Teriyaki Chicken

On Father's Day weekend, I went Trout fishing with my father. We rented two nice cabins at Montauk State Park near Salem, MO. The little cabins were nothing more than sleeping rooms -- no kitchenette. The question of what we would be eating loomed large until I found the following pin on Pinterest.

I took my crockpot, crockpot liner (can be found near the plastic wrap in most grocery stores), and a plastic bag of Teriyaki Chicken. While we were out catching the day's quota of trout, my Teriyaki Chicken was back in the cabin on low cooking up into a wonderful cot meal that impressed not only my father, but my mother also.

I did meddle with the recipe a bit. I add a red and yellow bell pepper for color, and since I was not going to be able to cook the rice I added uncooked instant rice to the rice. The crockpot was able to cook the rice up nicely. The only suggestion from the group was either to cut down on the pineapple or to use a small chunk or even the crushed pineapple.

When think about this meal in retrospect, several things about it was very appealing.  One, I have never really thought about using my crockpot in the summer.  For me, it has always been a winter device in my kitchen, but I realized I have been selling this item short.  I liked that it did not heat up the room.  Also by using the crockpot liners cleanup was as easy as lifting the bag out of the crock.