This chicken teriyaki recipe is both easy and delicious. It's sure to be a favorite at your home as it is in mine!
Teriyaki is an authentic Japanese cooking technique in which foods are broiled or grilled with a glaze of mirin, soy sauce, and sugar. "Teri" translates to the shine or luster given by the sugar content. "Yaki" is the cooking method of grilling or broiling. Chicken teriyaki is one of the more popular meat cooked with teriyaki.
Teriyaki Chicken
This chicken teriyaki recipe is both easy and delicious.
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Servings: 2 people
Ingredients
- 1 Boneless Chicken Thigh with skin
- pinch salt
- pinch Pepper
- 1 tablespoon Potato Starch
- 1 tablespoon Sugar
- 1½ tablespoon Soy Sauce
- 1 tablespoon Mirin
- 1½ tablespoon Sake
Instructions
- Cut chicken to make an even thickness.
- Poke skin with a fork.
- Cover both sides with pinches of salt and pepper.
- Place 1 tablespoon of potato starch into a plastic bag and add chicken.
- Shake the bag to coat chicken in starch.
- Place the chicken skin side down in a pan with no oil on medium heat.
- When skin is golden brown, flip the chicken.
- Cover and cook on low heat for 5 minutes.
- While the chicken is cooking, combine 1.5 tablespoon of soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 tablespoon of mirin, and 1.5 tablespoon of sake.
- Remove excess oil in pan with a paper towel.
- Add sauce mixture into the pan.
- Cook on medium heat for 2 minutes.
- Take chicken off heat and cut into strips.
- Serve.
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