Garlic Teriyaki Chicken Donburi (Rice Bowl)

Name: Garlic Teriyaki Chicken Donburi (Rice Bowl)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 450 g boneless chicken thigh (skin-on); 1 tbsp cooking oil; 2 pinches salt and pepper; 1 tbsp potato starch (katakuriko) (or cornstarch); 2 tbsp Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu); 2 tbsp sake; 2 tbsp mirin; 2 tsp sugar; ½ tbsp grated garlic (or leave out for a classic teriyaki); 2 servings cooked Japanese short-grain rice (warm); 1 tbsp toasted white sesame seeds (optional); 100 g shredded cabbage; 1 tsp unseasoned rice vinegar (komezu) (not sweetened sushi vinegar); 1 sheet roasted seaweed for sushi (nori) (hand-torn); finely chopped green onions (to taste); Japanese mayonnaise (to taste); kizami nori (shredded nori) (to taste); Japanese chili powder (shichimi togarashi) (to taste); 2 soft-boiled eggs (6 min 30 sec to 8 min, to your liking); yellow pickled daikon (takuan) (chopped, to taste)

Instructions

Prep:5minCook:20min

Garlic Teriyaki Chicken Donburi is a comforting rice bowl made with juicy pan-fried chicken thigh coated with a homemade garlic-infused teriyaki sauce. It's quick, tasty, and can be customized with your favorite toppings!

Updated at: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 04:14:27 GMT