Chicken Nugget Teriyaki is the fourth family-friendly, kid-friendly recipe in my Chicken Nugget Gourmet Recipes series. We love eating Chinese and Japanese food, but I do not like ordering take-out and we can’t always sit down at a hibachi restaurant. I wanted to find a quick and tasty (and healthier) way to make Chicken Teriyaki at home using ingredients like dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets that my son will enjoy. I have even included a bonus fried rice recipe that is a must with this delish dish.
I am always seeking ways to get my family to eat healthy meals together, so I decided to put a fun chicken nugget spin on some classic entrees. These dishes are great-tasting and grown-up so adults can enjoy this meal with their children. I believe it is important for everyone in the family to eat the same meal and eat together, not only to save time and money, but also because it teaches kids to eat what they are served while maturing their palate and helping them to eat proper, complete, and healthy meals. This dish is perfect for serving anytime your family is craving Chinese or Japanese takeout.
Chicken Nugget Teriyaki with Fried Rice
Ingredients
Chicken Nugget Teriyaki
- 4 Tablespoons soy sauce
- 3 Tablespoons water
- 10 Tablespoons white vinegar (5/8 cup or 1/2 cup plus 1/8 cup)
- 2 teaspoons garlic, chopped
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 4 Tablespoons honey
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 12-16 chicken nuggets, cooked (you can use store-bought or make your own)
- 1 Tablespoon sesame seeds
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1/2 Tablespoon orange zest, grated
Fried Rice
- 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup sweet onion, chopped
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 cup mixed vegetables, frozen (get any combination you liked; I made sure mine had carrots and peas)
- 2 cups brown rice, cooked
- drizzle sesame oil
- 1 Tablespoon soy sauce
Directions
1. Let’s start by making the sauce for the Chicken Nugget Teriyaki. In a small mixing bowl, combine the soy sauce, water, vinegar, garlic, ginger, honey, and red pepper flakes.
2. In a large fry pan, heat up the vegetable oil then add the onion and cook for 1 minute, stirring. I used the Ozeri Green Earth Pan (shown below.)
3. Add in the egg and cook along with the onion for another 2-3 minutes, stirring frequently, until the egg is light yellow and puffy.
4. Add in the frozen vegetables and cook about 3 minutes on medium heat until completely thawed, stirring occasionally.
5. Drizzle a little bit of sesame oil over your rice in a bowl and stir. 6. Add the rice and soy sauce into the pan, stir, and cook just a few minutes more to heat up the entire mixture.
7. Back to the Chicken Nugget Teriyaki, add them to a heated pan on medium and cook each side about 1 minute to crisp.
8. Slowly pour the Teriyaki sauce mixture into the pan with the chicken, toss the chicken to coat both sides, and bring the sauce to a low boil.
9. Cook this mixture for 2-3 minutes or until the sauce has thickened slightly, turning chicken occasionally. 10. Serve the chicken on top of fried rice. Top with some sesame seeds, thinly-sliced green onion, and some grated orange peel. This Chicken Nugget Teriyaki with Fried Rice provides protein in the chicken and egg, grain in the rice and chicken nugget breading, vegetables, and a little bit of fruit.
Bonus Tip: Make eating this dish even more appealing to your kids; let them eat with chopsticks (click here to learn how to use chopsticks)! If your children are unable to use chopsticks, you can purchase trainer chopsticks like the ones below from places like Amazon.com (affiliate link.)
Kids and adults will love this tasty twist on a childhood favorite and a grown-up dinner. Chicken Nugget Teriyaki is a tasty way to cater to the whole family, with fun shapes and flavors of delicious Japanese Hibachi or Chinese takeout. This nutrition information is auto-generated. Nutritional values may change with specific items and brands used, so manual calculation is recommended if exact nutritional counts are needed.
Chicken Nugget Teriyaki and Fried Rice
Ingredients
Teriyaki Sauce
Fried Rice
Instructions
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4
Serving Size:
1
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 501Total Fat: 23gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 17gCholesterol: 82mgSodium: 1510mgCarbohydrates: 57gFiber: 4gSugar: 20gProtein: 17g
Do you like Chicken Teriyaki? What other dishes would you like to see using chicken nuggets?
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This sounds like something yummy for the whole family! I’d also love to see chicken nugget curry as well as sweet and sour chicken:)
Those are great ideas! I will see what I can come up with!
This is a dish I could see myself AND my daughter eating – YUMMY!
It’s good! If you all try it come back and let me know how you liked it!
Wow, I never thought of making a recipe like this with prepared chicken nuggets – I’m excited to try it!! It looks delish!
Thank you, Rosie! It is fun and delicious. Let me know how you like it!
I love this recipe, and I would never have thought of starting with store bought nuggets but saves time and mess! The chopsticks are so cute and are an excellent idea!
Thank you, Rosie. This meal was definitely a lot faster and cleaner than using regular chicken. Eventually I want to substitute homemade frozen chicken nuggets for store bought.
This is by far the most tasty meal I have cooked on a long while..my husband is the chef of the family and normally my cooking pales in comparison. But he could not get enough of this! Totally delicious, thank you!
The only thing I’d not about the recipe is the instructions don’t mention the ginger. I forgot about it and added it with chicken and turned out fine but just thought I’d mention in case you wish to update!
Hi Laura, I am so thankful your family enjoyed it and thank you for this feedback! It has been a long time since I’ve made this, but I need to add it to the menu again.
Thank you for pointing that out about the ginger! It’s listed in the ingredients, but I forgot to list it in the step-by-step instructions. I’ll have to go update that right now.
“We love eating Chinese food…I wanted to find a…way to make Chicken Teriyaki at home”.
This is like saying, “We love Irish food. I wanted to find a way to make schnitzels.” It’s fine if you think schnitzels are Irish, and it’s fine if you want to make “Chinese teriyaki”, but publishing errors like this in blissful ignorance means you probably shouldn’t be naming foods you don’t understand.
Thank you for pointing this out. I know that it is Japanese (I actually studied Japanese and Chinese) and did not realize that it came across that way how I’d written it. It was simply my solution for craving ordering take-out Chinese food (or Japanese hibachi, but that’s not so easy to get as take-out) and that fried-rice-chicken-soy-sauce-sesame combination. I’ve updated the post to explain it a little bit better.
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