Slow Cooker Chicken Teriyaki Recipe
This easy-to-make slow cooker teriyaki chicken recipe requires very little fuss! Simply dump it all in and cook for a couple of hours. Double the recipe, or even triple it when feeding more than 3 people!
Servings: 3 Servings
Calories: 435kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 to 1.5 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 1 small yellow onion sliced (about 1 cup)
- ½ cup coconut aminos *
- 3 Tbsp rice vinegar
- 2 Tbsp sesame oil
- 2 tsp sriracha optional
- 4 large cloves garlic minced
- 1 Tbsp fresh ginger peeled and grated
- 2 tsp tapioca flour **
- Sea salt and black pepper to taste
- 1 red bell pepper cut into match sticks
- 2 cups green beans chopped
Instructions
- Chop the chicken thighs into bite-sized pieces and transfer them to the bottom of your crock pot with the chopped onion.
- Stir together the ingredients for the homemade teriyaki sauce in a small bowl until combined (coconut aminos, rice vinegar, sesame oil, sriracha, garlic, ginger, and tapioca flour).
- Pour the teriyaki sauce into the crock pot with the chicken and stir well.
- Secure the lid on the crock pot and cook on high heat for 1 hour. Stir in the bell pepper and green beans and cook for another hour (2 hours total on high heat). To check for doneness, you can insert a digital thermometer into the center of one of the pieces of chicken. They are cooked through if they are 180 degrees in the center or higher. Avoid over-cooking the chicken, as it tends to turn dry and chalky in the crock pot.
- Season the teriyaki chicken to taste with sea salt and black pepper and serve over steamed white rice or brown rice. Give everything a sprinkle of sesame seeds if you'd like.
Notes
*Use 1/3 cup of low sodium soy sauce and 2 tablespoons of pure maple syrup in place of coconut aminos if you prefer.
**Substitute cornstarch, arrowroot flour, or gluten-free all-purpose flour in place of tapioca flour if you’d like.
Nutrition
Serving: 1Serving (of 3) | Calories: 435kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 44g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 185mg | Sodium: 977mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 15g