Teriyaki Chicken Slow Cooker (Printable Version)
Pulled chicken tossed in that stick-to-your-spoon ginger soy sauce, all cozied up on a bed of rice for a chilled-out, shareable meal.
# What You'll Need:
→ Garnish
01 -
sliced green onions
02 -
sesame seeds
→ Slurry
03 -
24 g cornstarch
04 -
45 ml cold water
→ Teriyaki Sauce
05 -
1 ml ground black pepper
06 -
7 ml toasted sesame oil
07 -
10 ml chili garlic sauce
08 -
3 cloves garlic, minced
09 -
15 g freshly grated ginger
10 -
30 ml honey
11 -
70 ml rice vinegar
12 -
110 g packed light brown sugar
13 -
180 ml reduced-sodium soy sauce
→ Main
14 -
900 g boneless, skinless chicken breasts
# Steps to Follow:
01 -
Spoon over hot steamed rice, then toss on some chopped green onions and sprinkle some sesame seeds if you want. That's it—dig in.
02 -
Throw the shredded chicken right back into the pot with the thickened sauce. Give it a good stir so the sauce coats all the pieces.
03 -
Combine cornstarch and cold water in a bowl till it's smooth. Pour this into your sauce in the pan and stir while warming it up, letting the sauce get thicker and shiny.
04 -
Ladle out any fat hanging on top of the leftover liquid. Pour it into a saucepot and turn it on medium—it needs to simmer a bit.
05 -
Fish the chicken out and place it on a board. Use two forks and break it into thin shreds—get it nice and stringy.
06 -
Cover the chicken with that sauce you just made. Put the lid on and set the heat to low. Let it cook away for up to 7 hours, or until the chicken's so soft you can shred it easily.
07 -
Mix soy sauce, brown sugar, rice vinegar, honey, ginger, garlic, chili garlic sauce, sesame oil, and black pepper in a bowl. Whisk it till everything comes together nicely.
08 -
Cut off extra fat from the chicken breasts and pop them right into your slow cooker.
# Additional Notes:
01 -
Always make your cornstarch slurry with cold water first. If you mix it straight into something hot, it'll clump up and your sauce won't be as silky.
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This dish usually makes six helpings, but you can change it up based on how hungry everyone is.