Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken

Do you need a low maintenance, mostly hands off weeknight dinner that everyone will love? If you have a slow cooker this slow cooker teriyaki chicken is a family chicken dinner winner! We serve ours over rice with a side of steamed veggies! My kids also always ask for seconds!

That you need

1- 2.5 pound bag of frozen boneless skinless chicken thighs

2 teaspoons garlic powder

1 teaspoon ginger

1/4 cup soy sauce or coconut aminos

1/4 cup honey

2 Tablespoons sugar

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 Tablespoon water

1 Tablespoon cornstarch

Add the frozen chicken thighs and sprinkle with garlic powder, ginger, sugar, black pepper and salt then add soy sauce and honey and cook on high for 3-4 hours or on low for 5-6. Once cooked remove the chicken thighs from the slow cooker. Pour the reserved liquid through a fine mesh strainer and into a small sauce pot, If you have a lot of fat in your liquid you can spoon some of it off the top before making it into a sauce. In a small bowl, combine water and cornstarch and stir. Mix into sauce and bring to a boil and sauce will thicken. Remove from heat. Serve chicken breast over rice followed by the sauce.

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Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken

Super yummy slow cooker dinner!

Course Dinner

Cuisine Chicken, Dinner

Keyword Chicken, Dinner, Easy Recipes, Kids Favorite, slow cooker, Weekend Dinner, Weeknight Dinner

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 3 hours hours

Total Time 3 hours hours 10 minutes minutes

Servings 6 people

Ingredients

• 1- 2.5 pound bag of frozen boneless skinless chicken thighs
• 2 teaspoons Garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon Ginger
• 1/4 cup Soy sauce or coconut aminos
• 1/4 cup Honey
• 2 Tablespoon Sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon Black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 1 Tablespoon Water
• 1 Tablespoon Cornstarch

Instructions

• Add the frozen chicken thighs and sprinkle with garlic powder, ginger, sugar, black pepper and salt then add soy sauce and honey and cook on high for 3-4 hours or on low for 5-6. Once cooked remove the chicken thighs from the slow cooker. Pour the reserved liquid through a fine mesh strainer and into a small sauce pot, If you have a lot of fat in your liquid you can spoon some of it off the top before making it into a sauce. In a small bowl, combine water and cornstarch and stir. Mix into sauce and bring to a boil and sauce will thicken. Remove from heat. Serve chicken breast over rice followed by the sauce.