Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
Slow Cooker 5 Spice Chicken
Slow Cooker 5 Spice Chicken brings together ginger, sesame oil, and soy sauce. Have the lid or covering ready before you need it. The quick notes will help you get the small jobs lined up before you start.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 245 min
- Total
- 255 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 10 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Main course
- Primary protein
- Chicken
- Cooking method
- Slow cooker
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 15 minutes or less · Total: over 60 minutes
A few quick notes
1. Keep the lid step in mind
Have the lid or covering ready before you need it. Follow the covered and uncovered parts of the method in their own order, especially when the finish changes partway through.
2. Set out the first ingredients
Look through the first cooking step and have its ingredients ready before you begin. It is easier to give the pan your attention when you are not still looking for the next item.
3. Keep an eye on the broiler finish
The broiler is a separate finishing job. Read that part before serving, get the dish ready as directed, and stay with the finish instead of treating it as another long oven step.
Get to know the ingredients
Ginger
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: To make the spice rub, combine the garlic, ginger, vegetable oil, sesame oil, soy sauce, brown sugar, and 5 spice powder in a small bowl.
Sesame oil
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: To make the spice rub, combine the garlic, ginger, vegetable oil, sesame oil, soy sauce, brown sugar, and 5 spice powder in a small bowl.
Soy sauce
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: To make the spice rub, combine the garlic, ginger, vegetable oil, sesame oil, soy sauce, brown sugar, and 5 spice powder in a small bowl.
Let’s make it
Choose your servings, then check things off as you go.
Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
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How to make it
0 of 4 steps completeMake room for Slow Cooker 5 Spice Chicken
Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Keep the last little job in mind
The recipe finishes with this step: Keep a close eye on the chicken while it's under the broiler because every broiler is slightly different and it can burn quickly. Set out what you need for that finish before the cooking gets busy.
A little more help as you go
Match the preparation in the method
Take a look at the chopping, slicing or shaving step before bringing the parts together. Use the preparation described there so the food goes into the next stage in the form the recipe expects.
Choose the slow-cooker schedule first
Read the setting and cooking time in the full method before deciding when to start. Keep the finishing steps in view as well, so the dinner fits the day you have.
Measure the blend before mixing
Set out the listed seasonings and measure each one before mixing them together. When you use the finished blend in another recipe, check how much that recipe needs instead of treating the whole jar as one portion.
A few questions you might have
What should I get ready before starting?
Set out the slow cooker, baking sheet, and oven. Read the first preparation step before you get going: To make the spice rub, combine the garlic, ginger, vegetable oil, sesame oil, soy sauce, brown sugar, and 5 spice powder in a small bowl.
Which little step is worth remembering?
Have the lid or covering ready before you need it. Follow the covered and uncovered parts of the method in their own order, especially when the finish changes partway through.
What check should I look for as it cooks?
Keep this part of the method in view: Broil the chicken on high for 5 minutes, or until the skin is brown and crispy.
Is there another preparation step to plan for?
Take a look at the chopping, slicing or shaving step before bringing the parts together. Use the preparation described there so the food goes into the next stage in the form the recipe expects.
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: Budget Bytes. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
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