Easy Homemade Teriyaki Chicken Recipe
Published September 29, 2021. This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy.
Bring your favorite Japanese take-out to your own kitchen with this delicious easy to make homemade teriyaki chicken recipe.
We absolutely love chicken in our house, but I totally get how easy it is to get in a rut with cooking the same old things repeatedly. If you are looking to try out a few new chicken recipes, then for sure make my drunken noodles or chicken fricassee.
Teriyaki Chicken
Chicken Teriyaki is simple to prepare recipe featuring lightly marinated chicken that is pan-seared and then braised in sweet soy and mirin-based sauce that thickens as it cooks with the chicken. While there are several variations and cultures that make chicken teriyaki, this recipe specifically is Japanese-based.
The typical cut of chicken used in chicken teriyaki is boneless skinless thigh meat due to its ability to stay moist, flavorful, and tender with slightly longer than normal cooking times. I used my homemade teriyaki sauce in this recipe which really helps elevate the flavor.
How to Make Teriyaki Chicken
Use these easy-to-follow instructions for making this delicious homemade teriyaki recipe:
Prepare the chicken to ensure it is skinless and boneless.
Mix the chicken in a large bowl with salt, pepper, soy sauce, mirin, egg yolk, and garlic until well combined.
Next, thoroughly mix in the corn starch until combined.
Cook the chicken, in batches, if necessary, in a large frying pan over medium heat for 3-4 minutes per side or until lightly browned.
Pour the teriyaki sauce into the pan with the chicken and cook over medium heat for 8-10 minutes or until the sauce becomes thick like a syrup.
Slice the chicken and serve over rice and garnish with optional sesame seeds and sliced green onions.
Make-Ahead and Storage
Make-Ahead: This recipe is meant to be eaten as soon as it is done cooking. You can keep the chicken warm in the sauce on very low heat or no heat and cover it for 20-30 minutes before serving.
How to Store: Cover and keep in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Cover and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw in the refrigerator for 1 day before reheating.
How to Reheat: Add the desired amount of chicken and sauce to a small pan over low heat and heat until the chicken is warmed. You can also microwave until warm.
chef notes + tips
- You can serve this teriyaki chicken with rice, noodles, or vegetables.
- Feel free to use boneless skinless chicken breasts or drums.
- I prefer to use peanut oil or sesame oil in this recipe.
- If you do not have access to mirin, you can use sherry wine.
- You may need to cook the chicken in batches if your pan isn’t big enough. If this is the case add all the chicken back to the pan before pouring in the teriyaki sauce.
- Occasionally stir the sauce and move the chicken around to ensure it cooks.
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Easy Homemade Teriyaki Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 ½ to 3 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon mirin or sherry wine
- 1 egg yolk
- 3 finely minced garlic cloves
- ¼ cup corn starch
- 3 tablespoons peanut oil
- 1 cup teriyaki sauce
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Mix the chicken in a large bowl with salt, pepper, soy sauce, mirin, egg yolk, and garlic until well combined.
- Next, thoroughly mix in the corn starch until combined.
- Pour the cooking oil into a large frying pan or rondeau pot and heat on medium heat for 3 minutes.
- Place in the chicken thighs and cook for 3-4 minutes per side, they should be lightly browned.
- Pour the teriyaki sauce into the pan with the chicken and cook over medium heat for 8-10 minutes or until the sauce becomes thick like a syrup and the chicken is cooked through.
- Slice the chicken and serve over rice and garnish with optional sesame seeds and sliced green onions.
This recipe is so easy to make and it’s very tasty. Great served with steamed rice and a veggie side dish. It’s a great weeknight meal,
This was a hit at my house – so much so, at first they thought it was takeout. I was fortunate in that I was able to get the boneless thighs on sale – after that, I totally had to make this dish. I served it with rice and it came together effortlessly really. I had to do one substitution but a quick google search helped me out. It was Sunday dinner and it was spectacular! I garnished the dish exactly the same too, with both the sesame seeds and green onions.
Thank you! I need to change up the chicken dishes and you’ve helped me. I posted a photo the day I made the dish on your FB post of this recipe too, I was so excited it turned out beautifully.
Outstanding made 2 times and its fantastic my friends are starting to call me Billy TANK -U SOO MUCH Billy
I made this tonight. I added snow peas, and it was absolutely delicious. Also paired with Natasha’s egg rolls , a perfect Asian meal. Will never order it out again.
If using chix breast in place of thighs should I use same amount?
I’m going to push you here, but what would be your intution?
Easy. Taste great!
thank you for trying this!
Easy to make and my kids loved it! Another homerun by Chef Parisi.
Glad they enjoyed, thanks for trying this!
So easy and best chicken teriyaki I have ever eaten!!! Make it!! You will love it!!