Honey Sauced Chicken

We tried this yesterday, and it gets all of the kids' approval. It is very easy, and doesn't require me to work with raw chicken on days when I don't want to. If you try the dice it first and put it in the oven version, let me know how it turns out. The sauce is probably thicker. This is pretty healthy, except for kinda high in sodium (soy sauce). You could also try reducing the oil and let me know what happens.

FYI, this tastes like Chinese food, in case you didn't know what to have with it.

I got the recipe from MMM . . . Cafe. Who got it from the Crock Pot recipe card collection.

1.5 pounds chicken (of your choice)

1 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. black pepper

1 cup honey

1/2 cup soy sauce

1/4 cup chopped onion (or 1/8 cup onion flakes)

1/4 cup ketchup

2 Tbs. vegetable oil

2 cloves garlic, minced

1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes (if you hate spicy, leave this out, but I would implore you to at least sprinkle a couple. The flavor is so great.)

Season both sides of chicken with salt and pepper, put into crock pot. In a small bowl, combine honey, soy sauce, onion, ketchup, oil, garlic and pepper flakes. Pour over chicken. Cook on low for 3 hours or on high 1 1/2 hours. Cut chicken into bite size pieces, then return to pot and toss with sauce. Serve over rice or noodles. (We did rice.)

To bake chicken as a 30 minute meal:

Dice chicken and season both sides with salt and pepper, place in 8x8 pan. Pour sauce over chicken and bake at 350 for 20 minutes, stirring after 10 minutes.

Serves 4 is what the recipe said, but it fed our whole family and also Gary took some to lunch today. I'd say 4-6, depending on sides and appetite.

UPDATE: I put this in the crock pot yesterday before our family went to Seven Peaks. When we came home 7 hours later, it looked like it had almost burned, but actually it was DELISH. The sauce was almost carmelized, and not thin and soupy like usual. Gary was loving it, and kept asking me where I found the recipe. I reminded him many times we'd had it before, but it was so different, he didn't believe me. So, 7 hours on low was a winner.