Cooking Diaries: Japanese style Teriyaki Chicken from RecipeTin Japan

Happy Apple Project #1 - Healthy eating and becoming a better cook. Yesterday, I had a delicious salmon poke bowl for lunch at the shops, which really inspired me cook better at home. Sashimi grade salmon and tuna is a little hard to come by these days (and when I mean hard to come by, it's a little expensive!) so I thought I'd settle for some classic teriyaki chicken instead. The recipe I'm using this week is from Recipe Tin eats mama, RecipeTin Japan. 

Japanese-style Teriyaki Chicken from RecipeTin Japan

Ingredients:

• Chicken thigh or breast fillets (thigh with skin on tastes juicier, chicken breast can be more dry)
• Teriyaki sauce: Combine all four ingredients until sugar dissolves
• Soy sauce 1 part
• Mirin 1 part
• Cooking sake 1 part
• Sugar 1/2 part sugar (adjust to taste)
• Vegetables to serve. Options include chopped cabbage and julienned carrots, or steamed vegetabls. Rice or udon noodles. 

Method:

1. Butterfly chicken fillet so that the fillet is of even thickness. 
2. Using tip of a knife, poke the skin randomly. This will allow the teriyaki sauce to better penetrate the flesh. 
3. Heat frying pan and cook chicken, skin side down. 
4. Turn chicken over and cook further. 
5. Add teriyaki sauce to the pan and cook until the sauce thickens. Steam cook the chicken for about 30 seconds. *Tip: Secret to great teriyaki chicken so that the sauce sticks to the chicken. - Do not add oil to the frying pan when cooking the chicken. - Just before adding the teriyaki sauce, wipe away excess oil in the pan
6. Transfer the chicken to a cutting board and cover with a sheet of foil.
7. To serve, cut chicken into bite-sized strips. 

Here is how it turned out: 

The taste was great 👌 but next time I probably shouldn’t over cook the chicken as it did taste a bit rubbery. And it was a good move to also add in a couple of boiled eggs that I had sitting in the fridge to the pan and rolled it around in the teriyaki sauce. For vegetables, I did a quick cos lettuce, cucumber and cherry tomato salad. 

Next time, I might test out the teriyaki chicken recipe on Recipe Tin Eats.