This Low Calorie Sesame Garlic Crockpot Chicken Thighs Recipe is easy to make and the perfect “drop it all in the slow cooker and walk away” recipe! These low calorie chicken thighs are just 178 calories and they are packed with 20.3g of protein!
Ingredients You’ll Need:
- 6 boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 4 garlic cloves
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- ⅓ cup soy sauce (or Tamari for Gluten-Free)
- ⅛ cup honey
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 2 teaspoons chili flakes (optional)
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- ½ tablespoon sesame seeds
- 1 green onion sliced
Low Calorie Sesame Garlic Crockpot Chicken Thighs
Healthy Sesame Garlic Crockpot Chicken Thighs Meal Prep and Storage
Meal Prep: You can meal prep 2 ways. You can cook the healthy recipe completely then store for later, or add the ingredients to a bag, mix and add to the freezer for later.
Storage: Will hold in the fridge for 5 days and the freezer for a month.
Reheating: Reheat in the microwave for 1-3 minutes, or in a 350 degree oven until warmed through (about 20 minutes)
Low Calorie Sesame Garlic Crockpot Chicken Thighs
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Low Calorie Crockpot Chicken Thighs
Equipment
- slow cooker
Ingredients
- 6 boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- ⅓ cup soy sauce (or Tamari for Gluten-Free)
- ⅛ cup honey
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 2 teaspoons chili flakes (optional)
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- ½ tablespoon sesame seeds
- 1 green onion sliced
Instructions
- Add the chicken to the slow cooker.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the garlic, pepper, tomato paste, soy sauce, honey, sesame oil and chili flakes. Pour the sauce over the chicken thighs.
- Cover the slow cooker and cook on LOW for 6 hours or on HIGH for 3 hours.
- When you have 1 hour left of cook time, mix the cornstarch in a small bowl with 1/4 cup cold water. Add the cornstarch mixture to the slow cooker and mix together to thicken up the sauce.
- Cook for 1 more hour, then sprinkle with sesame seeds and green onions and serve hot.
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Article History:
- Originally written and published March 1, 2021 by Audrey Johns
- Updated on September 14, 2023 by Audrey Johns
You could easily make it Lowe run sodium by using low sodium soy sauce. Sorry, we are not a low sodium site. Just a low calorie site….
This is not very low sodium at 850 a serving. Am making it now.
Delicious and super easy – it really only take 3 hours to cook! I made a little extra marinade and easily used it to sauté fresh veggies another day! My only swap was to use Diced Chiles in Oil versus chili flakes but it worked great!