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Grilled Teriyaki Chicken

Low Sodium Teriyaki Chicken
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SODIUM COUNT: 243.6 mg per serving; 974.2 mg in the entire recipe

Ingredients

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Low Sodium Teriyaki Sauce:

  • 1 ½ cups cola ((I used Coke))
  • 1 Tbs reduced sodium soy sauce
  • 1 Tbs unseasoned rice vinegar
  • 4 tsp honey
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • ½ tsp ground ginger
  • ¼ tsp garlic powder
  • [You will divide the sauce in three; see below.]

Dipping Sauce:

  • ¼ cup mayonnaise*
  • 2 Tbs Low Sodium Teriyaki Sauce

Chicken:

  • 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts ((butterflied and pounded to ¼” to ½” thickness; you want four thin pieces))
  • ¾ cup Low Sodium Teriyaki Sauce
  • 4 slices swiss cheese**

Pineapple and onion:

  • 4 slices pineapple ((fresh is best, but canned will work))
  • 1 medium red onion ((sliced to about ½” thickness))
  • ¾ cup Low Sodium Teriyaki Sauce

Instructions

Low Sodium Teriyaki Sauce:

  1. Whisk together all the ingredients, being sure that the honey dissolves.
  2. Divide the sauce into three servings: one ¾ cup serving (for the chicken), one ¾ cup serving (for the pineapple and onion), and 2 tablespoons (for the dipping sauce). You may have an extra tablespoon or two of sauce, which you can discard.

Dipping Sauce:

  1. Whisk together ¼ cup mayonnaise with 2 tablespoons Low Sodium Teriyaki Sauce. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Chicken, Pineapple, & Onion:

  1. Put the chicken breasts in a quart-sized ziploc bag along with ¾ cup Low Sodium Teriyaki. Place the refrigerator to marinate for at least 30 minutes.
  2. Place the pineapple and red onion in a gallon-sized ziploc baggie along with ¾ cup Low Sodium Teriyaki. Place in the refrigerator and marinate for at least 30 minutes.
  3. When ready to grill, preheat the grill to medium heat. Place the onion, pineapple and chicken on the grill and cook for about 6-8 minutes per side, or until the chicken is cooked through.
  4. During the last two minutes of cooking, evenly top the chicken with the swiss cheese. When the chicken is cooked and the cheese is melted, remove the all the food from the grill.
  5. Serve each piece of chicken with 1 ring pineapple, 1 slice of onion, and 1 ½ tablespoons dipping sauce.

Notes

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION – Yield: 4 servings (1 slice chicken, 1 slice pineapple, 1 slice onion, and 1 ½ tablespoons dipping sauce)
Sodium: 243.6 mg, Calories: 399.3, Total Fat: 19.1 g, Saturated Fat: 6.5 g, Cholesterol: 90.8 mg, Carbohydrates: 21.8 g, Fiber: 1.6 g, Sugar: 17.2 g, Protein: 33.0 g.

I only accounted for half the Low Sodium Teriyaki Sauce in the nutrition calculation since we discard about half the sauce. If I account for all of the Sauce, the sodium comes up to 321 mg sodium per serving.

* Check the label on your mayonnaise. We use Walmart’s Great Value brand, which has 70 mg sodium per tablespoon. Kraft’s mayonnaise is also a lower-sodium option, at 75 mg sodium per tablespoon. The nutrition information is for Kraft mayonnaise.

**Check the label on your Swiss cheese. The Swiss we use (the IGA generic Swiss) has 15 mg per slice. Whole Foods also carries Swiss cheese slices that are 15 mg per slice.

Find it online: https://www.sodiumoptional.com/grilled-teriyaki-chicken/