Nathan Anthony’s honey and sriracha slow cooker chicken recipe

Nathan Anthony describes this dish as “lazy but loaded with flavour” in his latest cookbook, Bored of Lunch: Six Ingredient Slow Cooker.

“It’s an incredible dish for cutting corners and saves so much prep time, but it still wows on taste. I prefer to seal the chicken before slow-cooking it, for extra flavour, but you can skip this step if you prefer,” says the Northern Irish cook.

Honey and sriracha chicken

Calories: 280 per portion

Ingredients

(Serves 4)

4 chicken breasts, whole

6tbsp sriracha

4tbsp honey

Juice of 1 lemon

3 garlic cloves, grated

Method

1. Coat the chicken breasts all over in 1 tablespoon of cornflour, then pan-fry over a medium heat in 1 tablespoon of hot oil for two minutes, or until golden on both sides.

2. Transfer the chicken to the slow cooker with all the other ingredients. Cook on high for three hours or low for six hours.

3. Slice and serve the chicken breasts,

Bored of Lunch: Six Ingredient Slow Cooker by Nathan Anthony is published by Ebury Press, priced £20. Photography by Dan Jones. Available now.