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Slow Cooker Chicken Teriyaki with Pineapple Crema

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Slow cooker chicken teriyaki is a super flavorful and delicious weeknight dinner recipe. It's perfect served on a bed of rice or a taco shell!

Slow cooker chicken teriyaki is a super flavorful and delicious weeknight dinner recipe. It’s perfect served on a bed of rice or a taco shell!

Slow cooker chicken teriyaki is a super flavorful and delicious weeknight dinner recipe. It's perfect served on a bed of rice or a taco shell!

 

 

Pairings for Slow Cooker Chicken Teriyaki with Pineapple Crema
  


 

 

Zach and I have been really busy lately, like REALLY busy. It’s during times like these that I am thankful for my slow cooker. I honestly don’t think I could survive without one. It makes our lives so much simpler doesn’t it? We use our slow cooker mostly for meat, and this is for a couple of different reasons. Number one, slow cooking a meat in a simple sauce can be used for so many different meals. Serve it on a bed of rice, on a taco shell, or on a roll. This slow cooker chicken teriyaki is perfect for such uses, and I love it this time of year. Here are some pairings I just love for this recipe:
  

Beer I have this thing with brown ales and foods made or served with soy sauce. Honestly, I don’t think you can get a better pairing. The type of brown ale can vary however. Hoppier brown ales have become quite popular lately, and I don’t think they pair as well as a traditional brown ale. When you go to pick out your brown ale, the less hoppy the better.

Dinner If I were creating a three course meal with this recipe, I could go a couple of different ways. I would start with the perfect appetizer, and I think my Asian-style nachos are just perfect to start the meal with. The main course would of course consist of this slow cooker chicken teriyaki, and if you are serving it at a dinner party-like even, I definitely would go with serving it on a bed of rice. I would end the meal with this citrus crunch cake that I posted the other day. I don’t think you can go wrong with this meal!

Slow Cooker Chicken Teriyaki with Pineapple Crema


Slow cooker chicken teriyaki is a super flavorful and delicious weeknight dinner recipe. It's perfect served on a bed of rice or a taco shell!

Slow cooker chicken teriyaki is a super flavorful and delicious weeknight dinner recipe. It's perfect served on a bed of rice or a taco shell!

 

Slow Cooker Chicken Teriyaki

Servings:

8 servings

Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 10 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup soy sauce
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch
  • 2 tbsp water
  • 1/2 sheet nori processed in a food processor until it resembles a fine powder
  • 1 tsp crushed red pepper
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 1 1/2 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast
  • 1 cup pineapple chunks
  • 2 tbsp mayo
  • SERVE WITH: pineapple crema, rice, corn tortillas, chopped cilantro

Instructions
 

  • Add the chicken breast to your slow cooker and season both sides with salt and black pepper.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, brown sugar, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, cornstarch, water, nori powder, crushed red pepper, ground ginger, and black pepper until smooth.
  • Pour about 1/4 cup of the mixture into the slow cooker and spread it to coat the bottom. Place the chicken on top and pour the rest of the sauce on top.
  • Slow cook the chicken for 3 hours on high or 6 hours on low until the chicken is tender and falling apart.
  • When the chicken is done, shred the chicken with two forks. Serve the chicken teriyaki immediately served on top of a bed of rice or corn tortillas. Drizzle with the pineapple crema (recipe below), sprinkle with fresh cilantro, and enjoy!

Pineapple Crema

  • To the bowl of your food processor, combine the pineapple chunks, pineapple yogurt and mayo. Pulse until smooth. Thin out if needed with additional yogurt. Store the pineapple crema in an airtight container in the fridge for about a week.

Slow cooker chicken teriyaki is a super flavorful and delicious weeknight dinner recipe. It's perfect served on a bed of rice or a taco shell!

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Hello! I'm Justine.

I’m a blogger and web developer from the beautiful state of Oklahoma, where my loving husband, two adorable kids, and two mischievous dogs keep me on my toes 24/7. My idea of heaven includes endless summer days, getting lost in a good book, and whipping up some delicious homemade bread.

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