I’m really, really late to this thread!
Your Teriyaki Chicken in a crockpot looks great. If you think it needs something to give it more zip, I’d add maybe a quarter cup of sriracha chili sauce, & maybe a half cup of sweet chili sauce. But I like spicy dishes.
While traveling in Ruidoso this summer we ran across Noisy River Winery. They had a sweet red wine with habanero that was wonderful. Since we’ve been home I’ve been adding a touch of habanero spice to our homebrew. Excellent!
I like hot stuff, but not sure I’d like it in wine ;-)
I think the trick with crockpots is to reduce the liquids in the recipe by a lot; maybe, in this case, using the liquid from only one can of pineapple, adding sugar and more aromatics.
I need to study-up on it.
-JT