Chicken with Japanese Sauce is an attractive dish from the Kingdom of Cherry Blossoms. Each piece of chicken is a wonderful combination of the natural sweetness of chicken and the rich flavor of Teriyaki Sauce. Let's learn with Tasty's Kitchen the recipe of Japanese sauce chicken to spend
Making Japanese Teriyaki Sauce
The soul of Japanese sauce chicken is Teriyaki sauce with special ingredients from the Land of Peach Blossom, Mirin wine.
Sauce Ingredients
- 120ml soy sauce.
- 110g brown sugar.
- 5g minced ginger, 5g minced garlic.
- 45ml of Mirin wine.
- 15ml honey, sesame oil.
- 15g cornstarch.
How to make Teriyaki Sauce
Step 1: Mix ingredients.
First, you need to mix 20ml soy sauce and 110g brown sugar, then stir until the sugar dissolves.
Next, you add ginger, minced garlic, honey, sesame oil and Mirin wine to the above mixture and continue to stir to combine the ingredients.
Step 2: Cook Teriyaki Sauce.
- Put the mixture in a pot, bring to a boil. When the sauce comes to a boil, reduce the heat to low and continue to cook for about 4 minutes.
- When you see the sauce thicken, turn off the heat and remove the pot to cool completely.
Step 3: Out the finished product.
When you see that the Teriyaki sauce has completely cooled down, you can divide it into 2 portions to drizzle over the chicken before watering and for storage.
- Teriyaki sauce will help the chicken pieces to be evenly colored, soft, and beautifully glossy to conquer diners at first sight. Moreover, the sauce that coats the meat has the function of protecting the food from harmful substances that affect the health of the eater from the grilling process.
- Meanwhile, you can preserve the rest of the sauce by putting the entire sauce in a glass jar when it has cooled completely and storing it in the refrigerator.
Steps to make Japanese Chicken with Sauce
After you have made the soul of the dish, let's start cooking with the Japanese sauce chicken recipe!
Ingredients for Japanese Teriyaki Chicken
- 300g boneless chicken thighs.
- 150g potato flour.
- 100g white cabbage.
- 10g minced ginger.
- 1 tablespoon Teriyaki sauce.
- 1 teaspoon vinegar, white sugar.
- 100ml cooking oil.
How to make Japanese Chicken Sauce
To make the right dish, you need a good recipe, so to get the right Japanese Teriyaki Chicken, please follow these steps:
Step 1: Prepare the chicken.
- First, you need to clean the chicken by rinsing it with water, then soak it with salt diluted with a little vinegar, white wine or lemon juice for about 3-5 minutes. Next, take the chicken out and wash it with cold water, then drain.
- After the chicken has drained, use tissue to absorb the remaining water so that the chicken does not become mushy when you proceed to fry the chicken.
- When the chicken is really dry, start rolling the meat in the potato flour. You have to make sure that the flour layer is evenly coated around the chicken to help the chicken cook evenly, not soft after frying.
Step 2: Fry the chicken.
- Put a frying pan on the stove and add 100ml of cooking oil to the pan. Note, the amount of oil can depend on the pan and the condition of your chicken, you need to make sure the oil is about ½ to ⅔ of the chicken.
- Next, you put a chopstick in to test the boiling of the oil. When the oil is hot, put the chicken pieces in the pan and fry them on medium heat (not too big or too small).
- After the chicken is cooked evenly and golden brown on both sides, turn off the heat and remove the chicken from the prepared greaseproof paper to remove excess oil.
Step 3: Cook chicken with divine Teriyaki sauce.
- Put a new pan on the stove and add the mixture of ingredients according to the recipe: 1 tablespoon Teriyaki sauce + 1 teaspoon minced ginger + 1 teaspoon vinegar + 1 teaspoon sugar. Then, you stir the mixture so that they dissolve and blend together.
- When the mixture starts to boil, add each piece of fried chicken to the pan and stir to evenly coat the chicken in the sauce.
- Continue to cook until the sauce dries up and soaks into the chicken pieces. If the chicken pieces are thick and shiny, then turn off the heat and put the chicken on a plate.
Step 4: Present the finished product.
- When the chicken is completely cooled, use a sharp knife to cut it into bite-sized pieces.
- Slice the white cabbage, then put it in a small bowl, then sprinkle the chopped chicken pieces over it. Finally, you drizzle a little more Teriyaki sauce on the surface and you can enjoy the perfect Teriyaki chicken.
To evaluate the success of the dish, you can base on the following criteria:
- Chicken retains its natural sweetness, soft aroma.
- The outer layer of the chicken is golden brown, shiny and bold with the typical sweet and salty taste of Teriyaki sauce.
- The cabbage is crispy, with the natural sweetness and flavor of the sauce.
Have you learned how to make Japanese sauce chicken yet? It's pretty simple, isn't it? Treat your family with delicious chicken pieces. It is revealed that this dish is very suitable with white rice, remember to cook a lot of rice to satisfy this wonderful combination!
