Thank you for such a straightforward recipe. It’s really nice to be able to taste each individual ingredient without an overpowering, gloppy sauce. I’m a vegetarian, not a super strict one, so I enjoyed the rice, vegetables, and sauce, while my children loved the entire dish. Yeah, there were no leftovers. I served with jasmine rice instead of regular short grained sushi because I grabbed the wrong container and didn’t notice until I turned on the rice cooker. Oh well. It added such a lovely aroma and flavor that went really well with the simple teriyaki glaze. I can tell this recipe will be featured regularly in my weeknight dinner lists. Please keep sharing your recipes and good spirits with us!
I'm so glad to hear you and your family enjoyed it! Thank you for taking the time to write such a thoughtful comment. This is pretty easy to turn fully veg by pan-frying thick slices of firm tofu until it's browned on both sides, removing it from the pan and then proceeding with the sauce steps. As for the rice, there are a few dishes (like sushi) which require Japanese rice, but dishes like this, I'm all for mixing it up. 👍🏽
😆 Debated on what to call it. Figured stem would be confusing since there are lots of little stems coming off the main stem. The tree terminology seemed to be the most applicable. About the cork, that was a random coincidence. I was setting up the shot and there was a sparkling wine cork sitting on the counter from the night before. If you're going to use them on a regular basis to hold chopsticks, I'd recommend using a hobby knife to slice off a bit of the cork from one side to make it flat so it doesn't roll around.
I love this quick, easy, fabulously flavorful recipe, Marc. ❤️ I do a vegetarian version with tofu. I'm so glad you enjoy using broccoli stems. So versatile. For stir fry, I peel and flute them and cut them crosswise into flower-shaped disks which are pretty and remain nicely crunchy. 😊
Thanks for the kind words and for the great idea to flute and cut the broccoli stems. I usually use a flower cutter, but your idea is great for people who don't have them.
Mmmmm!! Looks amazing! Can't wait to make it. I've been buying this, and decided to try and make it myself. Thank you for your authentic recipe and video. You have great positive energy. Enjoying your style.
Thanks, and welcome to the channel! I usually mix the soy sauce, sake, and sugar in advance and just keep it in a squeeze bottle in the fridge. This makes it super easy to make chicken teriyaki (or a bunch of other dishes that use the sauce) anytime.
I love your homemade teriyaki sauce. 👍👍👍😋😋😋Now I'm giving them away to my friends. Are all excited. Tastes great with meat and fish. Or just with vegetables and rice.
Matsumoto Sensei! That looked better than any Teriyaki bowl I ever had around here! haha And, your camera work is soooo pro! (Well duh, you are a pro, after all. haha) Aaaand, that's a niiiiice Damascus steel blade you got there, eh? Wow!
Looks so good! Thank you for educating on the proper traditional teriyaki sauce cause I've been told to add grated ginger and mirin while making the teriyaki sauce. I prefer this recipe much better 😄
Thanks Claudine. If you like the taste, you can marinate the chicken in grated ginger before you cook it. That way it will take on the flavor without clouding the sauce. As for mirin, you can read more about my thoughts on that in the written recipe on my site (link in description), but I don't recommend using mirin because it is very hard to find real mirin outside of Japan.
@@NoRecipes It was delicious! Thanks for the recipe. I also love your recent shiozake recipe. Made the whole breakfast set, which was amazing. But I loved the salmon so much, I now try keep a couple stocked in the freezer for an easy meal once a week (sometimes more).
Hi Jessica, you can also click the link in the description for a more detailed written recipe that includes information on specific ingredients and potential substitutions. I also have a series of videos explaining why sake is so important in Japanese cuisine: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-C2p6MN4EVeA.html
Do you not have to boil the chicken meat or put it in lemon juice to get rid of its smell? I really like this recipe because you didn’t use the pre-made sauce! Thanks for the great video!
You're welcome! If you are using fresh chicken it shouldn't have a smell. Boiling the chicken first will overcook it and make it dry. As for lemon, it would add a sour taste which is not how teriyaki should taste.
Tried this today and it's so delicious! Thank you soooooo much!! Just want to know if I want to double the serving size, should I double the amount of sake, sugar and soy sauce or just the sake only? 😅
You're welcome, I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed it! Yes, if you double the serving size, you'll probably want to double the amount of all of the sauce ingredients as well. This will ensure you have enough sauce to drizzle on the extra rice you serve it with. 😉
Thanks! I'm sure someone's thought of this before, but I was setting up this shot when I saw a cork sitting on the counter from the night before and I figured "why not?" If you plan to use it on a regular basis, I'd recommend using a hobby knife to slice off one side of the cork so it will sit flat without rolling around (it's also a little too tall as-is).
