Japanese Chicken Yakitori Recipe
If you're looking for a delicious and easy Asian-inspired dish to put on the dinner table tonight, Japanese Chicken Yakitori Skewers are perfect! This classic Japanese dish has all the flavor you could want without being too difficult to make. With just a few simple ingredients and a few minutes of cooking time, you'll have a tasty dinner that everyone will love.
Equipment
- Pastry brush
- Conventional oven, with grill
- oven dish
- skewers
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup Japanese soy sauce
- ½ cup water
- 2 tablespoons Mirin wine
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- ⅔ cup dark brown sugar
- 1 inch fresh ginger peeled off and grated (2 cm)
- 1 clove garlic squeezed
- 2 ¼ pound chicken breast in cubes of ½ x ½ inches (1 x 1 cm)
- 2 spring onions finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons sesame seeds toasted
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Instructions
- Heat the grill in the oven to medium heat.
- Mix the soy sauce, water, mirin, rice vinegar, dark brown sugar, ginger, and garlic in a saucepan and stir until you have a smooth sauce.⅔ cup Japanese soy sauce, ½ cup water, 2 tablespoons Mirin wine, 2 tablespoons rice vinegar, ⅔ cup dark brown sugar, 1 inch fresh ginger, 1 clove garlic
- Heat over medium heat until it comes to a boil, stirring continuously. When the sauce thickens, simmer for another minute. Then turn off the fire and put ¾ cup in a bowl. Put the rest away for now.
- Thread the chicken onto the bamboo skewers and place it in a baking dish. Continue until all the chicken breast is used up.2 ¼ pound chicken breast
- Brush the skewers on both sides with about half of the sauce from the dish. Place under the grill for 4 minutes. Turn the skewers and grill for another 4 minutes.
- Brush the skewers on both sides with the sauce and grill for 2 minutes. Then, turn over and grill for another 2 minutes. Repeat this until the skewers are cooked (they will have a core temperature of 165 °F (ca. 74 °C).
- Remove from the grill and cover with aluminum foil. Let stand for 5 minutes.
- Pour the rest of the sauce over the chicken and garnish with spring onion and toasted sesame seeds. Serve!2 spring onions, 2 teaspoons sesame seeds
NOTES
1. BBQ and Grill pan - Make sure to bash the skewers with yakitori sauce in between, so the meat does not dry out.
2. Chicken
Allow the chicken and sauce to cool quickly before storing.
- In addition to chicken breast, you can also use chicken thighs, minced chicken, or chicken livers.
- The skewers are done when the core temperature is 165 °F (74 °C). Then remove it from under the grill (otherwise, the chicken will dry out too much).
- Resting the chicken for 5 minutes after grilling will give it even more flavor.
Allow the chicken and sauce to cool quickly before storing.
- Refrigerator - Store the skewers with sauce covered in the fridge for three days.
- Freezer - The skewers and sauce can also be frozen for two months in a sealed freezer box (I wouldn't use a bag because the tips of the bamboo skewers can poke through). The taste remains delicious, but the sauce becomes less thick due to freezing.
Nutrition
Calories: 96kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 513mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 27IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Iron: 0.5mg
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