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Juicy Chicken Teriyaki
Succulent chicken thighs glazed in a sweet-savory teriyaki sauce, served with steamed rice and sesame.
⏱ 30 min🔥 420 kcalEasy
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Japanese Chicken Recipes
27 recipes using chicken — Ramen, sushi, teriyaki and umami-rich Japanese cuisine.
These 27 japanese chicken recipes are ready in about 77 minutes on average, with 280–680 kcal per serving, and 44% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
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77 min
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452 kcal
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How Japanese cuisine cooks with chicken
Japanese cooking prizes umami, seasonality and precision — clean dashi-based flavours that highlight rather than mask each ingredient. When Japanese cooks work with chicken, they reach for soy sauce, miso, mirin, dashi, ginger and sesame, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, searing, grilling and steaming.
The world's most-cooked protein — mild, lean and endlessly adaptable to almost any spice profile or cooking method. In this collection it's most often cooked with soy sauce, mirin, sake, garlic, scallions and neutral oil. The dishes here span japanese classics ready in as little as 25 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Chicken Karaage is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 3,102 ratings.
27 Japanese Chicken Recipes
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Japanese Yakitori – Grilled Chicken Skewers with Tare Sauce
Skewered chicken grilled over charcoal and basted with sweet-savory tare sauce — Japan's greatest street food.
⏱ 35 min🔥 280 kcalEasy
★4.8(19,400)
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Japanese Curry Recipe (カレーライス) — Easy Weeknight Curry
Mild, sweet Japanese curry with tender chicken, potatoes and carrots in a rich, slightly sweet curry sauce served over steamed rice. This easy Japanese curry recipe uses curry roux blocks for an authentic weeknight dinner in 45 minutes.
⏱ 55 min🔥 580 kcalEasy
★4.8(7,680)
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Edamame Chicken Rice Bowl
Japanese-inspired bowl with teriyaki chicken, edamame, and brown rice.
⏱ 40 min🔥 520 kcalEasy
★4.7(2,000)
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Oyakodon — Japanese Chicken & Egg Rice Bowl
Japan's ultimate weeknight comfort bowl: tender chicken and silky half-set egg simmered in a sweet dashi-soy broth, served over white rice. Ready in 20 minutes.
⏱ 25 min🔥 580 kcalEasy
★4.8(2,987)
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Shoyu Ramen (Tokyo-Style Soy Sauce Ramen from Scratch)
The most accessible homemade ramen style — a clear, amber soy-seasoned chicken and dashi broth with chashu pork, soft-boiled eggs and fresh noodles. A weekend project worth every hour.
⏱ 270 min🔥 680 kcalHard
★4.9(2,200)
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Chicken Karaage
Japanese fried chicken marinated in soy, sake and ginger — extra juicy inside with an irresistibly crispy crust.
⏱ 40 min🔥 420 kcalEasy
★4.9(3,102)
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Yakitori
Japanese grilled chicken skewers with sweet-savory tare sauce — smoky, charred, irresistible.
⏱ 40 min🔥 320 kcalMedium
★4.9(2,240)
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Chicken Yakitori (Japanese Grilled Skewers)
Charcoal-grilled chicken skewers glazed with sweet-savory tare sauce — the classic Japanese izakaya snack served straight from the binchotan grill.
⏱ 32 min🔥 380 kcalMedium
★4.8(1,240)
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Ramen Tonkotsu (Japanese Pork Bone Broth Ramen)
Creamy pork bone broth, curly noodles, soft-boiled eggs, and chashu pork — Japan's beloved bowl of ramen.
⏱ 630 min🔥 520 kcalHard
★4.9(2,680)
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Teriyaki Chicken (照り焼きチキン) — Authentic Japanese Recipe
Glossy, lacquer-glazed chicken thighs in authentic Japanese teriyaki sauce — sweet, savory, and caramelized to a deep mahogany shine.
⏱ 30 min🔥 440 kcalEasy
★4.8(3,420)
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Donburi (丼) — Japanese Rice Bowl with Oyakodon Chicken & Egg
The ultimate Japanese comfort rice bowl — oyakodon with tender chicken and silky eggs in sweet dashi broth poured over fluffy short-grain rice.
⏱ 30 min🔥 620 kcalEasy
★4.8(2,100)
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Hakodate Ramen (Hokkaido Clear Salt Broth Ramen)
Hakodate-style shio ramen — the most delicate regional ramen in Japan, with a crystal-clear seafood and chicken salt broth served in Hokkaido's historic port city.
⏱ 210 min🔥 560 kcalHard
★4.8(980)
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Charred Citrus Chicken Japanese
Charred Citrus Chicken Japanese with clean dashi notes, soy depth and precise seasoning.
⏱ 50 min🔥 503 kcalMedium
★4.8(3,257)
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Tokyo Miso Salmon Rice Bowl
Tokyo Miso Salmon Rice Bowl brings japanese flavor into a practical home recipe with chicken thighs, miso, soy sauce, rice vinegar and toasted sesame, and a finish of scallions.
