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Easy Baked Teriyaki Chicken

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A quick & easy oven baked chicken breast recipe for your family!

This amazing sweet and salty baked chicken is perfect for busy weeknight dinners. Simply mix all of the ingredients together in a pot and simmer until it thickens. Pour the heavenly teriyaki mixture over your chicken breasts in a baking dish and bake until tender and juicy. Serve with rice, vegetables, or salad to make a complete meal.

Even your picky eaters will love this recipe. It’s full of flavor! If you like traditional Japanese teriyaki chicken sauce, you’re going to love this simple homemade recipe. You can also use this teriyaki sauce for salmon, grilled chicken, drumsticks, wings, strips, frozen chicken tenders, and more.

Quick & Easy Chicken Dinner Idea For The Family: Homemade Baked Teriyaki Chicken Recipe -- made with simple and cheap ingredients! This easy dinner recipe is great for busy weeknight meals, even the kids love it! This teriyaki sauce or marinade can also be used for salmon! I find baked chicken breasts to be the easiest, but you can also use grilled chicken, legs or thighs. #thelazydish #chickendinner

The best homemade chicken teriyaki sauce recipe! Great for oven baked chicken breasts and so much more. A great quick and easy last minute dinner idea for your family. My kids love it! Even my super picky eaters. The chicken is both sweet and salty with lots of flavor.

If you happen to end up with any leftover chicken, it’s really good for lunch or dinner the next day. That’s always a bonus! I love it when I get two meals out of one easy recipe.

This yummy baked chicken is even easier when served with frozen rice and veggies that heat up in the microwave in just minutes.

Quick & Easy Baked Teriyaki Chicken Recipe -- If you're looking for easy oven baked chicken breast recipes, you've got to try this homemade teriyaki sauce!

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Easy Baked Teriyaki Chicken

This simple chicken dinner is a family favorite! It's quick, easy, and absolutely delicous. If you like teriyaki sauce, you're going to love how easy it is to make for last minute meals. This sweet sauce can be used for any kind of chicken including grilled chicken, oven baked breasts, thighs, wings, frozen tenders, and more. It's also really delicious on salmon!
Cuisine: Japanese
Keyword: chicken breasts, easy meals, family meals, oven baked, teriyaki sauce
Servings: 4

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1 tbsp corn starch
  • 1 tbsp water
  • 3 cloves of garlic (minced)
  • 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp ground ginger
  • 4 small boneless chicken breasts (about 2 pounds)

Instructions

  • In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the soy sauce, apple cider vinegar, sugar, corn starch, water, garlic, pepper, and ginger. Stir and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 10 minutes, stirring constantly.
  • Once the sauce has thickened, remove it from the heat and allow it to cool for about 5 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, preheat your oven to 375° F and grease a baking dish large enough to fit the chicken breasts.
  • Place your chicken into your prepared dish and pour about half of the sauce evenly over top.
  • Bake for 15 minutes, and then pour the rest of the sauce over top. Continue baking for another 10-20 minutes, or until your chicken is thouroughly cooked.
  • Remove from the oven and let cool for a few minutes before serving with rice, veggies, or salad. You can also garnish with sesame seeds or chopped green onion!

Notes

If you like this recipe, check out these 16 Lazy Chicken Dinner Recipes For Your Picky Family. 🙂

Looking for easy chicken dinner recipes? This simple oven baked teriyaki chicken recipe is perfect for busy weeknights! Simply mix all of the ingredients together in a pot and simmer until it thickens. Pour it over your chicken breasts in a baking dish, and bake until tender and juicy. Serve with rice, vegetables or salad. Even picky eaters will love this recipe! It’s sweet, salty and full of flavor. If you like traditional Japanese teriyaki chicken sauce, your family is going to love this easy recipe.

A quick & easy oven baked chicken breast dinner recipe for your family! Even my picky eaters gobble it up. This amazing sweet and salty chicken is perfect for busy weeknight meals. You can also use this homemade teriyaki sauce for salmon, grilled chicken, drumsticks, wings, strips, frozen chicken tenders, and more. My kids request this recipe all of the time!

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