Do your family love Asian flavored foods as much as mine? Forget take out, this slow cooker Chicken Teriyaki Recipe can’t be beat!!
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I’ve been on the hunt for a better tasting easy Chicken Teriyaki recipe (the 1st one I tried wasn’t the greatest.) This recipe certainly did the trick! It was excellent and got the thumbs up from the entire family, including my picky 7 year old.
What I liked most was that I was able to prepare almost the entire dish in the crock pot. (Once the chicken is cooked, you will need to thicken the sauce on the stove top.)
I won’t keep you in suspense any longer (wink)… Here’s the recipe:
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Crock Pot Chicken Teriyaki
Description
Forget the takeout, this slow cooker Chicken Teriyaki Recipe can’t be beat!!
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Ingredients
- 3 to 4 lbs of boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup soy sauce
- 6 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 3/4 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 4 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 4 1/2 teaspoons cold water
- Cooked rice (Whatever type you like, I used brown rice.)
Instructions
- Place chicken in the slow cooker.
- In a separate bowl, combine the sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, ginger, garlic and pepper.
- Pour over chicken.
- Cover and cook on low for 4 to 5 hours or until chicken is tender.
- Remove chicken from the slow cooker.
- Skim fat from cooking liquid. (Wow, who knew there is so much fat in chicken thighs! Now I know why they taste so good. This is another reason I need a fat separator, I just used a spoon to skim the fat…)
- Place liquid in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Combine cornstarch and water until smooth, then gradually stir into liquid and stir until sauce is thickened.
- To serve, top rice with chicken and cover with the Teriyaki Sauce.
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Renee says
Maybe I missed it but how many does this serve? I’m feeding 5 adults. Thanks!!
Jamie says
It depends on how big you make your servings. 4 lbs of raw chicken will produce about 2 lbs cooked which is 16 oz. This recipe serves 4, but with a generous amount of rice, you could stretch it.
Tracie says
I will be putting it on low for 10 hours, I hope it won’t dry out. Have you ever put it on for that long?
Jamie says
I don’t usually put anything in the crock pot that long, only because I am always home when I use it. If you use thighs and maybe add a bit more liquid, I’m sure it will be ok.
Angel C Ulriksen says
I tried this and the water /cornstarch and sauce measurements were off, way to watery. I had increase the cornstarch to a 1/4 cup (maybe even more). to get the sauce to thicken. It was not very flavor full.
In the future I would double all the spices to increase flavor, decrease the water to 1/4 cup and a 1/4 cup cornstarch.
Jamie says
You must have made the recipe wrong. You are only supposed to mix 4 teaspoons of water with the cornstarch and then mix that into the leftover sauce.
Grace says
I tried this recipe and it is amazing! So great! I’m making it again tonight! Thanks so much for sharing❣️
Diane says
Fun fact: I made this in my electric pressure cooker and it was great! I tried to scale back the sugar a little, but that was the only change I really made (aaand I’ll probably scale it back up the next time I make it). I cooked it for six minutes on high pressure and let it naturally release (and I cooked a bowl of rice in there for fun), then took the chicken out and thickened the sauce. I love this recipe.
Bonnie says
Can I use frozen chicken. And what kind of sugar white or brown
Jamie says
Use whatever type of sugar you have on hand. I suppose you could use frozen chicken, if you choose, but I do not recommend using frozen chicken in the slow cooker for this reason: slow cookers don’t reliably get frozen meat up to a safe temperature (above 140°F) evenly enough or quickly enough. Your meat will likely spend too much time hovering in the danger zone (from 40°F – 140°F), which opens the door for bacteria to flourish. (I’m a stickler for food safety.)
Aleasha f says
Second time making this one. Its delicious and not greasy like the takeout we used to get. The kids love it and its easy to throw together for me, especially since I usually have the ingredients at home anyway. I use boneless thighs and serve over white minute rice and steamed broccoli on the side:)
Dawn says
Made this for dinner tonight and I loved it. It's definitely on my list of make again. Thanks for sharing the wonderful recipe.
TinaL says
This looks so yummy! Always looking for new crock pot recipes and my kids will love this one.
Kathy says
I made this with chicken breasts to cut down on the fat. I did it on high for 2.5 hours in my West Bend Slow Cooker. It came out well and my boys ate it up! I served it with a side of shrimp fried rice.
Amelia says
Awesome! We've been looking for a good crock pot chicken teriyaki recipe!
Ironically, even though other commenters have reported bad luck in getting the sauce to thicken in the crock pot, when I turn mine on high it will start to boil and I can get cornstarch to thicken a sauce that way. It's how I thicken up the gravy on my crock pot pot roast.
I know there is a HUGE difference between crock pots, though, because if you go searching for the numerous crock pot candy recipes that are out there they warn you not to try the recipe if you have a high heat crock pot. You will end up with burnt sugar instead of delicious candy. :
Toast says
We tried this tonight. Must have goofed with cooking it on high instead of low. Despite adding more and more cornstarch, the sauce never thickened. We sampled a few bites and are now waiting on pizza.
Jamie says
You have to put the sauce in a separate sauce pan. I wont thicken in the crock pot.
Heather Scoggins says
I've had this multiple times now, love it! Way better then the store bought sauce 🙂
Jenster says
I am usually a bit doubtful whenever I try a new recipe – it rarely turns out exactly as it says. However, I was very pleasantly surprised with this one! I doubled the recipe since my family includes a teen with an insatiable appetite. It turned out exactly as described and the cornstarch "slurry" did its job perfectly. This recipe is definitely a keeper! Thank you!
Nikki says
Alright… We are gonna chalk this one up to mom brain… I was even thinking as I prepped my chicken "I bet this would be etter with thighs". Thing is I re-read the recipe more than once and every time I saw "breasts"… Oh the joys of a busy life… I can't wait to try it again… As for now, I sit here grumpily eating Chick-Fil-A because Panda Express was voted down… Blah… 😉