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Easy Teriyaki Chicken

Easy Teriyaki Chicken

This Easy Teriyaki Chicken recipe features a delicious sticky sauce and is perfect for a quick midweek meal.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Family Food
Servings 4 servings
Calories 290 kcal

Equipment

  • frying pan
  • small bowl
  • whisk
  • steamer pan

Ingredients
  

  • 650 g Chicken breasts Skinless, boneless, cut into chunks
  • 1 tbsp Oil Sesame, vegetable or sunflower
  • 2 Cloves garlic Peeled and crushed
  • 1 teaspoon Ginger puree

For the Teriyaki Sauce

  • 2 teaspoon Cornflour See notes
  • 100 ml Soy sauce
  • 50 ml Water
  • 3 tablespoon Honey
  • 2 tablespoon White wine vinegar
  • 0.5 teaspoon Garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon Ginger purée
  • 0.5 teaspoon Dried chilli flakes Optional

To garnish

  • Sesame seeds

Instructions
 

  • Mix the teriyaki sauce ingredients in a small bowl. Begin with the cornflour and gradually add the soy sauce, whisking so there are no lumps. Add the rest of the sauce ingredients.
  • Heat the oil in a frying pan until very hot.
  • Add the chicken and cook for about 10-15 minutes until the chicken is almost cooked through.
  • Add the garlic and ginger and cook for 3 or 4 more minutes until softened.
  • Add the teriyaki sauce ingredients and cook for about 5 minutes until everything is well coated and thickened.
  • While the chicken is cooking, cook some rice in the bottom of a steamer pan and add some green vegetables to the steamer part on top for the last 5 minutes.

Notes

Nutrition calculated without rice or vegetables. Cornflour in the UK is NOT the same as it in the US, where it's known as 'corn starch'.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 290kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 37gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.04gCholesterol: 104mgSodium: 1565mgPotassium: 680mgFiber: 0.4gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 123IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 19mgIron: 1mg
Keyword Easy Teriyaki Chicken, healthy dinner, Midweek Dinner, quick meal, Sticky Sauce, Teriyaki Chicken
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