Citrus is one of my favourite flavours to add in my cooking. Whether it is a slice of lemon in my water to fresh lime juice squeezed in chicken soup, citrus was my go-to ingredient to ‘lighten up’ a favourite meal for my family. Lately I’ve been craving Chinese food and especially chicken teriyaki. I love the sweet and tangy flavours but wanted to create a version at home with less sugar, and less additives than bottled teriyaki sauce. The result was a combination of flavours to make a tangy teriyaki your family will surely love.
Citrus Teriyaki Chicken
Ingredients:
6 chicken breasts trimmed
3 tbsp sodium reduced soya sauce
Juice of 1 lime
3 tbsp Hoisin sauce
3 tbsp Ketchup
1 tbsp grated fresh ginger
1 tbsp orange zest
Juice of half an orange or 1/4 cup orange juice
*for sweeter teriyaki add 2 tbsp brown sugar
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375F
Wash and trim chicken breasts and lay them in a greased pan (or line pan with foil).
In a small bowl combine soya sauce, lime juice, Hoisin sauce, ketchup, ginger, orange zest and orange juice (add brown sugar if desired). Whisk together until fully combined. Pour over chicken and bake for 35 minutes. Take chicken out and turn it over returning to the oven for another 10 minutes. Turn chicken over and place on broil for 5-10 minutes to brown the top. Serve with steamed side vegetables for a healthy and delicious meal.
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Roast chicken with a bright and sweet flavour. Easy to make and great for the whole family.
- 6 chicken breasts trimmed
- 3 tbsp sodium reduced soya sauce
- Juice of 1 lime
- 3 tbsp Hoisin sauce
- 3 tbsp Ketchup
- 1 tbsp grated fresh ginger
- 1 tbsp orange zest
- Juice of half an orange or 1/4 cup orange juice
- *for sweeter teriyaki add 2 tbsp brown sugar
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Preheat oven to 375F
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Wash and trim chicken breasts and lay them in a greased pan (or line pan with foil).
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In a small bowl combine soya sauce, lime juice, Hoisin sauce, ketchup, ginger, orange zest and orange juice (add brown sugar if desired).
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Whisk together until fully combined.
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Pour over chicken and bake for 35 minutes.
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Take chicken out and turn it over returning to the oven for another 10 minutes.
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Turn chicken over and place on broil for 5-10 minutes to brown the top.
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Serve with steamed side vegetables for a healthy and delicious meal.
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Wow, this looks amazing!! I love chicken and am always looking for a new recipe to try. Adding this to my list!!
Thank you! Can’t wait to hear what you think when you try it. My boys loved it!
Kerrie @ Family Food and Travel recently posted..Citrus Teriyaki Chicken #chickendotca
This looks so amazing, I am definitely trying this one out soon!
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Thank you Elizabeth!
Kerrie @ Family Food and Travel recently posted..Citrus Teriyaki Chicken #chickendotca
I agree on the citrus and chicken. It’s a match made in heaven! I have a chicken cooking with some limes right now in my slow cooker.
Stacie recently posted..Lemon Herb Slow Cooker Chicken #chickendotca
Especially in the Winter so wonderful to have citrus flavours infused – makes it feel like Spring could be on the way!
Kerrie @ Family Food and Travel recently posted..Citrus Teriyaki Chicken #chickendotca
Can I say yum?? This looks so good and I am always looking for new recipes for chicken!
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This sounds so flavourful. Citrus, soya sauce, hoisin, ginger and ketchup – yum! I’m going to try this next week. Thanks for the recipe
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This recipe looks very good. We love chicken in our family.
That looks amazing- thanks for sharing your recipe!
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Big fan of teriyaki chicken and this recipe sounds so interesting, I love the addition of the lemon as well; I bet this tastes so good!
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Bookmarking this recipe! My son loves chicken, and I love teriyaki. :)
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fantastic! Can’t wait to hear what you think!
This looks delicious! I’ve incorporated orange juice in other dishes for a marinade for fajitas, but I’ve never tried a teriyaki dish with orange juice. Looks good!
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Love the idea of including orange juice in fajita marinade – I will add that to my list of must try!
Tasty indeed!!!! This could end up on our table for dinner tonight!
This sounds delish!! I have never made my own teriyaki sauce must try!! Thanks for the recipe.