Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken
Serves 2-3
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup soy sauce
3 tablespoons cider vinegar
3/4 teaspoon garlic, minced
Salt & pepper
Whisk together sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, and garlic.
Season chicken breasts with salt & pepper and arrange in basin of slow cooker. Pour sauce over chicken and cook on high for two hours.
Remove chicken from slow cooker and shred with two forks.
Serve with your favorite vegetables and steamed rice. Or for a real treat, try it in Better-Than-Takeout Chicken Fried Rice. If you like this, you’ll love Italian Slow Cooker Chicken.
slow cooker teriyaki chicken
Author: Rachel Schultz
Serves: 2-3
Ingredients
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons cider vinegar
- ¾ teaspoon garlic, minced
- Salt & pepper
Instructions
- Whisk together sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, and garlic.
- Season chicken breasts with salt & pepper and arrange in basin of slow cooker.
- Pour sauce over chicken and cook on high for two hours.
- Remove chicken from slow cooker and shred with two forks.
- Serve with your favorite vegetables and steamed rice.
Modified from Lake Lure Cottage Kitchen.
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Is there a faster way to cook the chicken?
Two hours is pretty fast for a slow cooker!
What are you thoughts about cooking the vegetables in the crock pot with the chicken and sauce?
Go for it!
Delicious! I can’t wait until I have a bit more time to make the fried rice with it! Just curious, have you ever tried something to substitute the sugar? I’d love to try and make it a bit healthier.
I haven’t. Any ideas?
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Hi! Probably a stupid question, but are the chicken breasts your using about 4 oz’s each?
Not stupid! Yes, they’re probably about that size.
Can you use honey insted of sugar?
Yes.
I noticed someone mentioned substituting sugar with honey…should there be less honey used than the original amount of sugar considering how potent honey is? Or can it be the same amount? I don’t want to overdo it, but I’m also slightly new to cooking field…
Love this recipe! I came across it the other week on Pinterest, posted it to my food board, and then decided to try it out last night. It was beyond delicious and SO easy! I posted about it on my blog today as well and linked it back to your page! Thanks for sharing! I love your blog and all the great recipe posts!
Vanessa
Great! Thank you.
Hi! This looks delicious. I am curious though – and maybe I missed something – what are the chunks in the sauce? They look like apples. Thanks!
The chunks in the sauce are the minced garlic I would presume.
Correct.
What would you recommend as a cooking substitute for the slow cooker?
Dutch Oven
Ok I’m relatively new to cooking, my boyfriend usually does all the cooking. I know right? lol Anywho, I was wondering if I didn’t have the minced garlic on hand could I use powdered garlic instead?
It wouldn’t be exactly the same, but would still work fine.
If I didn’t know better, I’d say you had some Filipino genes, or at least some Filipino friends who may have helped you tweak the original recipe. You’ve stumbled upon a very common dish in the Philippines called “chicken adobo” http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=chicken+adobo&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
Delicious! Happy cooking!
Haha! No Filipino genes that I know of. That’s great to hear, though. Thanks!
Trying this tomorrow! Thanks!
Great! Hope it’s to your liking :)
xo
rach
We just made this for dinner and it was FABULOUS. Followed the recipe exactly and it came out perfectly. I am thrilled! We will be making this again for sure.
This was the first recipe of yours I made, and I loved how simple it was yet delicious. I will also be following your site closely in the future!
Thank you and great job!
Elisa
Thanks, Elisa! Glad to see you around the site :)
xo
rach
This might be my new go-to meal! I used 2.3 lbs of chicken breasts with the same amount of sauce, though I cut the sugar to 1/2 cup. I shredded the cooked chicken and put atop steamed rice with sautéed veggies to make a rice bowl. SO GOOD.
I also put in chunk of ginger, which I pulled out after.
*drool* that looks good! So simple too.
x
That sounds and looks delicious and such a simple recipe to do :)
This recipe looks great….I don’t have enough soy sauce to double it but I do have a teriyaki sauce from the same company as the soy sauce…if I use the teriyaki sauce to substitute soy sauce, do I eliminate any other ingredients from the sauce?
Yes, if you use teriyaki you can skip the sugar.
xo
rach
Looks like a great recipe. Were our chicken breasts frozen when you put them in the slow cooker?
They were thawed when I put them in but its possible they would work frozen too. I’m not sure. Let me know if you try it and it works!
xo
rach
Can I substitute rice vinegar for the cider vinegar? If so, you think I can still use 3 Tbs?
Yes, that’d be no problem.
Love,
Rach
If you double this would you double everything including the sauce?
I have not made a double portion, but I would think doubling the sauce too would be best. Thanks for reading and your comment!
Love,
Rach
made the chicken tonight…Yum!!
thanks for sharing
You’re welcome! Thanks for reading, Jen :)
Love,
Rach
What does your average weekly grocery budget end up looking like? It seems like you manage to do a lot of cooking on a fairly tight budget.
Thanks! We agree, it DOES seem like we get to eat a lot for not very much! We budget $100 for groceries each week, so $400 for the month. We use meal planning which really helps. I post our weekly meal plans and how much that week cost. It usually turns out to be less than $100. Which is nice :) Thanks for commenting, Laura.
Love,
Rach
The whole family enjoyed this recipe! Used half low-sodium and half regular, it was great :) Thank you!
Good tip! Thanks.