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Crock Pot Teriyaki Chicken Recipe is easy and delicious for the perfect weeknight dinner idea. The sauce is flavor packed and amazing served over rice.
We are so excited to share with you this easy crockpot recipe. It is seriously the best chicken and so easy in the slow cooker. Your family will love having a meal like this in the middle of the week.
This easy Asian recipe will blow your mind with the flavor packed in it but you will also be surprised how easy it is to throw together. Homemade Teriyaki Sauce makes these recipe so delicious – Teriyaki Chicken Stir Fry, Teriyaki Vegetables or Ground Beef Teriyaki.
What's in this post: Crock Pot Teriyaki Chicken
Why This Recipe Works
We love this crockpot teriyaki chicken because of the amazing flavor and how easy it is to make. This shredded chicken can be used in many different ways which makes leftovers taste amazing.
The best part is you can freeze it too. Make extra to freeze because everyone will love it.
Ingredients
- Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
- White Onion
- Brown Sugar
- Low Sodium Soy Sauce
- Rice Wine Vinegar
- Honey
- Minced Garlic
- Ground Ginger (See The Best Ginger Substitutes)
- Pepper
- Sesame Seeds – option but we love to top each serving with a few.
- Green Onion – another optional ingredient but adds a nice pop of color on top of each serving.
Scroll to the recipe card to see the full recipe and ingredients.
Variations Ideas
- Soy Sauce – You can easily make the Teriyaki sauce by substituting the soy sauce for coconut aminos.
- Teriyaki Sauce – Feel free to use store bought teriyaki sauce instead of making homemade.
- Additions – Making homemade teriyaki sauce allows you to change the ingredients. You can add in spices or other sauces. Add in mirin, sake, or sriracha.
- Chicken – You can use this recipe to cook chicken thighs or chicken tenders.
Step by Step Instructions
Step 1 – Add the chicken to the slow cooker and put the chopped onion on top.
Step 2 – Get a mixing bowl and combine the brown sugar, honey, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, minced garlic, ginger and pepper. Make sure everything is well combined.
Step 3 – Pour this delicious mixture all over the chicken. This is going to make your house smell amazing as it simmers all day.
Step 4 – Step 4 – Finally, let cook on low for about 6 hours or cook for 3 hours on high. Then take the chicken out.
Step 5 – After the chicken is cook, shred the chicken.
Step 6 – After shredding chicken and put back in the slow cooker and mix together with the sauce.
Recipe Tips
- Slow Cooker Recommendation – First, get your crock pot out. I love to use my programmable crockpot when I’m going to be gone all day. Oh and to save time with cleanup, use Crockpot liners.
- Freezing Onions – We save a bunch of time by using a food processor to chop the onions. I actually keep diced onion in the freezer and it is one of my favorite meal prep tips.
- Combining Sauce Ingredients – We recommend combining the teriyaki sauce in a small bowl before pouring over the chicken.
- Shredding Chicken – You can use two forks to shred the chicken but you can also learn how to shred chicken with a mixer.
Serving Suggestions
We normally just serve it with rice and call it a day. It is simple, easy and all the kids love it. I’m usually busy so it helps me to make crockpot rice, Pork Fried Rice or brown rice. If you are looking for a low carb gluten-free side dish, make cauliflower rice.
If I’m in the mood for something green, I will add steamed broccoli that I fix in the microwave. It only takes a few minutes and it is so easy. You may even like to serve Fried Wonton Recipe for a quick appetizer.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, you could create a crockpot bag. Basically you toss everything in a freezer bag (uncooked) and freeze.
Then when you are ready to cook, you would simply place the frozen ingredients in your crockpot in the morning and cook like normal. This is a VERY easy form of freezer cooking that can make your life a TON easier!
Oh make sure you have some of these handy Freezer bag holders . They are optional but you will love having an extra set of hands in the kitchen.
Yes, you certainly can. Just toss and go. The chicken will be slow cooked to perfection and very tender.
The chicken is so easy to shred once cooked. This is one of my favorite ways to cook chicken and so easy on busy mornings. Just toss and go.
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator. This chicken taste even better the next day. Enjoy your leftovers within about 4 days.
More Easy Crock Pot Chicken Recipes
- Crockpot Smothered Chicken
- Crock Pot Bourbon Chicken Recipe
- Slow Cooker Chicken Chow Mein
- Slow Cooker Cashew Chicken Recipe
- Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe
- Crock Pot Salsa Verde Chicken Recipe
- Crockpot Santa Fe Chicken
Make sure to let us know if you make this slow cooker teriyaki chicken recipe by leaving a comment. We love hearing from you.
Crockpot Chicken Teriyaki
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1/2 white onion
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup Low Sodium Soy Sauce
- 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 tsp minced garlic
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 2 tbsp sesame seeds Optional for Topping
- 2 Stalks green onions diced, Optional for Topping
Instructions
- Place chicken in a 6 quart crock pot and top with the chopped onions.
- In a small mixing bowl, combine the brown sugar, honey, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, minced garlic, ground ginger and pepper.
- Pour this mixture on top of the chicken and onions in the crock pot.
- Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 3-4 hours.
- Remove the chicken, shred and then stir the chicken back into the sauce.
- Serve over rice topped with the sesame seeds and green onions.
This turned out really well! The prep time was only about 30 minutes, which was nice. My only issue was that the chicken soaked up all the sauce, and I only had three chicken breasts. I would have liked more sauce.
Thanks for sharing Kat! You can definitely double the sauce ingredients and not the chicken for the next time you make this meal. Thank you for the positive review!
This receipt is my personal favorite and one of the first receipts of yours I tried. I’m not a fan of anything sweet on any meat that I eat. Lol crazy right but the first but I took melted in my mouth and I was sold. So thank you for getting me to try something new. Sorry easy recipe and your family will absolutely love it. I highly recharge this recipe.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing!
I made this recipe and cooked the rice in a rice cooker and added a small bag of frozen stir fry vegetables to steam on top of rice.
Great recipe!!!
I love the idea of adding the veggies.
We had this tonight.. It came out very good and cooked quickly in a small crock pot. We had it with parmesan couscous and it smelled and tasted great. Will make it again.
I’m going to have to try it with couscous. Love that idea.
This is the best crockpot chicken teriyaki I’ve ever had!
P.S. Special thanks to Carrie for recommending the Instant Pot Aura. It is the best kitchen appliance I have ever owned!!!
I have tried probably 10 different crockpot chicken teriyaki recipes, and this is the best one! SO GOOD!