Korean BBQ Chicken
7 Comments Jul 19, 2024
Updated Aug 19, 2025
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This Slow Cooker Korean BBQ Chicken recipe is a must-try if you’re looking to bring a classic Korean dish to your dinner table. A homemade Korean sauce smothers chicken breasts and slow-cooked to fork-tender perfection, making a meal the whole family will love.
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Delicious! Perfect amount of ingredients. I also did not drain the liquid from the chicken and it made a great sauce to pour over the rice. I will make this again and again! Thank you!
– Brie
You can make a big batch of Slow Cooker Korean BBQ Chicken for your family! We love takeout-inspired meals like this, so we have a meal to look forward to after a long workday (or long school day!).
This Korean barbecue sauce has a distinctive flavor that’s not like any other. It’s sweet, tangy, and slightly spicy, and the chicken soaks it all up while slow cooking.
Key Ingredients
- Chicken Breasts: You’ll only need about 2 lbs. of boneless skinless chicken breasts to yield plenty of servings.
- Chicken Broth: Helps enhance the flavor and cook the chicken to shred-ready perfection.
- Seasonings: Freshly crushed garlic cloves, chopped ginger, chopped green onions, and a pinch of salt and pepper.
- Barbecue Sauce: Tamari soy sauce, sweet chili sauce, hoisin, light brown sugar, honey, rice wine, sesame oil, minced ginger, turmeric, coarse black pepper, red pepper flakes, and cornstarch + water to create a slurry.
How to Make Korean BBQ Chicken
- Start by letting the chicken slow cook until it’s tender enough to shred.
- While it cooks, whisk together the homemade Korean-style sauce.
- Toss the shredded chicken in the sauce, let it thicken, then plate.
Recipe Tips & Variations
Meat Swap: Boneless thighs work just as well as breasts! Also, drumsticks will work as well (do not shred).
Less Heat: Cut back or omit the red pepper flakes if you don’t want the Korean BBQ Chicken to be so spicy.
Prep Ahead: You can make the sauce ahead of time and let the chicken marinate in it overnight.
Leftovers: Store any remaining bbq chicken in an airtight container and store in the fridge for up to 4 days. Reheat on the stovetop or in the microwave until warmed throughout.
No Tamari? Use regular or low sodium soy sauce instead.
How to Serve Korean BBQ Chicken
- Serve with Jasmine rice and garnish with toasted sesame seeds, chopped green onions, sliced shallots, and sliced carrots.
- You can also use this Korean bbq mixture to create a delicious lettuce wrap.
- This dish can also be used to make sliders, chicken bowls, or delicious Korean bbq tacos.
- As for sides, it pairs nicely with steamed broccoli and egg rolls.
Korean BBQ Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken breasts
- ½ cup chicken broth
- 6 cloves garlic, crushed
- ½ Tbsp. chopped ginger
- ¼ cup chopped green onions
- pinch of salt and pepper
Korean BBQ Sauce:
- ¼ cup Tamari soy sauce
- ¼ cup sweet chili sauce
- 2 Tbsp. hoisin
- 1 Tbsp. light brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp. honey
- 1 Tbsp. rice wine vinegar, (or rice vinegar)
- 1 Tbsp. sesame oil
- ½ Tbsp. minced ginger
- 1 tsp. turmeric
- ½ tsp. coarse black pepper
- ½ tsp. red pepper flakes
- 1 Tbsp. cornstarch + 1 tbsp water, slurry
Garnish:
- Sesame seeds
- Baby carrots thinly sliced
- Shallots, thinly sliced
- Green onions
Instructions
- Pat chicken dry and season with a pinch of salt and pepper. Place into the slow cooker with garlic, ginger, and green onions.
- Pour chicken broth into the slow cooker and cover. Cook on high for 4 hours, or low for 5 hours.
- Once time is up, shred the chicken and drain any excess liquid. Add chicken back to the slow cooker,
- Prepare the sauce. In a medium mixing bowl combine soy sauce, chili sauce, hoisin, brown sugar, honey, rice wine, sesame oil, minced ginger, turmeric, black pepper, and red pepper flakes. Whisk well.
- In a separate small bowl or ramekin, whisk together the cornstarch and water to make a slurry. Add slurry to the sauce and whisk. Pour sauce into the slow cooker with the chicken and toss to coat. Cover and cook for 30 more minutes on high.
- Serve with rice and garnish with sesame seeds, chopped green onions, sliced shallots, and sliced carrots. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
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Delicious! Perfect amount of ingredients
I also did not drain the liquid from the chicken and it made a great sauce to pour over the rice. I will make this again and again! Thank you!
We love Korean BBQ and the taste was just like dishes we’ve had at our favorite restaurant with far less calories! It’s a great spicy Weight Watchers dish over jasmine rice. Just didn’t add the green onions (market didn’t have them). Next time I won’t drain the little bit of juices left from the initial cooking-had to add some broth back because it was a bit dry after the sauce was added to the chicken. I have loved many recipes from your site! Will continue to scan through recipes to find ones I can use on our weight loss journey.
Sounds great! Typo in detailed instructions #5- change poison to hoisin! I always look forward to making your recipes!
Thank you! I fixed this, but it didn’t stick. I appreciate this.
Did you forget to mention noodles? I see noodles in the pictures.
There are no noodles in the photos, I apologize for the confusion.
Sounds good but WAY too many ingredients.