Perfect Chicken Teriyaki | Authentic Japanese Recipe

chicken breast

🥗Healthier: chicken thighs

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Thighs are often more flavorful and less expensive.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: low-sodium soy sauce

Lower sodium option for health.

mirin

🥗Healthier: rice vinegar with a bit of sugar

💰Cheaper: rice vinegar with a bit of sugar

A more accessible alternative.

Cut off any fatty parts of one large chicken thigh (skin on).

Cover the chicken thigh in potato (or corn) starch on both sides and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Make your sauce by mixing your cooking sake, brown sugar, water, soy sauce and honey and mixing them.

Heat some olive oil in a frying pan on a medium heat and put the chicken in skin side down.

Add your green onions and cook the chicken until the skin is golden brown and crispy (be careful not to burn the onions!).

Turn the chicken over, set aside the green onions and continue to cook the chicken on a low heat with the lid on - for about 3 minutes.

Take the chicken out of the pan - wipe away the excess fat and then put them back in with the sauce.

Let that simmer with the lid on for about 5 minutes.

Cover the chicken in sauce and you’re done!

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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