Yakitori is skewered chicken, a popular Japanese dish dating back over 400 years. “Yaki” means grilled and “tori” is chicken. There are many yakitori bars in Japan which serve many versions of the recipe. Your basic yakitori bar is small and usually has only one person grilling the food at the counter. It is really fun to go there with friends or co-workers after work. This is a simple yakitori recipe, and you can add vegitables, seafood, beef of pork and use same sauce or even salt to grill it with. It definitely tastes better if you make it on your BBQ! Have fun!
Yield: 6 sticks
Time: 35 minutes
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb thin chicken
- 6 bamboo sticks
Spices
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 1/3 cup sake
- 1/3 cup mirin
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp ginger (ground)
- 1/2 tsp garlic
- 1 tsp sesame oil
Preparation
- Mix all spices in a sauce pan and boil for 5 minutes over medium heat
- Skewer chicken on sticks (see pictures)
- Put half the sauce in a dish and coat chicken on both sides
- Grill chicken in a oven at 400 degrees for 10 minutes
- Remove chicken from the oven and dip them in the rest of the sauce
- Put chicken back in the oven and grill for 10 more minutes
※ The chicken will get cold quickly. If you don’t eat it right after cooking, you might want to warm it up in the microwave
Modifications
- You can also make this dish using a frying pan, toaster oven, or BBQ grill with any other ingredients you think might go well with it!
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