Teriyaki Chicken Skewers – The most delicious marinated teriyaki chicken grilled to perfection and finished with a delicious teriyaki sauce. Serve with a sprinkle of sesame seeds and fresh chopped green onions over steamed rice.
This recipe calls for boneless skinless chicken thighs (or breasts if that’s all you have) marinated a teriyaki sauce in the fridge for a few hours. After they are done marinating in those delicious teriyaki flavors, they are cooked on the grill for a super tasty barbecued Asian meal.
Serve these super easy teriyaki grilled chicken skewers with steamed rice, veggies and more. We served ours with steamed white rice and a fresh cucumber salad – it was spectacular! I will link some of my favorite side dishes to serve with this recipe for you below.
INGREDIENTS
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2 lbs. chicken thighs (or breasts) cut into 1″ cubes
Teriyaki Sauce/Marinade:
2 tbsp cornstarch
1 cup water
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup soy sauce *low sodium recommended
2 cloves garlic minced
1 tbsp rice vine vinegar
1/2 tbsp fresh ginger minced
1 tbsp honey
1/2 tsp sesame oil
8 skewers
Optional Topping:
sesame seed
chopped green onion
INSTRUCTIONS
First make the sauce: Combine cornstarch and water in a small bowl. In a medium saucepan, add remaining ingredients along with the cornstarch/water mixture. Stirring frequently, bring sauce to a simmer. Cook until sauce lightly thickens. Sauce will be dark brown. Once sauce has thickened up, remove from heat and let cool completely. (place in fridge to speed up the process)
Once the sauce is completely cooled, place cubed chicken in a large ziplock bag. Pour half of the sauce over the chicken and gently shake to coat chicken. Let chicken marinate in the fridge for at least 30 minutes. Place remaining sauce aside for later.
When the chicken is done marinating, place your chicken on skewers and heat the grill to medium heat.
Once the grill is hot, place skewers on lightly oiled grill. Turn the skewers every 3-4 minutes until the chicken is cooked through (internal temp 165 degrees), about 20-30 minutes. During the last few turns baste with remaining teriyaki sauce.
Remove skewers from grill and serve with chopped green onion and a sprinkle of sesame seeds(optional).