Monday, July 8, 2013

Teriyaki Chicken


This recipe is AWE-some and super easy. I love slow cooker meals, I mean seriously, you put food in and you get to let it do it's thang and then eat it. Seriously so good. BTW, I got this recipe from THIS cooking website which is one of my favorites to get recipes from, she's knows her stuff.

Teriyaki Chicken
5 chicken breasts
1 and 1/2 cup water
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup soy sauce
1 tsp granulated garlic (I use garlic powder)
1 tsp sesame oil (totally worth buying, found by the Asian section in the store)
3 TBS cornstarch + 4 TBS cold water

Spray the inside of your slow cooker and place the chicken in it. Combine water, brown sugar, soy sauce, garlic powder and sesame oil, stir, and pour over the chicken. Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 7 hours. When the chicken is cooked through, remove and break into smaller chunks. I don't completely shred the chicken. In a small bowl, combine cornstarch and cold water, stir until dissolved and pour into liquid in the slow cooker and stir together. Return the chicken to the slow cooker and mix with the sauce. Allow to cook for another 30-60 minutes until the sauce has thickened. Serve over rice with some roasted veggies on the side. 7 servings= 10 WW SP

Roasted Veggies

We love roasted veggies and they are so much better than frozen. We usually eat them with stir-fry or Teriyaki chicken.
Choose whichever vegetables you like, this is what we use:

Roasted Veggies
Broccoli cut into florets
1 Red onion chopped
1 red pepper chopped
Carrots cut julienne
Asparagus cut into thirds
1 Zucchini sliced

We season with:
Olive Oil (I just drizzle some over the veggies and then put seasoning on it) 
Basil
Oregano
Red crushed pepper
Minced garlic

Spray 9x13 pan and place seasoned veggies in the pan. Cook at 400* for 35-40 minutes stirring every 10 minutes.