Teriyaki Chicken Drumsticks in Crock-Pot Slow Cooker

Name: Teriyaki Chicken Drumsticks in Crock-Pot Slow Cooker
Total time: 25200 s
Yield: Serves 4 servings
Ingredients: 4 large chicken drumsticks; 1 cup soy sauce (240 ml); 1 shot rice vinegar, or apple cider vinegar if unavailable (about 1 oz / 30 ml); 1 shot Mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine) (about 1 oz / 30 ml); 1 cup honey (340 g); 1 cup water (240 ml); Fresh ginger; 1 fresh white onion; 1 garlic clove; Black pepper; 2 tablespoons cornstarch

Johnny LIZARD @cook_9317062

Barcelona & Camarles

A Japanese-inspired recipe 🇯🇵
Thanks to a Black Friday 2017 deal, I got a Crock-Pot, which is the opposite of a pressure cooker. It lets you cook at low temperatures for hours, making it perfect for tougher cuts of meat and resulting in incredibly tender dishes.

Johnny LIZARD @cook_9317062

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Ingredients

7 hours

Serves 4 servings

4large chicken drumsticks
Teriyaki sauce
1 cupsoy sauce (240 ml)
1 shotrice vinegar, or apple cider vinegar if unavailable (about 1 oz / 30 ml)
1 shotMirin (Japanese sweet rice wine) (about 1 oz / 30 ml)
1 cuphoney (340 g)
1 cupwater (240 ml)
Fresh ginger
1fresh white onion
1garlic clove
Black pepper
2 tablespoonscornstarch

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Steps

7 hours

1

As a reference for cooking time, I set the Crock-Pot to low for 6 hours. (See step 5)
2

Prepare the chicken drumsticks by removing the skin, excess fat, and tendons.
3

Make the teriyaki sauce: peel the garlic clove and remove the germ, peel the ginger, then finely chop or grate both. Peel and chop the onion. Set aside.
4

In a bowl, mix 1 cup soy sauce, 1 shot of rice vinegar, 1 shot of mirin, and 1 cup honey. Add the garlic, ginger, onion, and ground black pepper. Finally, mix in 1 cup water. I do this because the soy sauce I use is very thick and to keep the teriyaki from being too sweet.
5

Place the chicken drumsticks in the bottom of the Crock-Pot and cover them with the teriyaki sauce. Put the lid on and set to cook on low for 6 hours.
6

After 3 hours, turn the drumsticks over and cook for another 3 hours.
7

Once the cooking time is up, the Crock-Pot will switch to warm and the drumsticks will be ready. To thicken the teriyaki sauce, for each cup of sauce from the Crock-Pot, add 1 tablespoon of cornstarch, using a small saucepan and strainer. The sauce should have a liquid chocolate-like consistency.
8

Optional: Serve with long-grain rice. Rinse the rice and cook it with an equal amount of water. I use a rice cooker.
9

Once the teriyaki sauce is to your liking and the rice is ready, plate the chicken drumsticks with the rice.