CROCKPOT: SWEET CHICKEN TERIYAKI AND VEGETABLES & celebrate Halloween with us! Delicious Slow Cooker

mirin

🥗Healthier: rice vinegar

💰Cheaper: white wine

Rice vinegar provides acidity with fewer calories.

chicken thighs

🥗Healthier: chicken breast

💰Cheaper: chicken drumsticks

Breast is leaner, while drumsticks are often cheaper.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: low-sodium soy sauce

💰Cheaper: tamari

Tamari is gluten-free and often similarly priced.

sesame oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is a neutral alternative with lower cost.

Start by making the sauce: combine 3/4 cup soy sauce, 1 3/4 cups water, 1/2 teaspoon ginger powder, 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder, 6 tablespoons brown sugar, and 2 tablespoons honey in a bowl.

Mix the sauce well until all sugar and honey dissolve.

Pour about 3/4 cup of the sauce mixture over chicken tenderloins in the crock pot.

Cover the crock pot and set it on low for 4 to 6 hours.

While the chicken is cooking, prepare the vegetables: start by chopping carrots and adding them to a pan with a little vegetable oil, covering the pan to steam them.

Chop broccoli into small pieces and add it to the pan with the carrots, stirring and covering again.

Quarter mushrooms and add them to the pan, stirring and covering.

Chop red bell pepper and add it to the pan, stirring and covering again.

Chop sweet vidalia onion and add it to the pan with a little salt, stirring and covering.

Once the vegetables are almost done, add chopped zucchini to the pan and cover to cook for a few more minutes.

In a separate saucepan, heat the remaining teriyaki sauce over medium-high heat and add 1/4 cup water and 2 tablespoons cornstarch, mixing well.

Once the sauce is warm, add it to the saucepan and whisk until it thickens, then reduce heat to low.

When the chicken is done cooking, shred it using two forks.

Cook rice using a rice cooker or stovetop as per your preference.

If not serving immediately, keep the shredded chicken in the crock pot to stay moist in the juices.

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