50+ Best Easy Dinner Ideas

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These are the best dinner ideas to keep in your rotation—especially this easy teriyaki chicken!

Prep Time5

Cook Time20

Total Time25

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: best dinner recipes, dinner ideas, dinner recipes, easy dinner ideas

Servings: servings

Make the teriyaki sauce. In a medium sized bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, sake, mirin, and honey until everything is well combined. Set this aside.
Stir fry the chicken. Heat the oil in a large saute pan or wok over medium-high heat. Add in the chicken and let it cook for 1 to 2 minutes on one side, until nice and golden. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Then, flip it over and cook the other side for another 1 to 2 minutes.
Toss together. Give the sauce a quick whisk and add it to the pan along with the minced ginger and garlic. Stir the sauce with the chicken and let it simmer for 4 to 5 minutes until the sauce has reduced and thickened.
Serve on top of a fresh bed of rice and a side of steamed broccoli. Garnish with diced green onions and sesame seeds.

Storage tip: If you’ve got leftovers, store the teriyaki chicken and rice in individual containers in the fridge for up to 4 days. Separate containers will make sure your rice doesn’t get soggy from the sauce. This will also last for up to 3 months in the freezer.
If you don’t have sake: you could use more mirin and reduce the honey. You could also substitute dry sherry or white wine.
If you don’t have mirin: you could use more sake and add more honey. You could also substitute a 3:1 ratio of water to honey.