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One of our favorite “make-ahead” meals is Teriyaki Chicken. It’s a great family-friendly recipe! It bakes in the wonderful marinade, so it comes out nice and juicy. I like to make several batches of this recipe and freeze the marinated chicken in freezer bags. If you’re not into freezing your meals ahead, prepare this the night before and let it marinate in the refrigerator. It will make your life easier and tastier! This recipe is in my cookbook Make-Ahead Meals for Busy Moms. I hope you enjoy it!
Teriyaki Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons water
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup lower sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 cup cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 8 - 10 skinless, boneless chicken thighs
Directions
- In a gallon freezer bag, combine all of the ingredients except the chicken. Mix thoroughly. Add the chicken and seal. Refrigerate up to 24 hours before cooking or freeze in a labeled freezer bag up to 3 months.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Place the chicken and all of the liquid in a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking dish (uncovered). Bake for 30 minutes, turn the chicken over and bake for 30 more minutes.
*If frozen, thaw the bag of chicken in the refrigerator a day ahead before cooking.
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Jane that looks so darn good. Thanks for posting this recipe from your book!
My husband loves Chinese and this looks like a really good recipe…blessings, K
What a great idea and recipe. Thanks.
I love teriyaki chicken, I cant wait to try this one!
Teriyaki chicken is a favorite of both myself and my husband…your version has my mouth watering, Jane! so glad you linked it up to the hearth and soul hop this week :)
Hi Janey baby! Thanks so much for sharing this lovely make ahead recipe with us on the hearth and soul hop. I adore chinese food too because my father, strange as it may seem was a Greek, born and raised in china, so growing up we always went out for chinese food. My father refused to allow my mother to even try making it because he had a friend who was a chef and we got delicious authentic meals. After he stopped cooking, then, and only then would my dad even try some of my mom’s. That’s how important his food memories were to him!
Your teriyaki chicken looks so delicious. I love that you can throw it together and then cook it the next night, or freeze it in. Makes for so many quick and easy dinners when you dont have time! Thanks again and all the best to you! alex@amoderatelife
I love a good make ahead meal - it is a lifesaver for me because the hours leading up to dinner are the busiest in my house! We all love teriyaki chicken - I am bookmarking this to try! thanks for sharing this with us at the Hearth and Soul Hop!
I love a good teriyaki chicken recipe! One question though…isn’t teriyaki a Japanese food?
Hi Heather,
I guess I’ve always gotten Teriyaki in Chinese Restaurants all my life and think of it as Chinese food. :)
This sounds great! I’m your newest follower, and I’m in the process of starting to cook make-ahead meals because with an infant and a toddler, life can sometimes get in the way of dinner! :)
I’m starting some make ahead meals, etc. for myself and my daughter-in-law. This chicken sounds so good, but I can’t figure out how I would do this in single serving sizes (1 thigh) for myself, except to split the 1 1/2 cups of liquid into 8. I’m not sure this would be enough marinade for each thigh, though. Jane, how many servings did you put in a portion for your son? Did you just divide the amount of marinade (by measure) into each bag? Or did you have to make more marinade being there would be so many single servings? If anyone else has ideas, I’d certainly appreciate it.
Hi Kathie,
I put 2 or 3 pieces in each bag for my son. I combine the other ingredients together and just poured the marinade into each bag. There’s more than enough marinade to divide it up. No need to measure how much marinade goes into each bag. Let me know if you have any more questions.
Sounds like a good one to stock up on.
found you off Remodelaholic! Great blog, what busy mom donsn’t need cook ahead meals! - just clicked to follow!
This sounds delicious!
What a delicious meal! My kids are not wild about meat but gobbled this up for dinner. My only question is do you have the nutrition facts for the teriyaki chicken? I’m just curious how much sugar is actually absorbed into the chicken. Thanks for the super recipe -it’s a keeper!
Thanks Melissa! Glad you enjoyed it! I’m sorry, but I don’t have the nutritional facts for the recipe.
Tried this recipe tonight and it was yummy! I used an entire chicken, cut into pieces. Thank you!
Glad you liked it, Lorraine! :)
I know of a good website that has a lot of good Asian recipes from various countries. Here is the link: http://rasamalaysia.com/.
Hope that satisfies your palate.
Yum! Thanks for the link, Teresa! :)
Hi! This recipe looks good!! I was wondering if you can taste the orange juice? My husband hates orange juice and can usually tell when I put it in a recipe. Do you have any suggestions to use in it’s place?
Thank you,
Jennifer
Hi Jennifer!
Yes, you can taste the orange juice in this recipe. You could just leave out the juice and it will still be yummy.