Crock Pot Teriyaki Chicken
Chicken Meal Prep
Back to highschool is proper across the corner and we’re excited to be sharing a yummy chicken meal prep recipe made with our favourite homemade teriyaki sauce. We love using hen for meal prep as it’s tremendous versatile and high protein.
This smooth teriyaki chicken is made with boneless skinless bird breast within the slow cooker and will closing you a whole week of lunches or dinners. The excellent component? You pretty an awful lot just area your fowl and sauce into the crock pot and permit her prepare dinner till it’s time to thicken the sauce and shred the fowl!
CAN YOU PUT FROZEN CHICKEN IN A CROCK POT?
The brief answer here is not any, we do no longer propose placing frozen chook in a crock pot. We say this only because we don’t need you to get sick with foodborne contamination and every so often this may take place in case your chook sits partly frozen for too lengthy.
So, in case you’re going to make this recipe, make certain you thaw your bird first before setting in yoru slow cooker!
WHAT IS TERIYAKI SAUCE MADE OF?
Good information for you, we got here up with our very personal hen teriyaki sauce on Fit Foodie Finds that’s subtle sugar-free and without problems made gluten-loose! Here are the ingredients you’ll need:
- soy sauce or tamari (for gluten-free choice)
- maple syrup
- minced garlic
- fresh ginger
Crock Pot Teriyaki Chicken
Meal prep the perfect crock pot teriyaki chicken with stir-fried veggies and white rice for a balanced healthful meal all week long.
INGREDIENTS:
Crock Pot Teriyaki Chicken:
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1.5 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breast
- 1 cup Homemade Teriyaki Sauce
Vegetables:
- 1 large red bell pepper, chopped
- 3 cups broccoli, chopped
- 2 cups snow peas
- 1/2 small white onion
- 2 teaspoons sesame seed oil
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- salt and pepper, to taste
White Rice:
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 cup long grain white rice
INSTRUCTIONS:
Crock Pot Teriyaki Chicken:
- Place chicken breasts into a slow cooker and add homemade teriyaki sauce on top (hold off on the corn starch).
- Cover slow cooker and cook on high for about 2-3 hours or on low or 4-6 hours.
- Once the chicken is fully cooked, remove chicken from the slow cooker (leaving the liquid in the slow cooker) and place onto a plate. Shred chicken with two forks and set aside
- Turn your slow cooker to high and then sprinkle the corn starch into the sauce and whisk the sauce until the corn starch has dissolved.
- Cover the slow cooker and let the sauce simmer on high in the slow cooker for about 10 minutes or until it thickens.*
- Add shredded chicken back into the slow cooker and mix until everything is coated.
Vegetables:
- While chicken is cooking prepare vegetables by preheating the oven to 375ºF..
- Place all vegetables onto a baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil and sesame seed oil and toss.
- Then, season with salt and pepper.
- Next, place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 10-15 minutes.
White Rice:
- Add water and rice to a medium-sized saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat.
- Turn heat to low, cover, and let simmer until all the water has evaporated and rice is light and fluffy (about 15-20 minutes).
- Remove from heat.
- Chicken Teriyaki Bowl
- Evenly distribute chicken, vegetables, and rice into 4-6 bowls and serve immediately or into meal prep containers for the week.