Crockpot Teriyaki Chicken
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Quick and easy crockpot teriyaki chicken. Skinless boneless chicken breasts tossed together with all ingredients and slowly cooked in a crockpot.
What a great weekend it’s been. Did you all have a great Labor day weekend? It was my nephew’s 3rd birthday and it was wonderful. The only sad thing about these weekends is that they have to end.
I also made this crockpot teriyaki chicken this weekend which was a great success. I just love teriyaki chicken and I wanted to try it in the slow cooker. As usual, anytime you make chicken in a slow cooker, it turns out so tender, the chicken literally melts in your mouth. I served the chicken over some jasmine rice, poured some extra teriyaki sauce over the chicken, sprinkled it with sesame seeds and garnished with some green onions. It’s fabulous, simple and delicious.
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Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken
Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 6 hrs
Total: 6 hrs 10 mins
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 3 chicken breasts skinless and boneless
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 1/2 cup teriyaki sauce
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 5 garlic cloves minced
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- sesame seeds
Instructions
- Combine chicken broth, teriyaki sauce, brown sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil and garlic cloves in large bowl.
- Add chicken to sauce, and toss to combine.
- Pour chicken mixture into the slow cooker.
- Cook on low 4-6 hours, or until chicken is cooked through.
- Shred the chicken with a couple forks and serve over hot cooked rice and spoon extra sauce if desired. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve with additional veggies if preferred.
Enjoy!
Imani says
You do not cut or dice the chicken breasts at all before cooking? You shred it all after?
Nicole Beaulieu says
No need! It’s much easier to shred when they’re whole.
Christina Terneus says
cook on high or low for six hours?
Nicole Beaulieu says
The recipe says low for 4-6 hours
Diana says
Hi, if cooked on high setting is 4hours enough time.?
Thank you in advance
Joanna Cismaru says
Yes, it should be enough.
Barbara Craig says
Looks like something that our family would like. I just started a cook book for my y9oungest daughter, of her favorite things that, I make. Then like a monster, my lists of requests have grown out of control. I include pictures so the end results have something to compare it to. I sent the spices as well for the meatloaf recipe. I sent a carton of beef stock for the gravy.
She said it was an awesome recipe.
Fenne Kieken says
Thanks for your comments Barbara and what a great idea setting up a cookbook for your daughter. We hope you will find a few more recipes to add to the book. Thanks for commenting and sharing your story.
Mary says
3 chicken breasts equals about how many lbs of chicken in your recipe? Breasts at my store vary quite a bit.
Joanna Cismaru says
About a pound, Mary, but it doesn’t have to be exact.
Precious t says
How can I thicken the sauce to more of a glaze?
jo says
You can cook it in a saucepan over medium-low heat, it should reduce after about 20 to 30 minutes and thicken up nicely.
Roberta Atkins says
What vegetables did you use?
Joanna Cismaru says
I like to serve this with steamed broccoli. 🙂
Val Wright says
Or whatever veggies your family likes but cook all together for great blend.
Michael says
Nice dinner. ?
Hannah says
Do you know if the cooking time or anything would need to be modified if using beef instead of chicken?
jo says
I would cook the beef a bit longer than chicken.
Tiffany says
Hi I was wondering if I could use kikkoman’s teriyaki marinate instead?
jo says
Absolutely!
Alee says
Hi, just wondering about a more exact cooking time? 4-6 hours is quite a window! If I am using thawed chicken, what would the cooking time be specifically? Thanks!
sheena says
Can the chicken be frozen when our in the crock pot?
jo says
You can, but it will need a longer cooking time.
Karyn says
Is there any particular kind of teriyaki sauce that you recommend?
jo says
I use Kikkoman’s.
Marcy says
Can you leave out the sesame oil?
Or is there a substitute?
jo says
You can leave it out Marcy.
Monica Vargas says
My family loves this recipe….however, could you package and freeze? I’m taking the crockpot on vacation and this would be excellent to already have it prepackaged and dumped while we are on the beach!
jo says
Oh totally, just mix all the sauce ingredients in a ziploc bag, add the chicken to it and freeze it. Great idea!
Ali says
We had this tonight and everyone devoured it! Is it possible to double the recipe and if so, would the cooking time change?
jo says
You could certainly double the recipe, but I don’t think I’d change the cooking time, you could always try it after 6 hours to see if it’s cooked, but it should be fine.
Jo says
Just wondering if you can substitute broth for chicken stock??
jo says
You sure can!