Teriyaki Chicken Packets

Teriyaki Chicken Packets
from a Kikkoman ad

1/2 c teriyaki sauce
1 tsp. Italian herbs
1 tsp. olive oil
1 clove garlic
1 1/2 c chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch cubes
1 zucchini, sliced thin
1 yellow squash, sliced thin
1 large carrot, sliced thin
Cooked rice

Preheat grill to medium high or oven to 450ºF. Combine teriyaki marinade and sauce, oil, garlic and Italian herbs. Add chicken and vegetables; toss until evenly coated.

Center one fourth of chicken mixture on each sheet of heavy duty aluminum foil. Bring up foil sides. Double fold top and ends to seal packet, leaving room for heat circulation inside.

Repeat to make four packets.

Grill 12 to 14 minutes in covered grill or bake 15 to 18 minutes on a cookie sheet in oven. Serve over rice.


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Notes:  I doubled this recipe... I know, I double a lot of recipes!  Anyway, we love zucchini so I added a third zucchini.  I would add more of the teriyaki sauce next time.  I used a Honey Sesame Teriyaki sauce - we didn't think it was teriyaki-enough.  Next time I would use that super yummy teriyaki sauce from Costco.  We grilled it, which was nice.  The packets worked so well and made clean up so dang easy!  Keegan manned the grill, which he enjoyed!

Verdict:  ALL of the kids LOVED this.  LOVED it!  Phil and I were a little disappointed because we thought it was a little on the bland side.  Phil thought that maybe onions would make it better.  I definitely think it needed a stronger teriyaki sauce.  I'm not giving this a five-star rating because I think it needs to be tweaked a little before earning that rating.

One more note:  this recipe was originally called Herb Chicken Packets... and I thought that was lame.  So I renamed it.