Baked Teriyaki Chicken

Baked Teriyaki Chicken is crispy and caramelized in the oven with just five minutes of prep time and topped with a homemade teriyaki sauce.

I love classic Asian dishes like Shrimp Tempura, Chicken Pad Thai and General Tso’s Chicken at home. This one pan Baked Teriyaki Chicken is a new favorite I’m adding to the list!

Sabrina’s Baked Teriyaki Chicken Recipe

Teriyaki Chicken doesn’t have to mean a store-bought marinade with ingredients you don’t know or just a takeout option. I am willing to wager if you’ve ever made any Asian recipes in the past you have all the ingredients you need for this dish. It’s as complicated as soy sauce and rice vinegar.

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About this Recipe

Teriyaki Sauce is pretty simple to make. It’s a mixture of soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, cornstarch, ginger and garlic thickened slightly before baking. To make things simple I use garlic powder and ground ginger but using fresh is even more flavorful and delicious! Plus, since we are baking this chicken teriyaki you don’t even have to stand over the Stove top searing off tiny pieces of chicken breast or thigh meat and hoping your sauce doesn’t burn.

Tips & Tricks

• I use skin on and bone in chicken for this recipe but you can use boneless skinless chicken thighs as well. I’m just a sucker for a great baked chicken thigh.
• Make and thicken the sauce in the same skillet as the chicken is going to bake so just be sure you’re using an oven-safe skillet when you start the sauce. I use my coated cast iron skillets that I love, but any oven safe skillet will work.

Green Onions/Scallions

1. Slice them thinly from root to tip. I love using both the white and green parts of the green onion. The white parts have a stronger flavor than the green parts but both are equally delicious.
2. Slice them thinly on an angle for a fancier presentation.
3. Gift Wrap ribbon method when you use a knife and cut the green onions very thinly on an angle (long angle so its almost 2-3 inches long) and add it to ice water for 30 minutes. This makes green onions super curly.

What to Pair With

I love to pair this recipe with Chow Mein, brown rice or Fried Rice and steamed broccoli or other simple Roasted Vegetables for a complete weeknight dinner meal.

Ideas to Serve

• Sprinkle sesame seeds on top of the chicken to add a little color as well as make the presentation look a little fancier.
• Add Green Onions as a garnish because they’re fresh and delicious and work well with Asian recipes.
• You can use the sauce in a stir-fry or with noodles like in this Ground Beef Teriyaki Ramen.

Alternative Cooking Techniques

Grilled

If you’d like to grill this teriyaki chicken you can make easy adjustments and have an easy summer dinner.

• Add the ingredients to a container with the pieces of chicken and marinade overnight.
• Remove the chicken and let the marinade drip off before adding it to the grill.
• Cook the chicken on the grill and pour the marinade into a medium sized saucepan to bring it to a boil.
• After the sauce has cooked down and thickened use a clean brush or spoon to glaze the chicken on the grill lightly.
• Serve with extra sauce on the side or on top.

Slow Cooker

• Use Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken to make this in the slow cooker!

Stir Fry

• Use boneless and skinless chicken thighs and cut them into 1 inch cubes. Add a small amount of canola oil to the pan on medium high heat.
• Saute the chicken thighs on both sides before removing from the pan.
• Add all the chicken pieces back into the pan with the ingredients for the teriyaki sauce and allow the chicken thighs to finish cooking in the pan as the sauce reduces and thickens.

Related Recipes

More Teriyaki Recipes

Chinese Chicken Recipes

Teriyaki Chicken

Main Course

Beef Teriyaki

Chinese Food

Ground Beef Teriyaki Ramen

Burgers and Sandwiches

Teriyaki Pork Sloppy Joes

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