Atk's Chicken Teriyaki
"From America's Test Kitchens. Very simple, fast and delicious. You'll never bother with another bottled teriyaki sauce again. ATK used a microplane to grate the ginger and garlic, but you can easily mince it very, very fine. Serve over short grain rice for a traditional presentation. Steamed carrots, onions and bean sprouts complete your plate."
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 8 boneless chicken thighs
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 cup soy sauce
- 1 garlic clove, grated
- 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh ginger, grated
- 2 tablespoons mirin
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cornstarch
directions
- Turn on broiler and position top rack 8" from broiler element.
- Bone chicken thighs and slash the skin. Season with salt and pepper on both sides.
- Place chicken on a broiling pan, skin side up. Broil for 8 to 14 minutes, rotating your pan halfway through the process to ensure even cooking. (When broiling is done, be sure to let chicken rest for 2-3 minutes before slicing.).
- To make the teriyaki sauce, heat sugar, soy sauce, garlic and ginger in a sauce pan. Heat until mixture comes to a gentle boil.
- Stir together cornstarch and mirin (available in the Asian food section of your supermarket) in a small bowl. Add this mixture into the saucepan and simmer for 4-5 minutes, until the mixture becomes a thickened glaze consistency.
- Spoon over chicken thighs that have been sliced (into five or six slices on the diagonal) and enjoy.
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Reviews
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Very good....made it with the boneless chicken thighs and this is much better than with chicken breast. I definitely overcooked mine but know what adjustment I need to make. A keeper!
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DeSouter
United States
Being a born and bred New Yorker with lots of varied ethnic food influences growing up, you can find me enjoying anything from Bloodwurst to Chicken Jahlfrezi to PBJs with fresh-ground honey roasted peanut butter and yummy homemade strawberry jam, and don't forget my friend Anna's mother's Pomodoro Sauce (via Bari, Italy). When it comes to eating and cooking, many native New Yorkers seem to be of whatever background that is on their plate at the moment.
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<br>I notice that a good number of Zaarites list "pet peeves" here. Many list whiny people as their peeve. Hey...I live in NYC where almost EVERYONE whines and complains, so I don't notice anymore. What burns my biscuits is seeing recipes that call for some really funky ingredients like Kraft (cough cough) Parmesan cheese in the green can and chicken from a can. I had never even heard of chicken in CAN(???) until last year. Get the best quality ingredients you purse will allow. That includes spices. Those jars of spices that sell for 99 cents are no bargain if you can afford something better. Do yourself a favor and if possible, go and explore any ethnic food markets in your area. They have the most wonderful spices and herbs and they are usually priced well. And you'll find so many other goodies you'd never have even known about. (I know this isn't possible for everyone, but then there's always the internet)
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<br>Sorry, I am the product of an "ingredient snob" father and I just can't help having inherited that gene to a certain extent. And again, I'm a New Yawka...we are SLIGHTLY opinionated. You're reading about the person who drives (I kid you not) 3 hours upstate and 3 hours back just to get THE sausage I need for my Thanksgiving stuffing. So call me fanatical.
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<br>I am a rather good baker and for a short time I had my own dessert biz...until I found out how hard it can be to work for yourself. So I went back to working as an Art Editor in publishing.
