How to cook teriyaki chicken

The sauce is traditionally made with soy sauce and two types of rice wine, mirin and sake. Today the word is just as readily used to describe the sauce as the cooking style. One can‘t cook something “teriyaki style” without the sauce, and one wouldn’t use teriyaki sauce in any other way.

Teriyaki Chicken isn’t the healthiest depending on how it is prepared. Even though it can be a good source of protein, it can be high in calories, fat, and sodium. They can be made healthier with healthier ingredients and should be consumed in moderation.

Overall, teriyaki sauce is not unhealthy, but it isn’t a health food either: it has too much salt, sugar and carbs to be consider truly “healthy.” However, when consumed in small amounts, it can easily fit into your daily macros (the macronutrients you have to eat everyday to stay healthy).

The Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki is also on of the healthiest Subway sandwiches out there. Subway features teriyaki-glazed chicken in their fat-free sweet onion sauce. Altogether it’s 269 calories with some veggies.

Some of the healthiest Subway bread options are the 9-grain wheat, the 9-grain honey oat, and the multigrain and artisan flatbreads. These are fairly low in calories, but more importantly, they’re fairly low in something that plagues the nutrition of many other Subway breads—sodium.

Study claims Subway’s Teriyaki chicken only contains 50% real chicken DNA. The INSIDER Summary: CBC News tested fast food chicken to see if the chains were actually using chicken. The study claims most results landed somewhere in the 80% range, but Subway fell below the 50% mark with their sweet onion chicken teriyaki.

The bottom line. Subway offers a better variety of healthy meal options than many other fast food restaurants. In general, Subway’s meals are low in sugar and a decent source of fiber and protein, however, many are also loaded with fat and sodium. Part of Subway’s appeal is that you can customize your meal.