Clean eating crockpot chicken teriyaki
This is my go-to, weeknight dinner that's super easy to prepare in the morning before work, makes for a great lunch the next day, and is easily adapted to meet my entire family's weird food wants at meal time.
Ingredients:
3-4 boneless chicken breasts (fresh or frozen)
1 cup low-sodium chicken broth
1/2 cup low-sodium teriyaki or soy sauce
1/4 cup molasses
1/4 cup honey
3 minced garlic cloves
1-2 cups chopped vegetables of your choice (fresh or frozen - I like onions and pepper)
Directions:
1. OPTIONAL (but life-saving when it comes time to clean the pot) Spray the bottom and sides of the crockpot with cooking spray (I use Trader Joe's coconut oil spray.)
2. Place the chicken breasts in the crockpot and add the chicken broth.
3. Mix together the minced garlic, molasses, honey and soy sauce and pour over the chicken.
4. Set the timer for 4 hours on low if using fresh chicken, 5 1/2 - 6 hours on low if using frozen.
5. When there's 30 minutes left on the timer, add chopped veggies. Price Chopper sells frozen bags of peppers which are easy and hold up well in the crockpot. I typically toss one bag in and then cut up a large yellow or white onion to throw in as well. If you are not home to catch it at the 30 min. mark, you can throw the veggies in when you put in the meat. They'll taste just as good and just a bit more soft than they would be with less cook-time.
6. Depending on how strong of a flavor of teriyaki you'd like, take the chicken out, cut or shred it and if you want a stronger flavor, throw it back into the pot for 30 minutes of stewing. If you're planning to use the leftover chicken for something else (as I often do) and don't want it to be super teriyaki-y, shred or cut it up and then serve it up with a little sauce over the top.
I typically serve it over the top of brown rice or eat it alone as a carb-free afternoon snack the next day.
For those with picky eaters, as my kids can sometimes be, this is an easy dinner to separate out to meet everyone's needs. All three of my kids will eat the rice and shredded/chopped chicken. One likes sauce on the side to dip the chicken into, the other likes sauce on his rice but not on the chicken, and the third eats it all sauce-free. I also typically steam some fresh broccoli and we're good to go with a healthy dinner that everyone will eat. Enjoy!
Clean eating crockpot chicken teriyaki
Ingredients:
3-4 boneless chicken breasts (fresh or frozen)
1 cup low-sodium chicken broth
1/2 cup low-sodium teriyaki or soy sauce
1/4 cup molasses
1/4 cup honey
3 minced garlic cloves
1-2 cups chopped vegetables of your choice (fresh or frozen - I like onions and pepper)
Directions:
1. OPTIONAL (but life-saving when it comes time to clean the pot) Spray the bottom and sides of the crockpot with cooking spray (I use Trader Joe's coconut oil spray.) 2. Place the chicken breasts in the crockpot and add the chicken broth.
3. Mix together the minced garlic, molasses, honey and soy sauce and pour over the chicken.
4. Set the timer for 4 hours on low if using fresh chicken, 5 1/2 - 6 hours on low if using frozen.
5. When there's 30 minutes left on the timer, add chopped veggies. Price Chopper sells frozen bags of peppers which are easy and hold up well in the crockpot. I typically toss one bag in and then cut up a large yellow or white onion to throw in as well. If you are not home to catch it at the 30 min. mark, you can throw the veggies in when you put in the meat. They'll taste just as good and just a bit more soft than they would be with less cook-time.6. Depending on how strong of a flavor of teriyaki you'd like, take the chicken out, cut or shred it and if you want a stronger flavor, throw it back into the pot for 30 minutes of stewing. If you're planning to use the leftover chicken for something else (as I often do) and don't want it to be super teriyaki-y, shred or cut it up and then serve it up with a little sauce over the top.
I typically serve it over the top of brown rice or eat it alone as a carb-free afternoon snack the next day.
For those with picky eaters, as my kids can sometimes be, this is an easy dinner to separate out to meet everyone's needs. All three of my kids will eat the rice and shredded/chopped chicken. One likes sauce on the side to dip the chicken into, the other likes sauce on his rice but not on the chicken, and the third eats it all sauce-free. I also typically steam some fresh broccoli and we're good to go with a healthy dinner that everyone will eat. Enjoy!
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