Hibachi Chicken with Fried Rice | Super Easy, Meal Prep Friendly! (2024)

This Japanese style Hibachi Chicken made with sautéed vegetables served over top of a simple fried rice is an easy and delicious dinner that also serves as a delicious meal prep. Paired with a homemade yum yum sauce, this hibachi chicken recipe comes together at home easily!

It’s been sooooooo long since I’ve had hibachi chicken. This recipe is inspired by Benihana hibachi chicken. Despite not being to pull off the performances that the amazing chef at hibachi restaurants, I was determined to make my own at home because I absolutely miss it.

Hibachi means “fire bowl” or “fire bowl” and refers to a method of cooking food over very high heat. This is why I recommend cooking this chicken hibachi over high heat in a wok or Dutch oven. However, for the rice, I recommend sticking with a wok as it doesn’t cook well in a Dutch oven.

While this may not be 100% authentic hibachi chicken as traditional hibachi is pretty much only cooked with soy sauce, I added a few extra ingredients to customize it suit my personal tastes. Feel free to only cook this with soy sauce if you wish.

Why You’ll Love this Hibachi Chicken

• It’s pretty easy. It might sound like a difficult process but it’s actually surprisingly easy to make hibachi chicken at home. It requires a few steps but the steps on their own is really straight forward and simple.
• It’s super tasty. It’s hard to not like this chicken hibachi recipe. It’s flavourful, it’s perfectly seasoned, and it’s tasty AF.
• It’s a complete meal. There’s chicken, vegetables, rice and even a dipping sauce. Everything made in one go, so dinner time is less stressful.

Ingredients You’ll Need to Make Hibachi Chicken

For the Yum Yum Sauce:

• mayonnaise — I like using full-fat mayo.
• ketchup
• paprika — you can use regular, sweet, or smoked paprika for the yum yum sauce, based on how you’d like for it to taste.
• mirin— mirin is a Japanese sweet rice wine, if you are unable to find it, you can tryrice vinegarwith extra honey.
• garlic powder — I prefer garlic powder to freshly minced garlic as it blends into the yum yum sauce smoothly.

For the Hibachi Chicken:

• olive oil — or another neutral oil of your choice. Avocado oil or vegetable oil works as well.
• butter — use unsalted butter as you don’t want the chicken to be too salty. Butter also adds flavour whereas the oil keeps everything from burning.
• chicken thighs — I love the flavour you get from using chicken thighs. If you prefer a leaner protein, you can use chicken breasts.
• salt & pepper
• soy sauce — try to use low sodium soy sauce.
• hoisin sauce — this adds more umami flavour!
• mirin
• garlic
• honey

For the Vegetables:

• olive oil — again, any neutral oil will work.
• butter — unsalted butter is ideal.
• onion — you can use any onion from yellow onion to sweet onion.
• mushrooms — feel free to use your favourite. I use baby bellas.
• zucchini — no need to peel zucchini before using it.
• soy sauce — again, low sodium if possible.

For the Fried Rice:

• butter — unsalted butter.
• garlic — I always have frozen freshly minced garlic as I prefer the flavour over pre-minced bottled garlic from the store.
• cooked rice — rice made the night before that’s been refrigerated is ideal. I usually use jasmine rice. Not sure how to cook it? Here’s how to cook jasmine rice.
• eggs — can’t have fried rice without eggs!
• soy sauce
• oyster sauce — not sure what oyster sauce is? See my post on what is oyster sauce!
• peas — I love using frozen peas as it’s convenient.

How to Make Hibachi at Home

How to Make Yum Yum Sauce

• Mix all the ingredients together and store in the fridge until ready to use.

How to Make Hibachi Chicken

• In a wok or Dutch oven over high heat, add in olive oil and melt the 1 tbsp butter.
• Once the Dutch oven is hot, add the diced chicken. Season with salt and pepper and cook until no longer pink, for 5-6 minutes.
• Add the soy sauce, hoisin sauce, mirin, garlic, and honey. Stir until the chicken has been coated and the sauce as thickened to your liking.
• Set aside the chicken.

How to Make the Hibachi Vegetables

• In the same pan (no need to clean any leftover sauce off), add in the olive oil and ½ tbsp butter.
• Once the butter has melted, add in the onions, mushrooms, and zucchini. Stir fry for a minute before adding in the soy sauce.
• Continue to stir fry until the vegetables as softened to your liking.

How to Cook Hibachi Fried Rice

• In a wok or large skillet on high heat, melt 1 tbsp butter and add in the minced garlic.
• Sauté the garlic for half a minute and then add in the rice, soy sauce, and oyster sauce. Sauté until the rice has heated through.
• Make a well in the middle of the rice and add in the eggs. Scrambling it until it’s almost fully set.
• Stir to combine everything before adding in the peas and stirring until the peas have been heated through.

Tips and Notes

• I always swap from my Dutch oven to my wok for the fried rice as my rice tends to stick in my Dutch oven. This also means I can make the fried rice at the same time as sautéing my vegetables.
• It’s important to use cold leftover rice for the fried rice as fresh rice will get mushy while stir frying as the grains aren’t as firm.
• If you’re not a fan of rice, you can use cauliflower rice.
• You can use any other vegetable of your choice. I love swapping for broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, and snow peas.
• Want to change things up? Try my Hibachi Shrimp with Fried Rice instead!

Make Ahead Tips

• Meal prep: store the cooked rice, chicken, and vegetables inan airtight containerfor up to 4 days in the fridge. The yum yum sauce can be stored separately. You can reheat this on the stove or in the microwave.
• Freezer: Fried rice freezes very well as well as the chicken! I would avoid freezing the vegetables. Allow the fried rice and chicken to cool before transferring it into an airtight containerbefore storing it in the freezer. To reheat, thaw it in the fridge overnight before reheating on the stove or microwave.

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