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We are a mom and her daughters who like to experiment with making good meals and snacks for our families. This is mostly a collection of our recipes and thoughts on eating. Our highs and lows of trying to nourish our families.


Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Crock Pot Teriyaki Chicken, Gluten Free (or not)

I was talking to my sister today about food and told her about the Crock Pot Teriyaki Chicken I made last night for dinner. It was really yummy and super easy. I loosely followed this recipe: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/crock-pot-chicken-teriyaki, but adapted it for us. Here's what I did:

Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken

2 Large Chicken Breasts
1/2 cup (gluten free) teriyaki sauce
1 1/2 cups water (or chicken broth if you don't have vegetable broth powder)
1/3 cup brown sugar (I did loosely packed to try to be slightly healthier)
3 cloves minced garlic cloves

Mix the last 5 ingredients in your crock pot, then add the chicken breasts. (I cut each one in 1/3's because I needed it to cook in time for dinner). I cooked on high for about 4 hours then took the lid off and shredded the chicken. Then I mixed:

1/2 cup cold water and
2 TBS potato starch (only because I was out of corn starch)

And added that to the contents of the crock pot and stirred. It thickened immediately.

I served this over brown rice with asparagus, broccoli and cauliflower on the side (all from my bountiful basket). It was a very satisfying meal!

Anyone else want to share a recipe that has worked for you recently?