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Chicken Teriyaki

Glossy homemade chicken teriyaki with crisp skin and a simple sauce of soy, mirin, sake and sugar. Ready in 25 minutes.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Japanese
Calories: 420
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 4 boneless chicken thighs skin on
  • 1 tsp neutral oil
  • 60 ml soy sauce
  • 60 ml mirin
  • 2 tbsp sake
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp sesame seeds
  • 2 spring onions sliced
  • Steamed rice to serve

Method
 

  1. Pat the chicken dry and prick the skin all over with a fork.
  2. Mix the soy sauce, mirin, sake and sugar until the sugar dissolves.
  3. Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Cook the chicken skin side down for 7 minutes until deeply golden and crisp.
  4. Turn and cook for 3 minutes more. Wipe excess fat from the pan with kitchen paper.
  5. Pour in the sauce and simmer for 3 minutes, turning the chicken until the sauce is thick and glossy.
  6. Slice, spoon over the glaze and sprinkle with sesame seeds and spring onion. Serve with rice.

Notes

Wiping out the rendered fat before adding the sauce is what gives teriyaki its clean, shiny glaze.