How to Cook Best Chicken Teriyaki

 

       Last night, I cooked this chicken teriyaki for dinner. It tasted so good! I thought that it tasted better than ones most Japanese restaurants serve. It's easy to cook and costs $1 to $2 for one serving (it depends on which chicken thigh you choose such as organic one or not) . If you are on a budget or not, I would like you to try this best chicken teriyaki recipe. 😊

How to Cook Best Chicken Teriyaki

Ingredients (3 Servings) 

1.5 lb of Chicken Thigh (Skin-on, Boneless)

2 Tablespoons of Soy Sauce

2 Tablespoons of Sake

1 Tablespoon of Mirin

1 Tablespoon of Sugar

Chicken Thigh (Skin-on, Bone-in)

      I usually purchase chicken thighs (skin-on, bone-in) at Costco. A 6-pack chicken thigh (average 9 lb for 6 packs) is usually around $10 at Costco. Each pack contains three pieces of chicken thigh.

Chicken Thigh (Skin-on, Bone-in)

Chicken Thigh

     Remove bones from chicken thigh. Then, score the chicken in order to absorb teriyaki sauce well.

Chicken Bones with Meat

    You can still use chicken bones with meat for other recipe such as chicken soup and deep-fried chicken. 

How to Cook Best Chicken Teriyaki

 1. Heat a large pan over high heat. Place the chicken in the pan, skin side down. Cook it without a lid for 5 minutes until skin is golden brown.

       I use a grease splatter screen to stop grease splashing.

Grease Splatter Screen

   

 2. Flip the chicken and cover the lid. Cook it for 4 minutes.

3. Remove the lid. Wipe off excess grease from the pan.

4. Pour the mixture of soy sauce, sake, mirin and sugar into the pan. 

        Flip the chicken occasionally. Frequently spooning the sauce over the chicken and cook it for 3 minutes.

5. Serve and enjoy!

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Japanese Beauty Haul - CANMAKE Creamy Touch Liner 07 Azuki Brown

 

CANMAKE Creamy Touch Liner 07 Azuki Brown

         Last week, I finally purchased CANMAKE Creamy Touch Liner 07 Azuki Brown. As I mentioned in my previous entry, I purchased CANMAKE Creamy Touch Liner 02 Medium Brown in April and really loved it. It's a waterproof gel eyeliner and lasts until you take off. It's also very easy to apply. That's why I wanted to try a new color.

CANMAKE Creamy Touch Liner (キャンメイク クリーミータッチ ライナー)

Waterproof Gel Eyeliner

715 yen

Can be purchased at some drugstores, Donki, Loft, Plaza and etc in Japan.

CANMAKE Creamy Touch Liner

     As I mentioned in my previous entry, 3 Best Japanese Eyeliners You Should Try, one of the reasons why people in Japan love CANMAKE Creamy Touch Liner is that it's smooth and easy to apply. If you find it difficult to use other eyeliners, you should try CANMAKE Creamy Touch Liner. It's very thin 1.5-mm eyeliner, so you can apply it between eyelashes easily. It's waterproof, so it stays on really well.

CANMAKE Creamy Touch Liner 07 Azuki Brown

         This time, I purchased this 07 Azuki Brown. This color was released last fall, and it has been very popular in Japan since then.

CANMAKE Creamy Touch Liner 07 Azuki Brown

       Have you ever heard of Azuki (あずき)? Azuki is Japanese red beans and is delicious ingredient for anko (あんこ), sweetened red bean paste, sekihan (赤飯), traditional Japanese red steamed rice and so on. Azuki is also used for some Japanese beauty products such as red bean warming pillows.

CANMAKE Creamy Touch Liner 07 Azuki Brown and 02 Medium Brown

       As you can see the photo below, the color of 07 Azuki Brow is reddish brown. (I have already run out of my 02 Medium Brown, so I couldn't draw really well in the photo, but you can still see the color. 😉)

CANMAKE Creamy Touch Liner

Pros

・Very Easy to Apply

・Smudge-proof

・Waterproof

・Super Long Lasting 

・Affordable Price

Con

・Need Eye Makeup Remover or Oil Based Makeup Remover

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【Hike】Mariposa Trail Loop in Laguna Beach - Barbara's Lake

 

Mariposa Trail Loop in Laguna Beach

      In May this year, my husband and I went to Laguna Beach to enjoy hiking on Mariposa Trail Loop.  We found this trail in the book, 50 Hikes in Orange County, which I purchased to enjoy Orange County hikes.

Tips for Walking on Mariposa Trail Loop.
・Apply sunscreen on entire body.
・Wear sunglasses and hat with high UPF.
・Drink water often.
・You cannot bring your dog.
・It's moderately easy trail.

My Mariposa Trail Loop Walking Summary (UA MapMyWalk App)

My Mariposa Trail Loop Walking Summary (UA MapMyWalk App)

      When I go hiking, I use Under Armour MapMyWalk App to track my walk. 😉

My Mariposa Trail Loop Walking Summary (UA MapMyWalk App)

Parking (James Dilley Preserve Parking Lot)

     There is the James Dilley Preserve parking lot at Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. It opens 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and parking fee is $3 per vehicle a day.

