Goodbye Takeout Hello Homemade: Recipe #7: Crockpot Honey Chicken

Since I work in a Sales Office for a hotel I am sometimes offered to partake in a complimentary meal at a brand new, local restaurant. It is a fantastic perk to my job and since the opportunity does not present itself that often it makes it difficult to turn it down. How am I supposed to walk away from this offer easily?

Running through my mind the commitments I had already made for this evening (visiting with my parents, finding a recipe for tonight, doing laundry, etc.) I decided to put everything on hold for the restaurant premiere of Ocean Prime. So I had every intention of making a recipe for tonight that I would actually be eating before I blogged but tonight got a little carried away.

First off, we ended up spending 3 HOURS at this restaurant trying several of the menu options, which are all completely Five Star quality, by the way. But we ended up eating appetizers, entrees, side dishes, and desserts! So there really wasn't anything I could make afterwards that we had not already eaten. Not to mention we were trying to loosen our belts discretely at the table so I was too stuffed anyway to possibly eat anything else tonight.

Getting carried away but oblivious to it right now

Drinking some caffeine in my determination to still cook tonight!

But I just want to state for the record that I kept this food challenge in mind the entire time and even though I was falling deeper and deeper into a food coma at the restaurant I did go to the grocery store afterwards. So while I am not eating this recipe I just prepared tonight, it is slow cooking all night long for tomorrow evening's meal. I have no doubt in my mind that I can keep up with this challenge because if this is not commitment than I do not know what is!

I found my recipe here: http://www.tablefortwoblog.com/2012/02/21/crockpot-honey-bourbon-chicken/. It was super duper easy to prepare and since I'm feeling hungover from my food-drunken state I am so grateful that it was not more work-intensive. The hardest part was trying to find corn starch and honey at the grocery store. Now you know that's a good recipe! And as for the flavor, satisfaction, and presentation, you will just have to stay tuned!

Ingredients:

* 1 lb of Boneless, Skinless Chicken Thighs
* 1 cup of Honey
* 1/2 cup of Low Sodium Soy Sauce
* 1/4 cup of Ketchup
* 2 Tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
* 1 Large White Onion
* 2 Cloves of Garlic
* Sea Salt
* Pepper
* 1 Tbsp of Red Pepper Flakes
* 1 tsp Corn Starch

Cooking Directions:

Place the chicken into the Crock-pot and turn the dial to "Low". Add just a pinch of Sea Salt and Pepper to the chicken.

Dice the onion and mince the garlic.

In a medium bowl, add the honey, soy sauce, ketchup, extra virgin olive oil, onion, garlic, and red pepper flakes. Then stir to evenly mix all of the ingredients.