Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, yakitori (chicken on skewer). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Yakitori is a Japanese skewered chicken, cooked on a griller with either sweet soy sauce or just salt. Great for entertaining a big crowd as it is a kind of finger food. It is so tasty and easy to eat that you will not realise how many skewers you eat!
Yakitori (chicken on skewer) is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Yakitori (chicken on skewer) is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have yakitori (chicken on skewer) using 3 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Yakitori (chicken on skewer):
- Take Pound boneless chicken thigh
- Take 3 tbsp each soy sauce, sugar, mirin and sake
- Prepare 1-2 Japanese negi (green onion) or leek
Bottled crushed ginger can be used in place of the fresh grated ginger. Chicken Yakitori Recipe is a lip smacking Japanese appetizer of chicken pierced into skewers and grilled, served with a finger lickcing good sauce. An appetizer that will leave your guests asking for more. A winner recipe. this chicken yakitori can be made for your next dinner party or as part of meal for your family.
Steps to make Yakitori (chicken on skewer):
- Cut chicken into a bite size. Marinate in soy sauce, sugar, mirin and sake (mixed well) for over 1 hour. (preferably over night)
- Cut negi in a bite size.
- Cook marinated chicken and raw negi in a medium pan. Start with medium heat and lower heat until chicken is thoroughly cooked. (Negi is ready when chicken is cooked.)
- Skewer cooked chicken and negi alternately.
- If you like tare (sauce) to eat with, you can save marinated juice and heat in a small pan until thickened. Spread over skewered chicken and negi or sauce can be served as a dip.
- For someone who likes it hot, Shichimi (Japanese seven-flavor chili pepper) is commonly used. Sprinkle over when you eat.
Spear the chicken and spring onions on to the soaked skewers - there are no strict rules, but aim for a good mix of chicken and spring onion. Heat the oil in a cast-iron frying pan over medium heat. Heat a large frying pan over a medium heat - you want to cook the chicken fairly gently so it soaks up the sauce. Put the skewers in the pan, then brush with the sauce. Chicken is marinated in a soy sauce, sake and ginger sauce, then threaded onto skewers and broiled with leeks for an easy, tasty and fun meal.
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