Benihana Teriyaki Chicken Recipe: How To

Last Updated on February 28, 2024

Today, we’re going to be looking at a Benihana teriyaki chicken recipe, and how to recreate this fan favorite from Benihana. With summer finally upon us, you may be looking for some inspiration for new recipes that aren’t too heavy, but are still incredibly delicious. The teriyaki chicken from Benihana is one of their most popular dishes, so it’s no wonder you’re looking to make this dish at home. Let’s take a closer look.

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What Is Benihana?

Benihana started as an American restaurant in New York that served Japanese cuisine. It’s now been around for almost 60 years and has over 100 locations around the world, including Japan, UK and the US. They’re most famous for their dishes such as teriyaki and hibachi chicken.

What is Benihana teriyaki chicken?

The teriyaki chicken at Benihana is simply grilled chicken breast, that is served with their unique homemade teriyaki sauce. This dish also comes with mushrooms and is best paired with rice.

Ingredients in Benihana teriyaki chicken

You may be wondering what ingredients you need for this dish. And the chicken and the sauce itself does not need too many ingredients. The ingredients you’ll need for the chicken and the sauce include:

• chicken breasts
• sesame oil
• soy sauce
• hoisin sauce
• garlic
• ginger
• sake (rice wine)
• mirin (sweet cooking sake)
• ketchup
• sugar
• black pepper
• cornstarch
• water
• apple juice

Nutritional information of Benihana teriyaki chicken

You may be curious as to the nutritional value of this dish. A serving of our teriyaki chicken recipe contains the following:

• Calories: 499
• Carbs: 37g
• Protein: 33g
• Fat: 24g
• Cholesterol: 133mg
• Sodium: 2106mg
• Fiber: 3g
• Sugar: 8g

Copycat Benihana Teriyaki Chicken Recipe

Now let’s get down to the reason you’re here: how to recreate the teriyaki chicken from Benihana. This recipe is loosely inspired by one from The Girl on Bloor, who originally has a recipe for the Hibachi chicken from Benihana – but it’s all about the teriyaki for me!

Ingredients

The ingredients you’ll need for this recipe are:

For the chicken:

• 1lb of diced chicken breasts
• 1 tablespoon of sesame oil
• 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
• 4 minced garlic cloves
• 1 teaspoon of fresh ginger

• 1 cup of soy sauce
• 1/2 cup of sake (rice wine)
• 1 cup of mirin (sweet cooking sake)
• 5 teaspoons of ketchup
• 1 cup of sugar
• pinch of black pepper
• slurry: 1/3 cup of cornstarch and 1/3 cup of water
• 3 tablespoons of apple juice

For the vegetables:

• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• 1 thinly sliced carrot
• 1 cup of sliced mushrooms
• 1 chopped onion
• 1 chopped zucchini
• 1 tablespoon of soy sauce
• salt (to taste)
• pepper (to taste)

For the rice:

• 2 cups of cooked white rice
• 2 tablespoons of butter
• 4 minced garlic cloves
• 3 tablespoons of soy sauce
• 1 egg
• 4 sliced green onions

Recipe

Now all you need to do is:

Step 1: Make the marinade

Add the sesame oil, soy sauce, garlic cloves, and fresh ginger to a bowl. Mix well. At this point, you can either place the chicken into the bowl and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes, or you can pour over the chicken in a pan. Cook the chicken over a medium to high heat for around 10 minutes, or until completely cooked through. Remove chicken from pan.

Step 2: Add the veggies

Step 3: Make the teriyaki sauce

Step 4: Make the rice

Conclusion

I hope this post has helped you to become more familiar with the Benihana teriyaki chicken recipe. Once you taste this, you’ll soon realize why it’s one of their most popular dishes. While it does need a few ingredients, once you’ve stocked up your pantry, you can remake this dish again and again with very few additional ingredients.

Do you have any tips or tricks when it comes to making chicken teriyaki? If so, please feel free to let me know in the comments below. Sharing is caring!

