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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.
I am going to try out some of your recipes. They sound delicious
Can I substitute the soy sauce for teriyaki sauce? Just realizing I have teriyaki sauce and not soy
You can try making some at home with this recipe: Homemade Teriyaki Sauce
This looks amazing, cant wait to try! Can I just halve all ingredients if I only want half the servings?
Yes!
Can’t wait to try this recipe, kids should love it. Love slow cooker recipes, for busy families it’s a must have gadget.
Totally agree with you! It is a great recipe too!
Where do you find rice wine vinegar? I have been looking for it, for several recipes and cannot find it anywhere. I find various wine vinegars and rice vinegar, but have not found rice wine vinegar anywhere (and I have looked at a lot of grocery stores).
Our rice wine vinegar is located in or near the asian ingredients.
Just wanted to know can this be made with chicken wings.
Great flavor and easy to make! I served it over rice along with steamed broccoli. So good!
Have you ever tried this with frozen chicken breasts? Would it work cooking them for about 8 hours on low? I know a lot of times you just double the time for frozen foods, but not everything always turns out as great when starting from frozen.
I have not tried it with frozen, but with other recipes that I’ve substituted I’ve had the same success cooking it the same amount of time. So try 4 hours on high and it should work fine.
Just tried this recipe and it was so good! Wish you could add the nutritional information like calories, fat, protein, sugar, cholesterol levels to the recipe.
Could you toss in some broccoli at some point in the process?
Thank you for all the recipes. Ilove the slow cooker oes.
In the recipe for the honey teriyaki chicken what if I want to use more than 4 chicken breasts for a large family, how would the ingredients change on the measuring side?
You will want to double the ingredients and double the chicken breasts. That would be the easiest way to make these without confusion.
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Such a tasty and easy recipe! My fussy 6 & 7 year old kids loved it. I didn’t have to tweak the recipe at all. The chicken was cooked after 4 hours on low. Thank you!
That is great to hear! I am so glad that she loved it! Thanks so much for sharing! XOXO
I don’t comment on recipes often, but this was the best thing I have made in such a long time. Thanks so much.
Delicious and simple! I put the chicken over quinoaa!