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This recipe is so easy to throw into your slow cooker and the honey teriyaki flavor is our of this world! The chicken cooks to perfection and will be one of the best things that you will make!
My 7 year old is the pickiest eater that you will meet. We keep hoping that he will grow out of it, but he keeps getting older and still doesn’t like a lot of foods. We at least have him try a couple of bites of what we eat, but he usually gags it down. If you ask him what his favorite meal on the blog is, he will say this teriyaki chicken. And if he likes it I am convinced that the world will like it! 😉
So I am sure that you can imagine how often this Teriyaki Chicken gets made in this house. But I am not complaining because it takes a matter of minutes to throw into the slow cooker and it is amazing. As I was making it the other day, I wondered how much better honey would make the recipe. This simple added ingredient took it to a whole different level.
Oh.my.gosh. I think this is the best thing that I have ever made in my slow cooker. The honey added some sweetness to the teriyaki and made it incredible. My favorite part of cooking this in the slow cooker is the chicken. It just shreds apart because it is so tender and melts in your mouth.
The honey teriyaki glaze is perfect on top of this tender chicken. The flavor is incredible. This meal is picky eater approved and I know it will be a meal that your family will love! You will make it again and again!
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Slow Cooker Honey Teriyaki Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts boneless, about 2 pounds
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup onion chopped
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 cup water
- 3 Tablespoons Cornstarch
- Optional garnish: green onions sesame seeds
Instructions
- Spray your slow cooker with cooking spray and place the chicken breasts in the bottom. In a small bowl whisk the soy sauce, honey, rice wine vinegar, onion, garlic, pepper and ginger. Pour over the chicken breasts.
- Cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for 4-5 or until chicken is cooked throughout and shreds easily. Once the chicken is cooked, remove with a slotted spoon and shred on a plate.
- Pour the sauce into a medium sauce pan. In a small bowl, whisk together the water and cornstarch. Slowly whisk into the sauce on medium high heat. Continue to whisk and let it boil until the honey teriyaki sauce starts to thicken. About 2 minutes.
- Add the chicken back to the slow cooker and pour the sauce on top stirring to coat. Serve over rice and garnish if desired.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Made this tonight, pretty good and so easy! I think I would use low sodium soy sauce next time though. It is a bit saltier than I like, and I really love salt.
This wasn’t bad. Edible, but probably won’t make again. The flavours could be more balanced. The salty soy sauce and the sweet honey overwhelmed the dish. I added some sesame oil, which helped a little. If I were to redo, I would substitute some of the soy sauce and honey for a bit of orange juice.
EXCELLANT!
I thought soy sauce was an error,so i used teryaki sauce,i should have read the comments first,well it’s cooking now so we will see how it comes out
Why is it called teriyakki but none in the recipe only soy sauce
The teriyaki sauce is homemade and soy sauce is an ingredient.
The sauce that you refer to pouring in a medium sauce pan, would that be the juice from the chicken?
Any recommendations on adding veggies to this (specifically broccoli)?
Doubling the recipe. Hope it turns out as good as the other reviews have stated! Can’t wait to try!
Hi, awesome recipe as always! Do you think I can add frozen stir fry vegetables and if so, when should I add them?
Very easy recipe to make. My son loves Taste Of Japans teriyaki chicken so he really likes the flavor of your recipe over rice. Also topped it off with Yum Yum sauce.
So I made a rookie mistake and didn’t read the directions completely before mixing all the ingredients together and putting it in the crockpot will it turn out horrible if I put in the corn starch with everything? Eeek!
I think it will still turn out. 🙂
So AMAZING!!! Definitely a keeper for the recipe book… Tastes way better then takeout!
We had this just last night and I couldn’t stop eating it! haha
I am making this as I post. I wanted a different recipe for some chicken and saw this on pinterest. I have a frozen chicken that I put in my crockpot and doubled the rest of the ingredients. It smells amazing already! Thanks so much for the recipe.
So easy and delicious!!!! Great recipe, thanks :)!!!
So easy and delicious !!!!! Great recipe thanks :)!
Nutritional content??