Yakitori (Grilled Chicken Kebabs)

Name: Yakitori (Grilled Chicken Kebabs)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 3-4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 103.53 ml sake; 177.44 ml low sodium soy sauce; 44.37 ml mirin; 29.58 ml sugar; 907.18 g boneless chicken thighs; 5 thin leeks or 7-8 green onions; short bamboo skewer, soaked in water

Submitted by Halcyon Eve

"Yakitori is chicken and various other things (mainly chicken, as tori means chicken) skewered, brushed with a sweetish sauce, and grilled to perfection. My version utilizes a simplified sauce and is cooked under the broiler, although it can be grilled, too. Yakitori is best eaten fresh while still very hot. Try with a Japanese beer, if you drink beer. I like to serve it as a meal, but it's intended to be more of a snack. Besides the kebab ingredients here, you can also use chicken gizzards or livers, wing drummettes, little meatballs of minced chicken, shitake mushrooms, bell peppers, or gingko nuts. The skewers should be quite small--just enough for a bite or two each."

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photo by Halcyon Eve

Ready In:: 45mins
Ingredients:: 7
Serves:: 3

ingredients

Sauce
103.53 ml sake
177.44 ml low sodium soy sauce
44.37 ml mirin
29.58 ml sugar
Kebab ingredients
907.18 g boneless chicken thighs
5 5 thin leeks or 7-8 green onions
short bamboo skewer, soaked in water

directions

To make sauce, combine all ingredients in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, remove from heat, and set aside.
To prepare kebabs, cut thigh meat into bite-sized pieces. Cut thick parts of onions into 1-inch pieces, discarding the leaves. (See comments for additional suggestions for skewers.).
Thread pieces of chicken and onion alternately onto skewers, just 1-2 of each per skewer.
Dip each skewer into the sauce until well coated; place on a broiling pan.
Brush with additional sauce, and place under hot broiler, about 4-6 inches from heat.
Broil until the sauce begins to blacken around high points of skewers, about 4-5 minutes.
Brush again with sauce, flip and brush other side. Continue broiling for another 4-5 minutes or until just starting to char.
Repeat if necessary until chicken is cooked through.
Serve immediately. Discard any remaining sauce.