Easy Homemade Teriyaki Chicken Recipe

Bring your favorite Japanese take-out to your own kitchen with this delicious easy to make homemade teriyaki chicken recipe.

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.

Ingredients for this recipe:

2 ½ to 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon mirin or sherry wine
1 egg yolk
¼ cup corn starch
3 tablespoons peanut oil
1 cup teriyaki sauce
salt and pepper to taste

Serves 6

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Procedures:

1. Mix the chicken in a large bowl with salt, pepper, soy sauce, mirin, egg yolk, and garlic until well combined.
2. Next, thoroughly mix in the corn starch until combined.
3. Pour the cooking oil into a large frying pan or rondeau pot and heat on medium heat for 3 minutes.
4. Place in the chicken thighs and cook for 3-4 minutes per side, they should be lightly browned.
5. 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.
6. Slice the chicken and serve over rice and garnish with optional sesame seeds and sliced green onions.

Chef Notes:

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 covered 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.

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.

[traciemazoch]

I’ve made several of your recipes and let me tell you THANK YOU

[oyinoluwayelu]

Thank you. I just made this, Added garlic and ginger to the teriyaki sauce and also added bell peppers, onions and broccoli. This is a flavourful and tasty meal.

[senorclapp]

I have tried several of your recipes and with great success. I like the simple use of the ingredients for the Asian dishes. Awesome!!

[Skrittle]

Awesome video. I followed your techniques tonight and my family loved the Teriyaki chicken. Your videos are great!

[yolandavaldez]

Thank you Mr.P I love this recipe I will make it God Bless 🙏

[JC-dqun]

Thank you Chef Billy! This technique made the biggest difference. Finally no more dried chicken. Hubby was very satisfied(even had seconds) and my daughter gave me a compliment🙏

[angelaisland]

This was delicious, easy and quick! Thanks for another great recipe!

[RandomNPC]

I just did it this last weekend and it was amazing. I did the steak version. As for the rice I don’t usually rinse it, I like to fry off the starch with a tablespoon of olive oil and it comes of just fine!

[CherylAnnRose]

I had chicken teriyaki for dinner tonight. It was bottled teriyaki. I look forward to trying this out next time.

[mounaa.]

The ingredients in the video don’t match what is written/listed below. It would be helpful if they matched!
For example - your teriyaki sauce recipe isn’t written out at all. Additionally, you added garlic to the chicken bowl but garlic wasn’t listed. Thanks! Looks delicious and will try it out soon.

[nataliagagner]

I am watching it and my mouth is watering ! My daughter loves teriyaki chicken -thank you for sharing this recipe with us, I will be making it next week.

[janetrent]

Looks delicious! Hope to try it soon. Thank you!

[nancyfernandez]

The ingredients are a bit off for the sauce listed below? It's a two part step. Could I trouble you to type them in below, please? You are amazing!

[kevinm]

Niiice. Could you please go over prepping this commercial wise though? Would Teriyaki sauce be ok at room temperature for how many hours, etc.?.

[dianed]

Yum, this looks delicious. No more bottle sauce

[DougW]

Here in the Seattle area, Teriyaki is as common as pizza in NYC. And it's rare to see it ever not grilled. This is a nice recipe, but do yourself a favor and toss it under the broiler for 30-50 seconds before serving to char up the edges so it's not so mushy.

[LoveLattes]

Can I substitute sake with something else?

[judithfleser]

I must’ve had some really bad teriyaki when I was a kid because I haven’t liked it ever since. Your recipe sounds so good that it makes me want to do it and see what it taste like again because every ingredient you put in I know I like.
I’m glad to see that you save the bones and the skinTo make broth!!!! We were very poor when I was growing up, and my mother taught me never ever to waste anything.
I do have a question About your cutting board. I also have a John Boos cutting board. Everyone has yelled at me for cutting ANY meat on it. How do you clean your board?
I love your videos 🤩🥳

[GistGappie]

Hi, thanks for the video!
I recently saw a video where they reduced the teryaki sauce first.
Now it almost looks like you are cooking the chicken in the sauce. Is there an advantage for the one strategy over the other?

[DebbieBowling]

I just came across your channel (and subscribed :)) but I wish the ingredient list was more thorough. I went and got the ingredients to cook this recipe, only to realize I was missing some of them when I started to cook. *insert sad face*