Chicken Teriyaki

Chicken Teriyaki is a Japanese cuisine you can find in all Japanese restaurant. If you are a Japanese cuisine lover, you should be familiar with the word teriyaki. Teriyaki is a cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine. Foods are broiled or grilled with a glaze of soy sauce, mirin and sugar. The word teriyaki derives from teri (照り), which means “luster” given by the sugar or sweet soy sauce. Meanwhile, yaki (焼き) means “cooking/grilling”.

I found this Chicken Teriyaki recipe from Just One Cookbook and it tastes excellent! Just One Cookbook is a food blog authored by Namiko Chen. You will find a lots of authentic Japanese recipes at her blogs. I highly recommend you to visit her blog to get one authentic Japanese recipe for your next cooking session. Make sure you try out the Chicken Teriyaki too. 😉

Chicken Teriyaki Recipe

Recipe adapted from Just One Cookbook.

Ingredients:

400 grams boneless chicken thigh without skin, rinsed and pat dry
1 tablespoon oil for Step 4
2 tablespoon sake for cooking
1 teaspoon oil for Step 7

Teriyaki Sauce

2 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon sake
2 tablespoon water
1 tablespoon mirin
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 onion, grated, including juice
1 inch ginger, grated, including juice

Methods:

Cut each chicken thigh into bite-sized pieces.
Combine the teriyaki sauce ingredients in a medium bowl or Ziploc bag.
Add the chicken into the bowl and marinate for at least 2 hours in the refrigerator.
Heat the oil in a non-stick pan over medium high heat and place the chicken pieces in the pan. Do not add any teriyaki sauce into the pan.
When down side of chicken begin to brown, flip the chicken and add sake. Quickly cover the pan with lid and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes.
Remove the chicken to a plate and wipe off excess grease from the pan.
Heat the oil and put the chicken back in the pan and cook until both sides nicely browned.
Pour the reserved sauce and cook until the sauce is reduced. Use a spoon to pour the sauce on top of the chicken while cooking.
Transfer the chicken to a plate and drizzle the remaining sauce on top.