Japanese Recipes for Healthy Living

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Chicken Teriyaki is almost American food now. But I realized Japanese teriyaki and American teriyaki are a little different. Here is my Japanese teriyaki recipe. Of course, you can use chicken breast, but I think thigh tastes much better for this dish. It’s so easy and so delicious!

<ingredients>
1 pound chicken thighs
2 tbsp olive oil
*1 tbsp cornstarch
*2 tbsp water
Shichimi (Japanese seven flavor chili pepper)
Sansho (Japanese Sichuan pepper)

(for the sauce)
2 tbsp sake
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp mirin (sweet rice wine)
2 tbsp honey (or sugar)
2 cloves garlic, minced

Preparation:
1. Mix the sauce ingredients in a bowl. Marinate the chicken in the mixture for 15 minutes in the refrigerator.
2. Heat olive oil in a frying pan. First, fry the chicken (Don’t pour the sauce yet!) on medium heat until it is browned (about 5 minutes each side).
3. Pour the sauce used to marinate chicken in the pan. Cover the pan and cook the chicken on low heat about 4 minutes.
4. Remove the lid and simmer until the sauce becomes a little thicker.
5. Mix cornstarch and water in a small bowl. Pour it in the pan, and stir it on low heat.
6. Put some Shichimi and Sansho on top of Chicken Teriyaki if you would like.