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Teriyaki is a Japanese style of cooking where meat is grilled and served with a sweet and salty sauce that traditionally consists of soy sauce, sugar, mirin and sake. The basic sauce is super easy to make and really good but you can of course play with it and some additions that I enjoy are garlic and ginger. You can also change the sweetener using a number of different options including replacing some or all of the plain white sugar with cane sugar, brown sugar, honey, maple syrup, etc. The sake is optional and I often like to replace it with a fruit juice like pineapple juice and adding chunks of pineapple to the dish is also nice! Once you have decided on the sauce ingredients this chicken teriyaki is as easy to make as cooking the chicken and simmering the sauce until it reduces and thickens. 

Chicken Teriyaki

A quick and easy chicken teriyaki thighs with crispy golden brown skin!

ingredients

• 1 tablespoon oil
• 4 chicken thighs, skin-on and boneless
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoon soy sauce
• 2 tablespoon mirin
• 2 tablespoon sugar*
• 2 tablespoon sake* (optional)
• 1 teaspoon garlic, grated (optional)
• 1 teaspoon ginger, grated (optional)

directions

1. Heat the oil in a pan over medium-high heat, add the chicken, seasoned with salt and pepper, skin side down, and cook until the skin is browned and crispy, flip and cook the other side before setting aside.
2. Add the remaining ingredients to the pan, scrape up any brown bits from the bottom of the pan while mixing, bring to a boil, add the chicken, skin side up, and simmer until the sauce thickens, about 3-5 minutes.

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