Teriyaki Chicken Thigh Skewers

Description

These chicken thigh skewers come together so quickly that you’ll have dinner on the table in no time at all. Prep the day before, and dinner will be ready in 20 minutes. Serve over rice with some green veggies on the side for a complete meal.

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • ¼ cup pineapple juice
  • 3 tablespoons pineapple juice
  • ¼ cup hot honey (such as Mike’s Hot Honey®)
  • 3 tablespoons hot honey (such as Mike’s Hot Honey®)
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground ginger
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken thighs, cut into strips
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Combine soy sauce
  2. 1/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons pineapple juice
  3. 1/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons hot honey
  4. garlic
  5. brown sugar
  6. salt
  7. and ginger in a saucepan; stir until well combined. Cook over medium heat until sauce is just starting to boil
  8. about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low and whisk in cornstarch until well incorporated. Cook
  9. stirring constantly
  10. until mixture starts to thicken
  11. 1 to 2 minutes. Remove teriyaki sauce from heat.
  12. Thread chicken into skewers. Season both sides with salt and pepper. Brush chicken on both sides with teriyaki sauce
  13. reserving remaining sauce
  14. and refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight for best results.
  15. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
  16. Place chicken skewers on the prepared baking sheet.
  17. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 13 minutes. Remove from oven.
  18. Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven’s broiler. Brush skewers with more sauce. Broil each side for 2 to 3 minutes. Serve with extra teriyaki sauce on the side.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 25 mins

Total Time: 2 hrs 40 mins

Servings: 4

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