Fast and Easy Chicken Teriyaki is a family favorite! A super simple and scrumptious homemade teriyaki sauce tossed with diced chicken and served with rice!
FAST AND EASY CHICKEN TERIYAKI
Besides crock pot recipes, most folks ask me for more chicken recipes. Seeing as I am always on the lookout for good chicken recipes, I totally get it. But I also want it to be a quick recipe without a lot of fuss. I don't want fifty million ingredients and I don't want it to take 2 hours to make and 30 dirty dishes. 
THE MOST DELICIOUS HOMEMADE TERIYAKI SAUCE
Chicken teriyaki is a classic favorite. Just a small handful of ingredients and you can make an amazing dish. Just add rice and veggies and you have a complete meal. Plus, if you make extra, it re-heats really well for your work lunch the next day. This easy sauce tastes so much better than any bottled sauce you can get and it also tastes like you spent forever making it. 😉
INGREDIENTS NEEDED (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST):
boneless, skinless chicken breast
salt and pepper
for the sauce:
light brown sugar
low-sodium soy sauce
rice vinegar
ground ginger
garlic
cornstarch
For serving:
cooked white rice
steamed broccoli
HOW TO MAKE CHICKEN TERIYAKI (WITH HOMEMADE SAUCE):
Cook rice according to instructions on packaging. Steam broccoli. Season chicken pieces with salt and pepper and place in large non stick skillet. Cook until done, stirring often.
In a small bowl or a measuring cup, combine brown sugar, soy sauce, ginger, garlic, vinegar and cornstarch. Whisk together until there are no cornstarch lumps.
Add sauce to chicken and cook stirring constantly, until it thickens into shiny glaze.
Remove from heat and serve immediately with rice and steamed broccoli.
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GROUND BEEF RAMEN SKILLET SUPPER
CROCK POT SWEET & SOUR CHICKEN
ONE PAN SHRIMP & BROCCOLI
GROUND ORANGE CHICKEN
FAST AND EASY CHICKEN TERIYAKI
Ingredients
For the chicken:
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast cut into 1-inch chunks
- salt and pepper, to taste
For the sauce:
- ¼ cup packed light brown sugar
- ¼ cup low-sodium soy sauce
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
For serving:
- cooked white rice
- steamed broccoli
Instructions
- Cook rice according to instructions on packaging. Steam broccoli.
- Season chicken pieces with salt and pepper and place in large non stick skillet. Cook until done, stirring often.
- In a small bowl or a measuring cup, combine brown sugar, soy sauce, ginger, garlic, vinegar and cornstarch. Whisk together until there are no cornstarch lumps. Add sauce to chicken and cook stirring constantly, until it thickens into shiny glaze.
- Remove from heat and serve immediately with rice and steamed broccoli.
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Originally published: June 2017
Updated & republished: May 2019
Recipe: CRUNCHY CREAMY SWEET
This looks absolutely amazing! I bet it would be great with your fried rice recipe.
OOOOH YES!! Good idea!! Here's the fried rice recipe if anyone else wants it 🙂 https://www.thecountrycook.net/fried-rice/
This looks fabulous for how easy it is. Going to make it tonight for supper! Thanks!
Hope you love it!!
I have never posted or commented on a recipe before, though I've used many recipes. This was absolutely incredible. The flavor was exactly like the mall food court...amazing! But so much healthier...and practically free!! I loved how the sauce thickened up and stayed on the chicken. Usually sauce recipes fail to do so.
We used some leftover veggies, made some rice in the rice cooker and subbed the rice vinegar for apple cider vinegar.
Tonight I will be making the recipe again but using beef strips this time! Thank you so much for an incredible dish that everyone in the family loves. I'm especially grateful to you because as a new mom I want to be able to spend time with my family while still making nutritious meals. And this recipe is quick and easy! Thanks again!
Hi Nadia! Thank you so much for taking the time to come back and comment! This made me so happy to read! Love that you are using it with beef strips. Perfect!!
My 10 year old granddaughter asks me to make this for her. She says she could eat it every day. I serve it to her over mashed potatoes since she doesn’t like rice. It is a family favorite. Thanks!
This makes my heart happy - yay!! Thank you!!
This was delicious and very easy!
Hi Terri! Thanks so much for coming back to review! So happy you enjoyed it!!