If you are looking for an easy dinner that doesn’t require much time to prepare on the day of cooking, you are going to love this chicken teriyaki freezer meal. This is a complete meal that you pop out of your freezer and straight into your slow cooker.
Slow Cooker Chicken Teriyaki Freezer Meal
“Mommy, this is so good!” (kid voice), “Mommy, I love this sauce!” (kid voice), “Hey, this is good!” (teenager man voice). These are all compliments I hear when I make this Large Family Slow Cooker Chicken Teriyaki Freezer Meal Recipe. The whole family loves this delicious meal.
Just the other week our dishwasher died, but have no fear this easy recipe was still the perfect meal on disposable plates. Feel like you’re going all out for dinner, when really all you’re doing is throwing an easy meal in the slow cooker for your people!
How to Make a Chicken Teriyaki Freezer Meal in a Slow Cooker
This chicken teriyaki freezer meal uses simple ingredients and takes minimal effort to throw a meal on the table for a quick lunch or family dinner.
- Combine all ingredients into a large mixing bowl and mx together.
- Divide evenly into one gallon freezer bags. In each one-gallon sized freezer bag place the following:
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- 2.5 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast
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- 1 cup Soy Sauce (or Soy Sauce Alternative like Braggs Liquid Aminos)
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- 1 cup Brown Sugar
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- 1 tablespoons of Ground Ginger
- 1/4 Large Cut Onion
- 1 Chopped Green Pepper
- Corn Starch on cooking day
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- Remove excess air and seal your freezer bag. Write the name of the recipe and date on the front of the bag. Place in your freezer until needed.
- The night before you need your slow cooker freezer meal just set one gallon-sized freezer bag in the refrigerator to defrost. The following morning just dump the entire contents of bags into your slow cooker.
- Cook on high for 4-hours or on low for up to 8-hours. Slow cooker times may vary.
Ingredients You’ll Need For Chicken Teriyaki Freezer Meal
Here is the quantity of food you’ll need to prepare a total of 4 large family style slow cooker freezer meals for your big batch freezer meal cooking day.
- 10 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast
- 4 cups Soy Sauce (or Soy Sauce Alternative like Braggs Liquid Aminos), or low-sodium soy sauce
- 4 cups Brown Sugar
- 4 tablespoons of Ground Ginger
- 1 Large Cut Onion
- 3-4 Chopped Green Peppers
- Corn Starch on cooking day (see special directions below)
Special Slow Cooker Chicken Teriyaki Directions
About 30-minutes or so before your meal is done, pull out around a cup of the chicken broth from the bottom of the slow cooker. Whisk the broth, and 2 tablespoons of cornstarch in a separate bowl then pour back in the slow cooker.
The cornstarch will thicken the sauce for your meal. Kids will have fun whisking together the sauce ingredients to create their own teriyaki chicken sauce.
Chicken Teriyaki Freezer Meal Serving Suggestions
You may be wondering what you can serve with this recipe, or if it is an all in one meal. We like to have this crock pot teriyaki chicken recipe with brown or white rice and whatever available veggies as sides. Here are some other serving suggestions:
- Serve with a small bowl of snap peas or snow peas for little hands to munch on.
- Green beans or carrots are also a healthier side to accompany this dish.
- Throw these baked egg rolls straight from the freezer to the oven in the last hour that this easy meal is cooking.
Frequently Asked Questions about Chicken Teriyaki Freezer Meal
Can I freeze uncooked chicken?
Yes, you can absolutely freeze uncooked chicken. The raw meat freezes well when paired with other veggies, or sauces. Just make sure that you squeeze all the air out of the freezer bag before freezing. This will help to prevent freezer burn.
What else can you add to Crockpot Chicken Teriyaki?
You can add whatever ingredients that your family likes. Broccoli florets, water chestnuts, little cans of baby corn, and green beans are always a good addition. If you are super busy, you can grab a bag of frozen veggies to add to this recipe.
How do you store leftovers?
The best way to store leftovers is by using an airtight container like a glass container with an airtight lid, or reusable storage containers. You can even save old Chinese food containers or soup containers to store this in.
What items do you use to make slow cooker freezer meals?
As you know, slow cooker freezer meals are a big thing in our busy household. This is a list of all of the items that save me time in the kitchen when I prepare my freezer meal recipes. I have lots of my other favorite kitchen tools listed here as well.
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- Hands-Free Baggy Rack Clip Storage Bag Holder I didn’t have these in my recent large one-gallon, but I’ve since put in an order for three sets.
- 30 Qt Stainless Steel Mixing Bowl (YES! It’s super big and super handy!)
- Large Family Style Slow Cooker I use either a 7 quart or 8-quart slow cooker
- Gallon Freezer Bags
- Measuring Cups
- Measuring Spoons
- Metal Cooking Spoon
- Slow Cooker Liners
- Sharpie Markers (to write on those gallon freezer bags)
More Meals for Freezer Cooking Day
Watch me make this freezer meal recipe along with 36 large family dinners, 30 breakfasts, and 15 lunches in my recent Large Family Freezer Cooking Day: Freezer Meals Report & Free Freezer Meal Recipes post.
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Feel like you’re going all out for dinner, when really all you’re doing is throwing an easy meal in the slow cooker for your people!
Ingredients
- TOTAL Slow Cooker Ingredients for 4 Dinners!
Here is the quantity of food you’ll need to prepare 4 large family style slow cooker freezer meals
- 10 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast
- 4 cups Soy Sauce (or Soy Sauce Alternative like Braggs Liquid Aminos)
- 4 cups Brown Sugar
- 4 tablespoons of Ground Ginger
- 1 Large Cut Onion
- 3-4 Chopped Green Peppers
- Corn Starch on cooking day (see special directions below)
- Each Gallon Freezer Bag Bag Will Include
Into each one gallon freezer bag place the following
- 2.5 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast
- 1 cup Soy Sauce (or Soy Sauce Alternative like Braggs Liquid Aminos)
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 1 tablespoons of Ground Ginger
- 1/4 Large Cut Onion
- 1 Chopped Green Peppers
- Corn Starch on cooking day (see special directions below)
- Removed excess air and seal your freezer bag. Write the Recipe name/date on the front of the bag. Place in your freezer until needed.
Instructions
- You can combined all ingredients in something like this large mixing bowl, then divide evenly across 4 gallon freezer bags. You’ll have about 2.5 lbs of chicken per gallon freezer bag.
- The night before you need your slow cooker freezer meal just set one gallon freezer bag in the refrigerator to defrost. The following morning just dump the entire bag contents into your slow cooker. Cook on high for 4-hours or one low for up to 8-hours. Slow cooker times may vary.
Notes
- *Special Slow Cooker Chicken Teriyaki directions: about 30-minutes or so before your meal is done pull out around a cup of the Chicken Teriyaki broth. Whisk the broth and 2 tablespoons of corn starch in separate small bowl then pour back in slow cooker. This will thicken the sauce for your meal.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 48
- Calories: 302
- Sugar: 23
- Sodium: 1592
- Fat: 4
- Saturated Fat: 1
- Unsaturated Fat: 2
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 26
- Protein: 39
- Cholesterol: 100