James Dilley Preserve Parking Lot

James Dilley Preserve Parking Lot

James Dilley Preserve Parking Lot

 

Trail Hour

7:00 a.m. to Sunset 

Parking Lot Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Laguna Coast Wilderness Park

 

Laguna Coast Wilderness Park

 

Laguna Coast Wilderness Park

       In Orange County, mountain lions can be found in many cities. For instance, in May this year, a mountain lion was spotted roaming a residential neighborhood in Newport Beach, and it was also spotted on Laguna Beach streets. In March, it was spotted roaming throughout a shopping center in Irvine. Therefore you should know what to do if you encounter a mountain lion before you go hiking in the mountains.

What To Do If You Encounter A Mountain Lion

 

 

 

 

 

Laguna Coast Wilderness Park

       After we parked our car at the parking lot, we headed toward the trailhead of Canyon Trail.

James Dilley Preserve

 

James Dilley Preserve

Laguna Coast Wilderness Park

 

 

 

Canyon Trail (Moderate Trail)

Canyon Trail and Lake Trail

          We began to walk on Canyon Trail.

Canyon Trail

          It was a beautiful sunny day. This trail was nice and quiet, and we saw only several groups of people enjoying hiking there.

Canyon Trail

 

Canyon Trail and Blackjack Trail

       This is the junction of Canyon Trail and Blackjack Trail. We kept walking on Canyon Trail.

Canyon Trail

      There were many beautiful wildflowers blooming around this trail.

Canyon Trail

Canyon Trail

 

Canyon Trail

       While walking on this trail, you will often find scat on the ground. As this park rule, you cannot bring any dog. Thus, the scat is probably from wild animals such as coyotes, bobcats, mountain lions and so on. 

 

Canyon Trail

     

Prickly Pear Cactus on Canyon Trail

        There are many prickly pear cactus around the trail, and you will hike up the hill. 

Prickly Pear Cactus on Canyon Trail

Canyon Trail

Prickly Pear Cactus on Canyon Trail

 

Prickly Pear Cactus on Canyon Trail

 

       You reach a flat open circle atop the hill.

      We went down the stairs to the Ridgetop Trail.
 

 

 Ridgetop Trail (Easy Trail)

 Ridgetop Trail

          This marked intersection (58) with Ringertop Trail, Canyon Trail and Mariposa Trail confused me a lot. At first, I was going to go Gravel Road (I should have turned left here!), but I ended up going to Ridgetop Trail. 

 Ridgetop Trail

      This is flat, wide and easy trail. The view from the Ridgetop Trail is great.

 Ridgetop Trail

The View from Ridgetop Trail

 Ridgetop Trail and Woods End Trail

        When we reached to junction of Ridgetop Trail and Woods End Trail, we noticed that we were walking on the wrong trail, so we went back from here. At that time, I started having heat exhaustion for my first time even though I wore a wide brim hat and UPF40 Uniqlo AIRism hoodie. I should have wore a better hat such as high UPF one and drunk a lot of water.

It was very hot that day.

 

 

 Gravel Trail (Moderate Trail)

 Gravel Trail

         We finally found Gravel Trail and walked down the hill.

 Gravel Trail

 Gravel Trail

 Gravel Trail

 

Edison Trail (Moderate Trail)

Edison Trail

           We turned right at Post 35 and headed toward Barbara's Lake.

Edison Trail

        This shade of trees saved me from the heat exhaustion.

Edison Trail

Barbara's Lake

        We finally reached at Barbara's Lake!    According to the book, 50 Hikes in Orange County, in 1978, a hippopotamus escaped from Lion Country Safari, a wild animal park, and stayed in the Bubbles Pond, which was part of Barbara's Lake, for 19 days until she was shot with tranquilizer darts.

Edison Trail

 

Edison Trail

 

Barbara's Lake

        After seeing Barbara's Lake, we walked up the hill on the Edison Trail.

Edison Trail

Edison Trail

Barbara's Lake

        When the trail ends, you can still see the Barbara's Lake.

 

 

 Mariposa Trail (Moderate Trail)

Ridgertop Trail and Canyon/Mariposa Trail

        We turned right at Post 58 and headed toward Mariposa Trail.

        We were back to a flat open circle atop the hill.

          Then, we started walking on Mariposa Trail.

Mariposa Trail

          It's a narrow ridgeline trail but the view from the trail was beautiful.

Mariposa Trail

 

 

 Sunflower Trail (Moderate Trail)

 Mariposa Trail and Sunflower Trail

            We reached to junction of Mariposa Trail and Sunflower Trail. We decided to hike on Sunflower Trail.

 Sunflower Trail

 

 The Lake Trail (Easy Trail)

Sunflower Trail and Lake Trail

         We reached to junction of Sunflower Trail and Lake Trail, and we turned left and headed toward the parking lot.

        We were finally back to the parking lot, which closes at 5 p.m. I was glad that I could make it in time since I had heat exhaustion during this hike. After this hike, I bought a hat which has an UPF 50+ to protect myself from heat and harmful UV rays.

 

Mariposa Trail Loop

      We enjoyed hiking these trails. I liked that we were able to see a lot of beautiful prickly pear cactus, and we eventually reached to Barbara's Lake. If I hadn't hiked there that day, I wouldn't have known the hippo's story related to this lake.

Barbara's Lake

 

 

50 Hikes in Orange County

       I thought this book was great and am looking forward to trying more hikes. These are my entries related to hikes we have tried from the book.

1. San Gabriel River to Turtle Overlook

2. Dana Point Headlands

3. Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

4. Bayview Trail

5. Crystal Cove Tide Pools

6. Aliso Peak

7. Pecten Reef Loop

8. Bommer Canyon

9. Laurel Loop 

10. Mariposa Trail Loop

11. Little Sycamore Canyon Loop

12. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary

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