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Benihana Teriyaki Chicken Recipe: How To

Today, we're going to be looking at a Benihana teriyaki chicken recipe, and how to recreate this fan favorite from Benihana. With summer finally upon us, you may be looking for some inspiration for new recipes that aren't too heavy, but are still incredibly delicious. The teriyaki chicken from Benihana is one of their most popular dishes, so it's no wonder you're looking to make this dish at home. Let's take a closer look.

Course: Dinner, Main Course

Cuisine: Japanese

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Author: aniasvibrantkitchen

Ingredients

  

For the chicken:

• 1 lb of diced chicken breasts
• 1 tablespoon of sesame oil
• 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
• 4 minced garlic cloves
• 1 teaspoon of fresh ginger

For the teriyaki sauce:

• 1 cup of soy sauce
• 1/2 cup of sake (rice wine)
• 1 cup of mirin (sweet cooking sake)
• 5 teaspoons of ketchup
• 1 cup of sugar
• pinch of black pepper
• slurry: 1/3 cup of cornstarch and 1/3 cup of water
• 3 tablespoons of apple juice

For the vegetables:

• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• 1 thinly sliced carrot
• 1 cup of sliced mushrooms
• 1 chopped onion
• 1 chopped zucchini
• 1 tablespoon of soy sauce
• salt (to taste)
• pepper (to taste)

For the rice:

• 2 cups of cooked white rice
• 2 tablespoons of butter
• 4 minced garlic cloves
• 3 tablespoons of soy sauce
• 1 egg
• 4 sliced green onions

Instructions

• Make the marinade

  Add the sesame oil, soy sauce, garlic cloves, and fresh ginger to a bowl. Mix well. At this point, you can either place the chicken into the bowl and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes, or you can pour over the chicken in a pan. Cook the chicken over a medium to high heat for around 10 minutes, or until completely cooked through. Remove chicken from pan.
  1 tablespoon of sesame oil, 2 tablespoons of soy sauce, 4 minced garlic cloves, 1 teaspoon of fresh ginger, 1 lb of diced chicken breasts
• Add the veggies

  Add oil to the pan and add your carrots, mushrooms, onion and zucchini. Season to taste with salt, pepper, and soy sauce. Leave to cook for around five minutes. Once cooked, remove from heat and leave to one side.
  1 cup of soy sauce, 1 thinly sliced carrot, 1 cup of sliced mushrooms, 1 chopped onion, 1 chopped zucchini, 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, salt (to taste), pepper (to taste), 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• Make the teriyaki sauce

  To make the teriyaki sauce, add your soy sauce, sake, mirin, ketchup, sugar and black pepper to a pan. Cook over a medium heat for around 10 minutes. After this time, gradually add the slurry mixture (of 1/3 cornstarch and 1/3 water) to the pan until mixed well. Now add the apple juice and stir well before serving
  1 cup of soy sauce, 1/2 cup of sake (rice wine), 1 cup of mirin (sweet cooking sake), 5 teaspoons of ketchup, 1 cup of sugar, pinch of black pepper, slurry: 1/3 cup of cornstarch and 1/3 cup of water, 3 tablespoons of apple juice
• Make the rice

  Once your rice has been cooked over the stove/rice cooker, keep it close by to make your accompanying rice dish. Melt the butter for the rice into the same pan and add the minced garlic, and cook for around 30 seconds. Add the soy sauce and cooked rice. Leave for around five minutes on a medium heat until heated through. Once hot, make a circle in the center or rice and add your egg, stirring until the egg has just set. Remove from heat and plate the rice, vegetables, and chicken - alongside the teriyaki sauce. You can pour over the chicken or glaze chicken in the pan for a few minutes before serving. Serve and enjoy!
  2 cups of cooked white rice, 2 tablespoons of butter, 4 minced garlic cloves, 3 tablespoons of soy sauce, 1 egg, 4 sliced green onions

Ania

My name is Ania, and I am very glad to see you here. I have always loved cooking; even some of my earliest memories are flipping through a cookbook and making pudding standing on a stool because I was too small to reach the stove.

You should know that I am not a professionally trained chef, just a big food lover who grew up in a family obsessed with cooking and focused on what we eat.