
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.
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 ½ teaspoon garlic powder instead.
- Fresh Ginger - You can also use ground ginger, use ¼ teaspoon 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:
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- Garlic Ginger Chicken - Flavor packed Chinese takeout style chicken recipe made with fresh ginger and garlic in a soy sesame caramelized sauce.
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- Sweet & Sour Chicken- Takeout style Chinese chicken recipe made with crispy chicken and caramelized onions in a delicious sweet and sour sauce.
Chicken Teriyaki
Ingredients
- 1 lb. chicken thighs cut into ½" cubes
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 tablespoon green onions chopped, optional
For the teriyaki sauce:
- 1 cup water
- â…“ cup soy sauce I used low-sodium
- 2 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 garlic clove minced
- ½ teaspoon fresh ginger minced or finely chopped
- â…“ cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- ¼ teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon 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!!
Delna Antia
Hi do you have videos of recipes you make ? Thanx😊
Jillian
Thank you for making the ingredients so simple!!!!
Judi
Made this teriyaki chicken and it was easy and delish . Will keep it in my recipe book to make again!