This easy Slow Cooker Chicken Teriyaki recipe is cooked with chicken breasts or thighs with honey, garlic, soy sauce that makes the perfect homemade sauce. Serve it in a bowl over rice with a vegetable like broccoli for a healthy balanced meal.
This homemade chicken teriyaki recipe was the biggest hit of the week in our house! It is so nice to hear everyone happily tell me how much they like something new. I can’t remember this much excitement since making this chicken casserole a long time ago.
I really love that I can make the teriyaki sauce so easily without buying a bottle at the stove. It is so much easier than I thought. Plus the fact there is no high fructose corn syrup or other artificial ingredients that you may find in store bought versions.
Just load it all in your slow cooker in the morning and be ready for a healthy meal on the table at dinner time. We love it serve over rice with steamed broccoli. But adding other vegetables like sugar snap peas, carrots and sweet red peppers are great as well. I cook the vegetables separately so they stay less soggy that if you cook them in the crock pot.
**All the quantities are listed in the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post**
This recipe uses boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs (or a mixture of the two). You could also use a whole chicken and de-bone it.
Honey gives the teriyaki sauce just the right amount of sweetness
Soy sauce is another must for this recipe. I like to use low sodium soy sauce. And I have also used coconut aminos for a gluten free version.
Fresh garlic cloves, minced are more flavorful if you have them but jarred versions are just fine too.
I use chopped yellow onion, usually but any onion you prefer will work too
Red wine vinegar is the only vinegar I have tried with this recipe.
Other spices used are ground ginger and a little black pepper.
A little cornstarch mixed with water is used to thicken the delicious sauce.
How to Make Slow Cooker Chicken Teriyaki
In a bowl mix together the honey, red wine vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, onion, ground ginger and pepper.
Add the chicken and turn to coat both sides with the sauce.
Cook in a slow cooker on low for about 4-5 hours
Remove from the slow cooker and shred the chicken with a fork. Then set aside.
Pour the remaining sauce through a fine mesh strainer to strain out the onion and garlic chunks.
Transfer this remaining liquid into a medium sauce pan and heat on the stove to medium heat.
Whisk together the cornstarch and cold water in a separate little bowl.
Once the sauce on the burner starts to boil, slowly pour the cornstarch mixture in, stirring constantly.
Return to a boil and then reduce to low and simmer for about 4 minutes until thickened.
Pour half the sauce over the chicken and mix together.
When you serve the chicken over rice, drizzle more sauce over the top for extra yumminess! Add broccoli for a perfect veggie.
ENJOY!!
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Slow Cooker Chicken Teriyaki
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce or coconut aminos for a gluten free version
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 small yellow onion chopped
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 1/2 TBSP ground ginger
- 1/8 tsp ground black pepper
- 1 TBSP cornstarch
- 3 TBSP water
Instructions
- In a bowl mix together the honey, red wine vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, onion, ground ginger and pepper.
- Add the chicken and turn to coat both sides with the sauce.
- Cook in a Slow Cooker on low for about 4-5 hours
- Remove from the Slow Cooker and shred the chicken with a fork. Then set aside.
- Pour the remaining sauce through a fine mesh strainer to strain out the onion and garlic chunks.
- Transfer this remaining liquid into a medium sauce pan and heat on the stove to medium heat.
- Whisk together the cornstarch and cold water in a separate little bowl.
- Once the sauce on the burner starts to boil, slowly pour the cornstarch mixture in, stirring constantly.
- Return to a boil and then reduce to low and simmer for about 4 minutes until thickened.
- Pour half the sauce over the chicken and mix together.
- When you serve the chicken over rice, drizzle more sauce over the top for extra yumminess! Add broccoli for a perfect veggie.
Nutrition
Adapted from Gimme Some Oven
Dee says
I’m always on the hunt for new Crock-Pot recipes, and this sounds great! Thanks for sharing at Snickerdoodle. 🙂
Susan says
Love that I could print this right out! Visiting from Snicker doodle Sunday
Miz Helen says
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Andrea Fogleman says
It’s a huge bonus to have the option to use a low sodium product. Store bought sauces have so much salt in them. I’m not a huge fan of salt. I use it to cook with but that’s about it. Thank you for sharing and linking up to Scraptastic Saturdays. This post has been shared via Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Have a wonderful weekend.
Jann Olson says
This looks so yummy! I think I may try adapting it and using some of my leftover turkey. Thanks for sharing with SYC. Pinned.
hugs,
Jann
Cindy Demaree says
Sounds like a dish my family will enjoy.
swathi says
Delicious Chicken teriyaki, thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop. pinning.
Karly says
Delicious dinner idea! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
Chris at Hye Thyme Cafe says
Great idea! I wouldn’t have thought to do a shredded/pulled teriyaki, but why the heck not? It’s all about the flavor! 🙂 #PinItThurs
Charlene says
Looks delicious! I love terriyaki, but have never tried making my own sauce, thanks for the tip!
Jennifer Roe says
Yummy!
De Tout Coeur Limousin says
That looks so delicious – and my kind of cooking. Love the slow cooker – and will be trying this recipe out soon. Bonjour from me over at http://detoutcoeurlimousin.blogspot.fr/2014/11/baked-camembert-with-chilli-jam-rosemary.html – hope to say hello soon and look forward to checking out more of your recipes 🙂
Ashley @ PioneerMomma.com says
LOVE Teriyaki. Even better that it’s in the slow cooker! Great for the crazy holiday season. Thanks for sharing your recipe! Pinned and newly subscribed 🙂
Laura Sue Shaw says
This looks delicious and oh so easy! I’m always looking for yummy new slow cooker recipes. This is most definitely going on my list to try ~ pinning to I can find later. Thanks for sharing!
Leah says
Holy cow – I’m totally making this for dinner. I have all the ingredients and it looks delicious!
Amanda says
Looks DELICIOUS!!
Terri Presser says
This looks great and I really enjoy Teriyaki. Thanks for sharing, I’m definitely going to book mark this. Blessings
[email protected] says
This looks great! I have been looking for some crockpot recipes to add to my collection. Thanks for sharing. Followed you over from Much Ado About Monday.
Jess says
This sounds so delicious! I’ve pinned it!
Thanks for joining the Link Up this week and Happy Thanksgiving! 🙂
Michelle says
I love homemade teriyaki and I love anything I can do in the crockpot! Looks really yummy! Thanks for sharing 🙂