Teriyaki Chicken Bowls Recipe is a quick and easy Japanese dinner that can be made within 15 minutes. Tender chicken is tossed with sweet, savoury, and garlicky teriyaki sauce and then served with rice and steamed broccoli. No marinading needed! It’s better than takeout from your favorite Asian restaurant!
There’s no secret I love Asian food. Beef Stir Fry, Spicy Salmon Roll, and this Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowls are on our weekly rotation recently.
Teriyaki bowl is chicken breast seared in a skillet with teriyaki sauce and then served with rice and vegetables. It’s so quick to prepare and perfect for busy weeknight dinners. If you have sous vide machine at home, you can also try our Sous Vide Teriyaki Chicken. You can also use this for meal prep as it lasts for 4 days in the refrigerator.
The homemade sauce is addictive and so much better than any store-bought bottles. You will want to drizzle it on everything including the rice and steamed broccoli!
Chicken Teriyaki Sauce Ingredients
The best part of the teriyaki chicken bowl recipe is the sauce! It’s made of a few simple ingredients you probably already have on hand:
- soy sauce: (I recommend using low-sodium)
- vinegar
- sugar
- garlic
- cornstarch
- optional ginger or ginger powder
How to Make Teriyaki Chicken Bowls
Step 1: Cook the chicken breasts
Sear cubed chicken breasts until golden brown.
Step 2: Make teriyaki sauce
Make chicken teriyaki sauce and add it to the pan. Cook with the chicken until the sauce thickens.
Step 3: Coat the chicken with the sauce
- Mix the chicken with sauce thoroughly.
- Serve cooked chicken on top of steamed rice in a bowl with broccoli.
Quick and easy! Teriyaki chicken rice bowl will be on your dinner table in no time!
Tips for Making the Best Teriyaki Bowl
- Both chicken breasts and chicken thighs work for this recipe. Cube them into 1-inch pieces for quick cooking.
- You can also use mirin and sake to make authentic teriyaki sauce if you have them. Use 1:1:1 ratio among soy sauce, mirin and sake. Add sugar according to your personal taste.
- Serve it over rice for a teriyaki chicken rice bowl. Or you can cook pineapple with your chicken for teriyaki chicken pineapple bowl. For a healthy recipe, you can serve it with lettuce wraps or brown rice.
How to Make Teriyaki Sauce
There are many variations for teriyaki sauce. The traditional Japanese recipe consists of sake, mirin, soy sauce and sugar boiled slowly until thickened. Modern versions may use honey for sweetening, add minced garlic or ginger or incorporate toasted sesame oil. Cornstarch is also used for quicker thickening as well.
How to Serve Teriyaki Chicken?
Traditionally this recipe is served with rice and broccoli, but it’s also great with pasta and other veggies such as green beans, carrots, and asparagus.
FAQ
Can I Make it Ahead?
Yes, this recipe is great for meal prep and it reheats well. Store it in an airtight container and it’ll last for 4 days in the refrigerator.
Can I Use Frozen Vegetables?
Yes, you can definitely use frozen vegetables for teriyaki chicken bowls.
Can I Bake Teriyaki Chicken?
Yes, you can bake teriyaki chicken and the sauce caramelizes beautifully in the oven. Just keep the oven temperature below 375°F and watch carefully to reduce the risk of the teriyaki sauce burning.
Is Teriyaki Bowl Healthy?
This homemade recipe is much healthier than the restaurant version. It’s best to use low-sodium soy sauce to reduce the salt intake. You can also cut down the amount of honey or sugar to make it even healthier.
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Teriyaki Bowl Recipe (+VIDEO)
Ingredients
Teriyaki Chicken:
- 1 1/2 lb chicken breasts cubed
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 3 tablespoons honey (or sugar)
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar (or apple cider vinegar)
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- optional 1/4 teaspoon ginger powder
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
For Serving:
- steamed rice
- broccoli
Instructions
- Mix together soy sauce, honey, vinegar, garlic, cornstarch, and optional ginger powder in a small bowl.
- Heat a large pan on medium-high heat. Add oil.
- When the oil is hot, add chicken breasts. Fry for about 3 minutes per side (5-6 in total) until golden brown.
- Add teriyaki sauce to chicken and stir until the sauce thickens.
- Remove from heat. Serve the chicken on top of rice in a bowl with steamed broccoli. Enjoy!
Notes
- Nutrition info doesn’t include broccoli or steam rice.
Video
Nutrition
Nicole says
Very good and easy to make! Although it is a different recipe from the video I saw on Pinterest! That one had honey, ginger in it and couldn’t find it when I looked on your site. I ended up adding ginger to it and some red pepper flakes!
Martha says
Same here! I didn’t see those ingredients in the recipe. I did make it though and it was a hit at home! I might substitute the sugar with honey to make it a bit healthy. The flavour was delicious regardless 🙂
Queen Shiba says
Same here as well! It was still very delicious and I will definitely make it again. The sauce was not as dark as shown in the video or picture. I would like the recipe for the video. Cider vinegar not rice vinegar and honey not sugar was used in the video.
Sandy says
Great recjpe!
izzycooking says
Thanks Sandy. Glad you like it.
PATRICIA says
Simple and delicious!
Izzy says
Thanks, Patricia. Glad that you like the recipe.
Kavesh says
Pretty good,made it as a lunch and it was amazing. Would totally try again.
Izzy says
Hi Kavesh. Great to hear that you like this recipe. Thanks for letting me know.