⏱ 37 min🔥 390 kcalHard
★4.4(720)
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Shibuya Sesame Lime Stew
Shibuya Sesame Lime Stew turns japanese pantry flavors into a complete stew with chicken legs, miso, soy sauce, mirin and toasted sesame, and a fresh scallions finish.
⏱ 62 min🔥 422 kcalMedium
★4.5(682)
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Sapporo Green Herb Salad
Sapporo Green Herb Salad turns japanese pantry flavors into a complete salad with grilled chicken, miso, soy sauce, mirin and toasted sesame, and a fresh scallions finish.
⏱ 46 min🔥 464 kcalMedium
★4.6(744)
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Japanese Market Lemon Herb Rice Bowl
Japanese Market Lemon Herb Rice Bowl brings japanese flavor to a practical rice bowl built with chicken thighs, miso, soy sauce, mirin and toasted sesame, and a fresh scallions finish.
⏱ 32 min🔥 385 kcalHard
★4.3(780)
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Japanese Mountain Green Herb Salad
Japanese Mountain Green Herb Salad brings japanese flavor to a practical salad built with grilled chicken, miso, soy sauce, mirin and toasted sesame, and a fresh scallions finish.
⏱ 48 min🔥 469 kcalMedium
★4.6(896)
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Japanese Garden Sesame-Lime Chicken Skillet
A quick soy-and-sesame chicken skillet brightened with lime, built for a weeknight dinner over rice.
⏱ 34 min🔥 410 kcalEasy
★4.5(42)
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Japanese Pantry Grilled Chicken with Tomato-Pepper Ponzu
Grilled chicken thighs finished with a bright tomato and bell pepper ponzu sauce, ready in under 40 minutes.
⏱ 32 min🔥 400 kcalEasy
★4.5(34)
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Japanese Classic Cumin-Tomato Yakitori Skewers
Grilled chicken skewers glazed in a soy-mirin tare with a background note of toasted cumin and fresh tomato.
⏱ 35 min🔥 290 kcalEasy
★4.5(31)
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Japanese Curry Rice (Kare Raisu)
A thick, mildly sweet Japanese curry with browned garlic and onions, simmered until glossy and ladled over short-grain rice.
⏱ 60 min🔥 520 kcalMedium
★4.6(612)
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Tsukune (Japanese Chicken Meatballs) with Black Pepper Tare
Juicy ground chicken meatballs bound with grated yamaimo and scallion, glazed in a sweet-savory soy tare with cracked black pepper.
⏱ 40 min🔥 310 kcalMedium
★4.6(398)
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Kurokoshou Roast Chicken (Black Pepper Soy-Glazed Chicken)
Bone-in chicken thighs roasted until crackling-skinned and glazed with a peppery soy-mirin sauce, finished with a heavy hand of cracked black pepper.
⏱ 45 min🔥 420 kcalMedium
★4.5(356)
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Japanese-Style Carrot and Chicken Rice Casserole
A baked rice casserole with soy-glazed chicken, sweet carrots, and a savory dashi custard, inspired by Japanese home-style oven dishes.
⏱ 50 min🔥 420 kcalEasy
★4.4(41)
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Japanese Tsukune-Style Chicken Burgers with Okra
Juicy Japanese-style chicken burger patties glazed in sweet soy tare, served with quick-sautéed okra and rice.
⏱ 40 min🔥 480 kcalMedium
★4.6(46)
Choosing & preparing chicken
How to choose
Look for plump, pinkish flesh with no grey patches and a clean smell. Thighs stay juicier than breasts and forgive overcooking; bone-in, skin-on pieces deliver the most flavour.
Prep & storage
Pat dry before searing for proper browning, and bring it to room temperature for 15 minutes so it cooks evenly. Marinades with acid or yoghurt tenderise lean breast meat.
When is it done?
Cook to an internal temperature of 74°C / 165°F — the juices should run clear and there should be no pink at the bone.
Nutrition
A lean, high-protein choice: a skinless breast delivers roughly 31 g of protein per 100 g with very little saturated fat.
Classic flavour partners: garlic, lemon, thyme, ginger, paprika, yoghurt
Japanese Chicken Recipes — FAQ
How long do Japanese chicken recipes take to make?
Most of these 27 Japanese chicken recipes are ready in around 77 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Oyakodon — Japanese Chicken & Egg Rice Bowl, takes about 25 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 630 minutes.
How many calories are in Japanese chicken dishes?
Across this collection they range from about 280 to 680 kcal per serving, averaging 452 kcal — Japanese Yakitori – Grilled Chicken Skewers with Tare Sauce is the lightest option at 280 kcal.
What is the easiest Japanese chicken recipe for beginners?
Juicy Chicken Teriyaki is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 30 minutes. 44% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
What goes well with chicken in Japanese cooking?
In these recipes, chicken is most often paired with soy sauce, mirin, sake, garlic, scallions and neutral oil. Japanese kitchens also lean on soy sauce, miso, mirin, dashi, ginger and sesame.
How do I know when chicken is properly cooked?
Cook to an internal temperature of 74°C / 165°F — the juices should run clear and there should be no pink at the bone.
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