Teriyaki Chicken Recipe

Terriyaki Chicken!! 

Ingredients: 

Teriyaki Sauce ingredients: 

1. 1 cup soy sauce 
2. 1/4 cup mirin 
3. 2 tbs sake 
4. 3/4 tbs sesame oil 
5. 1/2 tbs rice vinegar 
6. 5 tbs sugar 
7. 1 inch ginger
8. 4-5 cloves garlic 
9. 2 green onion sticks 
10. dried kelp - 1 sheet 
11. 1/3 cup bonito flakes 
12. 1/2 tsp white sesame seeds
13. 1/2 tsp black sesame seeds 
14. 1-2 tbs vegetable oil 
15. 5 pieces of chicken thigh

Method: 

Directions

1. Season chicken thighs with a light coating of salt and set in the fridge while you make the sauce. 
2. Roughly chop up garlic and ginger and set aside. 
3. Roughly chop up green onion to 1 inch pieces and set aside. 
4. In a pot set to medium heat, add in 1 tbs oil. Add in garlic and ginger and Sautee till golden. 
5. Add in soy, mirin, sake, sesame oil, rice vinegar and cook for about 4-5 minute or until all alcohol has been dissolved and everything is well combined. 
6. Add in sugar and simmer for 1-2 minutes. 
7. Add in green onions, bonito flakes, dried kelp and simmer for about 3 minutes. 
8. Filter out your sauce and add in white and black sesame seeds. 
9. Taste for seasoning. The sauce should be pretty salty but also sweet. if it's too salty, add a bit of water to dilute it. 
10. In a separate pan to medium high heat, add in just enough oil to cover the bottom and sear your chicken. Do not fully cook. Keep chicken in the pan but disregard all the oil/juices. 
11. In the same pan as the chicken, add in your teriyaki sauce (about 1/4-1/2 cup) and baste each side for a minute and flip. I work with around 2-3 chicken pieces a time for this final step. Flame should be around a medium-low here. 
12. Baste each side for a minute then flipping to the other side. Totaling up to 4 -6 minutes or until chicken is fully cooked. 
13. Rest and enjoy with a side of rice. You defiantly want to have a sweeter type of rice to balance out the salty teriyaki side.