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Chicken Teriyaki With Easy Homemade Teriyaki Sauce

Recipe by Connie Veneracion
Chicken fillets cooked in equal amounts of soy sauce, sake and mirin until the liquids reduce to a glaze, chicken teriyaki is a favorite at home.
Prep Time 2 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 37 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 4 people
Chicken teriyaki rice bowl
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Ingredients
  

For the teriyaki sauce

  • 1 cup soy sauce (use Japanese soy sauce which is less salty than Chinese)
  • 1 cup sake
  • 1 cup mirin
  • 1 tablespoon sugar (optional)¼

To cook chicken teriyaki

  • 6 to 10 chicken thigh fillets preferably skin on, about 700 grams total weight
  • ½ teaspoon cooking oil (only if using skinless chicken fillets)

Instructions
 

Make the teriyaki sauce

  • In a small sauce pan, mix together all the ingredients for the teriyaki sauce. Heat and bring to a gentle boil.
  • Boil the mixture over medium-low heat, uncovered, until reduced by half.
  • Set the teriyaki sauce aside. You will need only 1/4 cup. Save the rest in a bottle or jar and keep in the fridge. It will stay good for two weeks or so.

Cook the chicken teriyaki

  • Wipe the chicken thigh fillets dry with paper towels.
  • Heat a heavy thick-bottomed frying pan.
  • If your chicken thigh fillets are skinless, spray or brush the bottom of the pan with oil.
  • Lay the chicken thigh fillets in a single layer, skin side down (or smooth side down if using skinless) in the pan. Cook over high heat until lightly browned, about three minutes.
  • Flip the chicken fillets over to brown the opposite side, about three minutes.
  • Lower the heat to medium and pour 1/4 cup of teriyaki sauce over the chicken. 
  • Cook for another four to six minutes, flipping the chicken fillets over occasionally, until the sauce has caramelized and coats the chicken fillets evenly.

To serve the chicken teriyaki

  • Move the chicken fillets to a chopping board and cut into strips.
  • Pile the chicken teriyaki strips over rice in a bowl or serve the rice on the side.

Notes

Updated from a recipe published on 02/11/2019
Keyword Chicken