Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Glazed Wings
Sticky wings are a good reason to take your time over dinner. These come wrapped in a sweet, savory garlic glaze that clings to the chicken after its final toss. Set them out warm and enjoy working your way through a generous helping of that glossy coating.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 360 min
- Total
- 370 min
- Original yield
- Serves 8
- Ingredients
- 9 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Appetizers · Appetizers & snacks · Dinner · Main course
- Primary protein
- Chicken
- Cuisine
- American
- Cooking method
- Slow cooker
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 15 minutes or less · Total: over 60 minutes
A few quick notes
1. Season before saucing
Sprinkle salt and pepper over the wings before putting them in the bottom of the slow cooker and adding the honey sauce.
2. Whisk the glaze base
Whisk the honey, soy sauce and other sauce ingredients together in a small bowl before pouring them over the wings.
3. Keep the cooking sauce
When the wings finish cooking, transfer their sauce to a saucepan for thickening instead of leaving that liquid in the cooker.
Get to know the ingredients
Honey
Measure the honey for the sauce bowl and whisk it with the soy sauce, oil, garlic and ginger before coating the wings.
Ground ginger
Use the listed ground ginger in the sauce mixture. It joins the minced garlic before the slow-cooking stage begins.
Cornstarch
Keep the cornstarch for the saucepan finish. It thickens the cooked sauce before that glaze is returned to the wings.
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Original recipe: Serves 8. Original quantities shown.
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How to make it
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The last little job
Toss in the glaze
Pour the thickened sauce back into the slow cooker and toss the cooked wings until the glaze coats them.
A little more help as you go
Low setting plan
For the low setting, the directions give six to eight hours before transferring the sauce to its saucepan finish.
High setting plan
The high setting is also allowed, with four to five hours of slow cooking before the same sauce-thickening step.
A few questions you might have
Is the sauce thickened before slow cooking?
The mixed sauce goes over the wings without cornstarch. The thickening stage happens after the wings have cooked.
Where does the vegetable oil go?
Whisk it into the honey and soy sauce mixture with garlic and ginger, then pour that sauce over the wings.
Should I boil the sauce for its final stage?
Bring the transferred cooking sauce to a boil in a saucepan, add cornstarch and continue cooking until it thickens.
Do these wings have an oven finishing step?
The directions finish by thickening the cooking sauce on the stove and tossing it with the wings in the slow cooker.
Which garlic form goes into the sauce?
Use minced garlic as listed. It is whisked with honey, soy sauce, ground ginger and vegetable oil before cooking.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: therecipecritic.com. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
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