Slow Cooker Chicken in Sweet Soy Sauce

Ingredients

• 150 ml Sweet soy sauce (kecap manis)
• 50 ml Soy sauce
• 30 ml Distilled white vinegar or rice vinegar (Use distilled white vinegar or rice vinegar.)
• 2 tl Galangal powder
• 2 tl Ground ginger
• 2 tl Ground cumin
• 1 Chicken bouillon cube
• 3 cm Fresh ginger (Finely chopped or grated; approximately 15 g.)
• 2 teentjes Garlic (Finely chopped or pressed.)
• 1 Shallot (Finely chopped; approximately 40 g.)
• 1 tl Sambal
• 1 el Honey
• 4 Chicken thighs (Approximately 600 g raw, preferably skinless and boneless for even cooking.)

Steps

1. 1

   Finely chop or grate the fresh ginger, finely chop the garlic and shallot, and crumble the chicken bouillon cube.

2. 2

   Place the chicken thighs in the slow cooker.

3. 3

   Add the sweet soy sauce, soy sauce, and distilled white vinegar or rice vinegar.

4. 4

   Add the galangal powder, ground ginger, ground cumin, and crumbled bouillon cube.

5. 5

   Add the ginger, garlic, shallot, sambal, and honey.

6. 6

   Gently stir the ingredients so that the chicken is coated all over with the sauce and spices. Cover the slow cooker with the lid.

7. 7

   Cook the chicken in the slow cooker for nearly four hours on your appliance's low setting. The chicken is ready when it is very tender and almost falling apart; if in doubt, check that the internal temperature is at least 74 °C.

8. 8

   Carefully remove the chicken from the slow cooker and stir the sauce.

9. 9

   Serve the chicken with the sweet soy sauce.

10. 10

    Serve with rice and, if desired, atjar, green beans, yardlong beans, or a fresh cucumber salad.

Notes

The description does not specify an exact slow cooker setting; the chicken cooked for nearly four hours in the video. Optionally serve with rice and a fresh vegetable component to balance the sweet-and-savory sauce.

Nutrition per serving

• main course
• slow cooker
• Indonesian-inspired
• chicken
• comfort food
• stew
• can be made gluten-free
• dairy-free