Slow Cooker Sriracha Chili Chicken recipe is the perfect easy weeknight dinner. Best of all, there is only 10 minutes of prep and is so much better than take-out. Simmered in a flavorful and spicy Sriracha chili sauce, this is sure to become a family favorite.
Before having kiddos and moving to a smaller town, the hubs and I used to order take-out — a lot.
After a busy day at work plus a very long commute, there were many nights that I dreaded having to think about fixing dinner from scratch. This all changed after we got a slow cooker. It made meal times so much easier. I love that you can just toss everything inside and come home to a healthy and home cooked meal.
This flavorful Sriracha Chili Chicken makes a regular appearance at our house. It’s spicy from the sriracha sauce and chili pepper with a hint of sweetness from the honey.
You can also tone down the amount of spiciness depending on your heat tolerance too.
Swap out the chicken with extra firm tofu or any other protein of your choice too. Feel like more veggies? Toss those in as well.
A delicious and easy weeknight meal that’s full of flavor without having to order take-out!
This slow cooker Sriracha chili chicken makes an easy weeknight dinner without having to order take-out. Simmered in a flavorful and spicy Sriracha chili sauce, this is sure to become a family favorite.
- 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs or breasts left whole
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon fresh ginger minced
- 1/4-1/3 cup Sriracha you can adjust more or less depending on your heat tolerance
- 1/2 cup reduced sodium soy sauce can substitute with gluten free tamari or coconut aminos for paleo-friendly version
- 1/3 cup honey can substitute with agave
- 3 tablespoon rice vinegar or apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes* or use 1 whole red Thai chili pepper, seeded, finely chopped, to taste (see notes)
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch** see notes
- 2 tablespoon lukewarm water
- sesame seeds
- fresh cilantro
- Lightly spray the bottom of the crockpot with cooking spray. Place the chicken in the bottom of the crockpot.
- Whisk together the garlic, ginger, Sriracha, soy sauce, honey, vinegar and sesame oil and pour mixture over chicken.
- Cook on high for 2 to 3 hours (depending on your crockpot - mine was done at 2 hours), until chicken is cooked through. Toss in the crushed red pepper flakes or red Thai chili if desired. (You may choose to leave out the red peppers depending on your heat tolerance).
- After the chicken is cooked through, whisk together the cornstarch slurry and pour into the crockpot, mixing well with the sauce. Cook for another 20 minutes on high until the sauce thickens up.
- Shred or cut chicken into bite-sized cubes.
- Serve chicken with rice or noodles as desired and a generous heaping of sauce.
- Sprinkle with sesame seeds and fresh cilantro.
* Omit or adjust the amount of crushed red pepper flakes or red Thai chili depending on your heat tolerance
** Adjust amount of Sriracha depending on your heat tolerance
Use more or less cornstarch depending on how thick you want the sauce
**Every crockpot has different cooking times depending on the manufacturer. Please adjust cooking times as needed.
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Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice -
Slow cookers are a life-saver, Kelly! I love using mine whenever I can. This chili chicken sounds like the perfect dish to come home to after a long day at work. Clicking over the recipe! 🙂
Lindsey @ American Heritage Cooking -
Yummy! This sounds amazing. Heading to get the recipe now! Pinned!
Kelly -
Thanks so much Lindsey and for pinning 🙂
Eva @ Eva Bakes -
Hooray for another slow cookout takeout recipe! I need to get with the program and start cooking with my slow cooker again. It is amazing that the machine can make a meal this delicious and beautiful!
Kelly -
Our slow cooker is such a life saver for helping make meal times easier. Thanks so much Eva, hope you’re having a wonderful weekend so far!:)
Emma -
I too love my slow cooker and love the fact you can be out and busy all day and still come home to a healthy home cooked meal. This looks lovely as usual 🙂
Kelly -
Slow cookers are such a life saver for making meal times easier. Thanks so much Emma 🙂
Chastity -
That sounds amazing! JD and I both like spicy food so I will totally make this. I love my slow cooker. Between baseball, dance, work and school it’s so nice to know that dinner is already cooking without me.
Kelly -
Thanks so much Chastity! Slow cookers are such a lifesaver – I love the feeling that dinner is getting taken care of while we are out 🙂