Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon cooking oil
  • 6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup low sodium soy sauce
  • 1 cup low sodium chicken broth
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper, to taste
  • salt and pepper
  • 1/4 cup cornstarch
  • 1/4 cup water

Method

  • Heat oil in skillet.
  • Add chicken and brown on all sides.
  • While chicken is browning, make sauce by combining garlic, brown sugar, soy sauce, chicken broth, lemon juice, and cayenne in a mixing bowl.
  • Remove browned chicken from skillet and season to taste with salt and pepper.
  • Place chicken into crock pot and cover with sauce.
  • Cover and cook on low for 4-8 hours or until chicken is done, depending on your crock pot.
  • Remove chicken from crock pot and turn crock pot to High.
  • Mix corn starch and water thoroughly together, then add to crock pot liquid.
  • Place cover on crock pot so that the lid is slightly ajar.
  • Cook until sauce thickens, about 20-30 minutes.
  • Return chicken to crock pot to coat, then serve either alone or over a bed of rice and topped with sauce.