Slow cooker sesame chicken

I  love my slow cooker. I can't get around it.  Slow cookers just making the life of a working mom (ok even though I only work part time) so much easier. Just throw everything in the pot in the morning and presto dinner or in the case of my family lunch.

So here is another one of my families favorite recipes.  Slow cooker Sesame chicken.  I originally found this recipe online but can't seem to find it again, so if this happens to be your recipe please let me know so I can credit you with the glory of this greatness.

This version serves 4 about 1 cup size serving.

2 chicken breasts
1/2 an onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce, ( you want low sodium otherwise it comes out a little salty, I know I tried regular the first time)
4 Tbs tomato purée/paste
2 tsp sesame oil
3 tsp  cornstarch/ (cornflour in the UK)
1/4 cup water
2 packets frozen broccoli
Rice to serve.


Place the chicken in the slow cooker.

Combine the onion, garlic, honey, soy sauce, tomato pure and oil in a bowl and then pour on top of the chicken. Or if your like me I just throw the ingredients one by one on top of the chicken and let them blend while cooking, but that's just me.

Cook this on low for at least 5 hours turning from time to time to make sure the chicken gets evenly coated.  Then about 20 minutes before I want to eat I out the rice on to cook. I also take out the chicken breasts and shred them with two forks. I then add the cornstarch to the water to make a slurry and add that to the sauce in the slow cooker so that it can thicken.

Once the chicken is shredded it goes back in to the sauce thickening sauce. I personal like to boil my broccoli rather than pan fry it, but either option is good. Once the rice is cooked. I serve.