Description
Slow cooker peach glazed chicken with brown sugar brings together tender chicken breasts with a sweet and savory glaze that caramelizes as everything cooks together for hours. Your dinner comes together with minimal effort, giving you a dish that tastes like you spent way more time in the kitchen than you actually did.
Ingredients
Scale
Protein:
- 1.5 pounds chicken thighs
Glaze and Flavoring:
- 0.5 cup brown sugar
- 0.5 cup peach preserves
- 0.25 cup soy sauce
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
Seasoning:
- 0.5 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Pat your 1.5 lbs of chicken thighs dry with paper towels and trim away any excess fat, then sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper over them.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together 1/2 cup packed brown sugar, 1/2 cup peach preserves, 1/4 cup soy sauce, 4 minced garlic cloves, 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger, and 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme until everything combines smoothly.
- Arrange your seasoned chicken thighs in the crockpot and pour the entire peach glaze mixture over them, making sure the coating reaches all the pieces.
- Cover your crockpot and let it cook on the low setting for 6 to 7 hours, or if time is tight, use the high setting for 3 to 4 hours until your chicken becomes fork-tender.
- Transfer the cooked chicken to your serving plates and spoon the thickened glaze from the bottom of the crockpot over each portion, then garnish with fresh thyme if you like the extra herb flavor.
Notes
- Patting your chicken dry before cooking helps the glaze stick better and creates a nicer texture rather than steaming the meat.
- Bone-in, skin-on thighs work best because they stay juicy during the long cooking time, unlike breast meat which can dry out.
- Stir the glaze ingredients together before adding to the crockpot so the brown sugar dissolves evenly and coats your chicken uniformly.
- If your chicken releases a lot of liquid during cooking, drain some off halfway through so the sauce reduces and becomes thicker and more flavorful.
- For a gluten-free version, simply swap regular soy sauce for tamari or coconut aminos, and the rest of the recipe works exactly the same way.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 3-7 hours
- Category: Slow Cooked Chicken
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 360 kcal
- Sugar: 21 g
- Sodium: 480 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 3.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7.5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 26 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 33 g
- Cholesterol: 110 mg