Hi Xiomara, the chickens here are a little different than the ones found in the US. Japanese people prefer thigh meat to breast meat, so the thighs are huge and the breasts are very small. The meat also tends to be more pink in color and the fat more yellow.
Sake is added to the sauce for umami and flavor. You can use MSG as a substitute for the umami, but there is no suitable substitute for the flavor. If you're concerned about the alcohol, it burns off when you cook it. You can watch this to learn more about why sake is so important in Japanese food: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-C2p6MN4EVeA.html BTW, you should know that soy sauce also contains around 2% alcohol (as most fermented foods). Even yeast leavened bread contains alcohol before it's baked.
Wow! This looks so delicious I can definitely make this recipe I love vegtables. I don't have black sesame seeds but I do have the toasted one is that ok to use?
Thanks Leslie! I hope you enjoy it. Yep, toasted white sesame seeds will work fine too. It's more a garnish than a flavor thing so you could skip it too.
Thanks Anjali, I usually salt my chicken if I'm using whole cuts, but because this chicken is cut into bite-sized pieces it has more surface area for the sauce to stick to and it ends up too salty if you season it first.
Hi marc, i looked into your chicken teriyaki 3 yrs ago and your 2 month ago teriyaki bowl, i made it today for our dinner and team it up with cabbage.coleslaw. glad i checked it frm you. Your hairstyle now suits you more than before 😀 . Thanks for this recipe. Your preparation is much more easy!. Thanks!
Hi Judy, I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it! I think that original teriyaki video was the first video I posted to RU-vid since I got serious about doing this. 😆
I love yakitori and teriyaki (beef is my favourite) - but my teriyaki sauce always turns out bitter. I would love to know the technique to stop or prevent this happening?
Hi Leigh, there are two possibilities I can think of here. The first is that the sugar in the sauce can burn if cooked too long. You want the sauce to thicken and caramelize, but you don't want to reduce it so much that the sugar burns and starts to smell acrid. The second possibility is based on some previous feedback I've gotten from people who found that the sake they were using tasted bitter. I've never had this problem but when they bought a different brand of sake it fixed the problem.
Thanks Dio! You can always get more details about ingredients (and suggested substitutes) over on my website where I give a more detailed description of each one. The link is always in the description. In the case of sake, it can be substituted with mirin, but you'll need to reduce the amount of sugar.
Go check out this video (and subsequent episodes): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-C2p6MN4EVeA.html it will explain everything you need to know about cooking with sake.
Hi Jeffrey, I use evaporated cane sugar. It's a less refined version of sugar that has more minerals and flavor, but regular granulated sugar works fine.
Check out this article explaining what sake is and how to use it: norecipes.com/what-is-sake/ There is a suggestion at the end for substituting. I used to think that wine was the same as sake, but it really isn't anything like it. Now my food tastes like the restaurant!
White wine is a terrible substitute for sake, have a look at the article @kathcares linked to for an explanation. There's no perfect substitute for sake, but the closest thing would be water with a pinch of MSG.
Boil the veggies? No, no, no... parboil to keep them crunchy. Also I like a little bit of ginger in the sauce to spice it up but other than that purrfect :)
The word is a portmanteau of "partial" and "boil" and is not a separate process from boiling. The implication is that it's undercooked and will potentially be cooked again (like par boiling pasta before putting it in a lasagna and baking it). Since this broccoli is intended to be eaten without cooking it again, "boiling" is the correct description. BTW I only cook my broccoli for about 30 seconds so it is plenty crunchy. Glad you enjoyed the chicken.
Thanks Insyirah. The alcohol in the sake burns off when you boil the sauce. If you're allowed to consume soy sauce or miso (both of which contains some alcohol before it's cooked), I think it should be okay? You can check out this video for an explanation of why sake is used in Japanese cooking: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-C2p6MN4EVeA.html I haven't found a good substitute that has a similar flavor, but MSG will give you the umami.
Question: I’ve seen this in many recipients, 2tbsp of x, 2tbsp of y, 1tbsp of z, 1/4cup of W. ... Why not just say 4tbsp of W? The others are in tbsp? 😅
1/4 cup = 4 tablespoons. If you don't have US measuring cups you can measure it in tablespoons, but for people who have US measuring cups (most people in the US), it's a lot easier to just measure out 1/4 cup.