Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken (+ Instant Pot) + Recipe Video

Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken – this recipe is the perfect set and forget meal with a delicious homemade teriyaki sauce. Best of all, just 10 minutes of prep made in a crock-pot or your Instant Pot pressure cooker. Plus step-by-step recipe video!

I decided to re-post this Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken with some updated photos and included instructions for the Instant Pot.

I’ve also included some substitutes for a paleo version and a short recipe video will be coming soon but in the mean time, here is the video for this One Pot Teriyaki Rice with Chicken with similar ingredients:

This recipe for Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken couldn’t be easier to make. It’s a simple set and forget meal with just 10 minutes of prep making it just perfect for busy weeknights.

It starts off with a homemade teriyaki sauce consisting of soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, honey, Mirin, garlic and ginger. Mirin is pretty easy to find these days in the International section of most large grocery stores and online but you can definitely leave it out or use dry sherry or rice wine instead.

Everything gets tossed into the slow cooker while the chicken soaks in all that amazing sweet and savory sauce. Once the chicken is nice and tender, just grab two forks and shred them into bite-sized pieces.

You can serve this over your favorite rice, quinoa or noodles. Sprinkle with some sesame seeds and scallions and you’ve got a delicious meal that can easily rival your local take-out restaurant.

This Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken would also make great leftovers or if you prep this on your Sunday meal prep, you can have yummy work or school lunches for the rest of the week.

SOME MEAL PREPPING TIPS FOR THIS SLOW COOKER TERIYAKI CHICKEN:

• Mix the sauce ingredients together the day before and store in an air-tight container in the fridge
• Make the rice or noodles the day before and store in an air-tight container in the fridge
• Weekly meal prep or the leftovers can be packed into lunch containers for the week – I use this lunch container
• Pack with your favorite vegetables (broccoli & edamame shown here) and carbs – Jasmine rice, brown rice, cauliflower rice or spiralized vegetables – zoodles

More lunch bowl ideas:

General Tso’s Chicken Lunch Bowls

Chicken Chow Mein Lunch Bowls

Slow Cooker Orange Lunch Bowls

Chicken Lo Mein Lunch Bowls

Sweet and Sour Chicken Lunch Bowls

Asian Lemon Chicken Lunch Bowls

Honey Lime Chicken with Asparagus Lunch Bowls

Shrimp Teriyaki Zoodles

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Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken (+ Instant Pot) MEAL PREP + VIDEO

Slow Cooker Chicken Teriyaki makes the perfect easy set and forget crock-pot meal. Best of all, only 10 minutes of prep with a delicious homemade Teriyaki sauce. Skip the takeout!

10 minPrep Time

3 hr, 30 Cook Time

3 hr, 40 Total Time

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Ingredients

1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts or chicken thighs

1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce (or can use tamari or coconut aminos for gluten free or paleo)

1/3 cup honey

1/4 rice wine vinegar (or apple cider vinegar for paleo)

1 tablespoon Mirin (or dry sherry) (optional)

1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil

2 garlic cloves, minced

2 teaspoons freshly grated or minced ginger

2 tablespoons corn starch (or arrowroot/tapioca starch for paleo)

3 tablespoon cold water

For garnish: sliced green onions, sesame seeds

For lunch bowls: cooked rice, quinoa or noodles, cooked shelled edamame beans, roasted or stir-fried broccoli (or other vegetable of your choice), lunch containers

Instructions

1. For Slow Cooker Method:Place the chicken in the bottom of your slow cooker. In a small bowl, combine soy sauce, honey, vinegar, mirin, sesame oil, garlic and ginger and pour over chicken. Cover and cook on LOW for 3-4 hours or HIGH for 2-3 hours.
2. To thicken sauce, combine the corn starch with water and stir into the slow cooker. Cook on HIGH for another 30-40 minutes, or until sauce has bubbled and thickened up. Shred chicken into pieces with two forks and serve with any remaining sauce along with your favorite rice, quinoa or noodles.
3. For lunch bowls, make rice and vegetables and divide evenly among lunch containers. Add chicken and drizzle on remaining sauce. Sprinkle with sesame seeds, if desired.
4. For Instant Pot Method:
5. Place the chicken in the Instant Pot.
6. In a small bowl, combine soy sauce, honey, vinegar, mirin, sesame oil, garlic and ginger and pour over chicken.
7. Close and seal Instant Pot.
8. Set on high for 5 minutes, let naturally release for 15 minutes.
9. Remove chicken from Instant Pot and shred with two forks.
10. Turn Instant Pot to Saute. Combine the corn starch with water and stir into the Instant Pot. Allow the sauce to bubble and thicken up. Add the chicken back into the Instant Pot and combine with sauce. Serve with any remaining sauce along with your favorite rice, quinoa or noodles.
11. Sprinkle with sesame seeds, green onions and serve over rice, quinoa or zoodles, if desired.

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More take-out favorites:

Slow Cooker Chicken Lo Mein Noodles

Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Chicken with Pineapples and Bell Peppers