Lemon Soy Chicken Thighs (Oven and Slow Cooker)
These Anglo-Asian Lemon Soy Chicken Thighs are an easy and budget friendly, family favourite dish that can be cooked in the oven or the slow cooker.
Equipment
- Oven-proof dish
- Or slow cooker / Crock-Pot
Ingredients
- 1 kg chicken thighs bone-in, skin on (or 650g / 22.93oz boneless)
- 100 ml chicken stock
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
- 2 tablespoon reduced salt soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon cornflour / cornstarch
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- 1 lemon sliced, optional
See notes for sharing with toddler
SERVING SUGGESTIONS
- Steamed or stir fried vegetables
- White basmati rice
Instructions
TO OVEN BAKE
- Preheat your oven to 200ºc/180ºc fan/400ºf/gas 6.
- Mix all the sauce ingredients together in an oven-proof dish using a mini hand whisk.
- Nestle in the chicken thighs. Bake for 45 minutes for bone-in, 35 for boneless, adding the lemon slices if you fancy 10 minutes before serving (see notes).
SLOW COOKER
- Mix all the sauce ingredients together in your slow cooker pot with a hand whisk.
- Nestle in the chicken and cover. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours (boneless, I’d go for 4 hours bone-in, 5). if you’d like to add lemon slices, add in for the last half an hour, just lying them on the top of the chicken.
Notes
Adding lemon slices - doing this is really just for aesthetics, so good for serving to guests. If you add the lemon slices before you start cooking, you could end up with an overpowering bitter lemon flavour, particularly if you are slow cooking.
Checking the chicken is cooked - internal temp should reach a minimum of 74ºc/165ºf or juices run clear.
Baby & Toddler
Suitable for 12 months+ can use only reduced salt soy so replace the dark soy for reduced salt. Can also use low-salt stock, and don’t add any salt into the cook. Cut the chicken into small bite-size pieces.
FUSSY EATERS
If yours is funny with the soft texture slow cooked chicken has, oven bake instead. If your picky eater is funny with sauces, dish up without sauce and give them a little in a dish to add as they please.
Nutrition
Calories: 63kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 2gFat: 0.4gSaturated Fat: 0.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 711mgPotassium: 84mgFiber: 0.1gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 1IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 14mgIron: 0.4mg
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