Easiest Way to Make Perfect Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken

Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken. Add chicken and toss with the sauce until well mixed. Top with onion, garlic and ginger. Combine broth, soy sauce, honey, pepper flakes and pepper; pour over chicken.

Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken is a simple saucy, sweet and tangy chicken served over tender long grain rice that truly satisfies. The aroma that will fill your kitchen will make your mouth water all day, the hardest part of this will be waiting till it's done. It's so simple and so flavorful, it'll become a standard in your recipe rotation. You can have Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken

1. It's 2 lbs of boneless skinless chicken (breasts or thighs or a combo).
2. Prepare 1/2 cup of soy sauce.
3. It's 1/4 cup of brown sugar.
4. It's 1/4 cup of honey.
5. Prepare 3 tbs of rice wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar.
6. You need 2 tsp of sesame oil.
7. You need 1 tsp of garlic powder.
8. You need 1/2 tsp of ground ginger.
9. It's 2 tbs of cornstarch.
10. You need 3 tbs of cold water.

Place the chicken in the slow cooker. Combine the sauce ingredients in a bowl and stir until the brown sugar is mostly dissolved. Pour the sauce over the chicken. Mix the soy sauce, honey, rice wine vinegar, onion, garlic, pepper and ground ginger together in a small bowl and set aside.

Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken instructions

1. Cut chicken to 1 inch cubes. Place in slow cooker. Wisk all remaining ingredients (except cornstarch and water) together in a medium bowl until well combined and sugar is dissolved..
2. Pour sauce over chicken and stir to coat. Place lid on slow cooker. Cook on high for 2 hours or low for 4 hours, stirring halfway through cooking..
3. In last 30 minutes or so, wisk cornstarch and water together to form a slurry. Stir slurry into sauce until thoroughly combined. Return lid, continue cooking until sauce has thickened. Serve over rice. Enjoy!.
4. Note: Appliances vary. If sauce does not thicken in your slow cooker transfer contents to a medium sauce pan over medium heat. Bring to a simmer until thickened..

Oil the slow cooker and add the chicken breasts. Remove and drain the chicken and set aside in a large bowl. Slow cooker teriyaki chicken is chicken breasts cooked with garlic, ginger, soy sauce and honey, then shredded and drizzled with sauce. Serve over rice for an easy yet satisfying crock pot dinner! I always order teriyaki chicken when I go to my local Japanese restaurant.