce, 1 teaspoon ground black pepper, and 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes. Stir to combine.
  • Cook on low for 6-8 hours or high for about 4 hours.
  • Make a slurry with 2 Tablespoons cornstarch and a couple of tablespoons of water. Stir the slurry into the sauce in the crockpot. Cook on high until the sauce has thickened.
  • Serve as whole chicken breasts or shred. It is great with rice or noodles so you can soak up some of the delicious sauce.

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Nutrition Information

Serving: 1Serving | Calories: 338kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 33g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 97mg | Sodium: 530mg | Potassium: 683mg | Fiber: 0.5g | Sugar: 37g | Vitamin A: 146IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 46mg | Iron: 1mg
“Cooking With Carlee” is not a dietitian or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and other nutritional values can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.

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Carlee is a busy mom that loves to share family friendly recipes. There are a mix of quick and easy Midwest comfort food meals and plenty of sweet treats.

Whether you are looking for an old fashioned recipe from Carlee's grandma's recipe box or a new meal to feed your family, you are in the right place. There are plenty of delicious recipes for every cooking skill level and amount of time available.

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  1. 5 stars
    I absolutely loved the story behind this recipe! I love it when my husband comes home and says oh my gosh something smells so good! I will have to make this for sure!

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