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Chicken Teriyaki

October 11, 2018 By Amanda Cooks & Styles 3 Comments

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Chicken Teriyaki – Pan seared chicken served over a bed of white rice topped with homemade teriyaki sauce and a sprinkle of green onions. Yum! This recipe makes for a super easy and delicious weeknight dinner.

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Ingredients you need to make my Easy Teriyaki Chicken:

  • Chicken Thighs – boneless, skinless
  • Canola Oil – You can also use vegetable oil, avocado oil or olive oil.
  • Salt – I always use sea salt but you can use whatever salt you have on hand.
  • Black Pepper – Ground or freshly cracked black pepper.
  • Garlic Powder – Don’t use garlic salt or you may have a salty end result.
  • Cornstarch
  • Green Onions – Optional topping.
  • Water – This goes into making the Teriyaki sauce.
  • Soy Sauce – You may use low sodium or regular sodium sauce.
  • Cornstarch – This is a thickening agent that gives the sauce a nice glaze.
  • Garlic Clove – If you don’t have fresh garlic, use 1/2 tsp garlic powder instead.
  • Fresh Ginger – You can also use ground ginger, use 1/4 tsp in substitution.
  • Brown Sugar – Light or dark brown both work great.
  • Honey
  • Sesame Oil
  • Rice Vinegar – You can use white wine vinegar in substitution.

Tools to have on hand:

  • Skillet – Nonstick skillet to cook your chicken in.
  • Cooking Spoon – To stir your sauce and chicken.
  • Measuring Cups and Spoons – For properly measuring your ingredients.
  • Knife – To chop the chicken and green onions.
  • Cutting Board – To chop chicken and green onions.
  • Mixing Bowl – For mixing the sauce and tossing chicken in cornstarch/seasonings.

How to make homemade Chicken Teriyaki from scratch:

For the Sauce:

Combine cornstarch and water in a small bowl.

In a medium saucepan, add all the teriyaki sauce ingredients along with the cornstarch/water mixture. Stirring frequently, bring sauce to a simmer. Cook until sauce thickens about 5-7 minutes. Sauce will be dark brown.

Once sauce has thickened up, remove from heat immediately. Cover to keep warm.

For the chicken:

Pat chicken dry and season with salt, garlic powder and pepper on all sides.

Place the cornstarch in a bowl with the chicken and toss until chicken is fully coated.

In a skillet or wok over high heat, add oil. Once the oil is hot, carefully add the chicken. Stir fry the chicken for about 8-10 minutes until the chicken is fully cooked and chicken pieces are golden. Add the teriyaki sauce to the chicken and toss to combine. Cook for 1 more minute and then remove from heat.

Serve teriyaki chicken over white rice and top with chopped green onion. Enjoy!

If you enjoyed this recipe, here are a few more recipes I think you’ll love:

  • Crispy Sweet and Spicy Asian Chicken – Just like takeout! Crispy pan fried chicken tossed in a sweet and spicy Asian style glaze.
  • Garlic Ginger Chicken – Flavor packed Chinese takeout style chicken recipe made with fresh ginger and garlic in a soy sesame caramelized sauce.
  • Teriyaki Chicken Skewers – The most delicious marinated teriyaki chicken grilled to perfection and finished with a delicious teriyaki sauce.
  • Sweet & Sour Chicken– Takeout style Chinese chicken recipe made with crispy chicken and caramelized onions in a delicious sweet and sour sauce.

Chicken Teriyaki

Amanda Cooks & Styles
Pan seared teriyaki chicken served over white rice with chopped green onions.
5 from 3 votes
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Course Main Course
Cuisine Asian
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb. chicken thighs cut into 1/2″ cubes
  • 1 tbsp canola oil
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
  • 1/4 tsp garlic powder
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch
  • 2 tbsp green onions chopped, optional

For the teriyaki sauce:

  • 1 cup water
  • 1/3 cup soy sauce I used low-sodium
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch
  • 1 garlic clove minced
  • 1/2 tsp fresh ginger minced or finely chopped
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 1/4 tsp sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp rice vinegar

Instructions
 

For the sauce:

  • Combine cornstarch and water in a small bowl.
  • In a medium saucepan, add all the teriyaki sauce ingredients along with the cornstarch/water mixture. Stirring frequently, bring sauce to a simmer. Cook until sauce thickens and reduces to about half.. Sauce will be dark brown.
  • Once sauce has thickened up, remove from heat immediately. Cover to keep warm.

For the chicken:

  • Pat chicken dry and season with salt, garlic powder and pepper on all sides.
  • Toss chicken in cornstarch until fully coated.
  • In a skillet or wok over medium-high heat, add oil. Once the oil is hot, carefully add the chicken. Stir fry the chicken for about 8-10 minutes until the chicken is fully cooked and chicken pieces are golden. Add the teriyaki sauce to the chicken and toss to combine. Cook for 1 more minute. Remove from heat.
  • Serve teriyaki chicken over steamed white rice and top with chopped green onion. Enjoy!!
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  1. Delna Antia

    February 5, 2023 at 5:05 pm

    5 stars
    Hi do you have videos of recipes you make ? Thanx😊

    Reply
  2. Jillian

    October 26, 2022 at 1:27 pm

    Thank you for making the ingredients so simple!!!!

    Reply
  3. Judi

    September 18, 2022 at 6:17 pm

    5 stars
    Made this teriyaki chicken and it was easy and delish . Will keep it in my recipe book to make again!

    Reply

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