This is Kitty. The flood of news has me on hyper alert lately and I have been so very anxious that I am trying to avoid some of the news for the next day or two. So, I am posting pictures of kitties on Facebook right now to balance the flood of news I am seeing on my feed and trying to breathe, drink lots of water and just take care of myself in general. I know all this anxiety is effecting my body negatively and I need to counteract it. Besides, I think I have posted pictures of everyone in the family except Kitty. I call her Helper Kitty because she loves to help me make the bed by crawling on the sheets and blankets as I make the bed.
I am not a fan of chicken thighs and drumsticks. I don’t know why but they usually make me squeamish. I buy them though because they are inexpensive and I can feed my family a decent amount of food cheaply. I did figure out with this recipe that if I skin the drumsticks (which is VERY simple if you have a super sharp knife) I like the drumsticks much better. You can buy the drumsticks and thighs skinned if you like but here they tend to be $.60-$.75 more a pound. I can do it myself in a few minutes and it doesn’t bother me so I will not pay the extra.
It is also getting more and more difficult to make dinner without running out to buy an ingredient I don’t have in my freezer or pantry. Under my No Buy January I am really trying to clean out my freezer and pantry. I almost wasn’t able to make this dish but I found a bottle of soy sauce in the pantry! Score! I also found some great things I had totally forgotten about like a jar of pesto and a jar of tomato pesto that I plan on using later this week.
Verdict:
My family loved this meal. It was super simple to make and had tons of great flavor. The meat was just about to fall off the bone it was so tender. The sauce had soaked into the chicken and added a delicious soy, ginger and garlic flavor to the meat. The sauce as yummy over the brown rice I added as a side but you could just as easily have served this with chow mein noodles or rice noodles if you prefer.
I added a hearty green salad of spinach, mushrooms, peppers, and tomatoes as a side and our meal was complete.
Slow Cooker Soy-Glazed Drumsticks
Ingredients:
- 3 lbs. drumsticks, skinless (about 10-12 drumsticks)
- 1 (8 oz) bag baby carrots (carrots can be cut into chunks or strips if you prefer but I was too lazy so I threw mine in whole) 😀
- 2/3 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 5 garlic cloves, minced
- 1″ fresh ginger, peeled and cut into strips or 1 teaspoon + of powdered ginger
- 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 2 teaspoons ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons corn starch
- 2 tablespoons cold water
- Rice or noodles for serving, if desired
Directions:
- Place carrots and chicken in bowl of slow cooker.
- Mix soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, vinegar, coriander, and black pepper together in a small bowl until well combined. Pour mixture over chicken and carrots.
- Cover slow cooker and cook on low for 6-7 hours until chicken is cooked through.
- Remove chicken from slow cooker to a plate. Stir together corn starch and cold water until corn starch is dissolved. Slowly stir into the sauce in the slow cooker. Turn slow cooker to high and cook for 10-15 minutes stirring occasionally. If sauce is not thick enough for you add more corn starch and water mixture 1 teaspoon at a time until desired consistency is reached.
- Taste sauce and adjust flavor by adding salt, pepper, or garlic to your liking.
- Return chicken to sauce before serving.
- Serve over rice or noodles if desired.
What's for Dinner Moms? 
Another fabulous recipe for a great family meal.
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Thank you so very much!
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Oh my. This sounds marvelous. I think I will do it next week. I have everything but the corainder
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Leave it out! I always encourage people to leave things out or add to the dishes to fit their family. Taste the sauce and make it your own!
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The recipe looks very familiar. I archived this , by the way. We’ve been using the slow cooker more often nowadays.
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Thank you. I love my slow cooker. I also made balsamic -honey one very recently.
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I’m right there with you about thighs and drumsticks. I’m just not a fan of bones in my meat, really, I think. But yes—boneless, skinless chicken thighs are MUCH more expensive than the bone-in, skin-on ones!
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Oh wow I’m gonna try this
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Thanks! Hope you like it!
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I so admire you for sticking with your No Buy January! I’m sure this was fabulous! And thank you for sharing pictures of your kitty, I don’t think I’ve seen her before.
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She is my baby. She is a scaredy cat but she loves me!
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Great recipe and even more your resolution to be minimalistic and be no buy January- I think I will try to do that February. What do you do for fresh vegetables ?
Susie
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I do buy fresh foods if I don’t have frozen in the freezer or canned. I am not going to deprive my family of milk, eggs, dairy and produce. Other than that and a couple household staples such as laundry detergent (which I had to buy the other night) that is all. I try to limit everything as much as possible to keep the cash flow down.
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I thought you might have a kitchen garden and would get fruit and vegetables from there.
Susie
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I wish!! 🙂 I actually have a black thumb. My plants tend to die. It could be lack of sunshine in MI during these dreary winter months.
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I love all your crock pot chicken recipes! Best regards to adorable Kitty from my feline helper Barmalei. He usually sits under the kitchen counter nudges my elbow when I try to take pictures for the blog. His sister Beba helps with bed linen, just like Kitty.
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They are helping all right!
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🙂
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