Chicken Skewers

Name: Chicken Skewers
Yield: Makes 6 Skewers (6 First Course Servings)
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons sugar; 6 tablespoons mirin; ¼ cup sake or white wine (optional); 3 single boneless chicken breasts, trimmed, cut into ¾-inch dice; 1 large clove garlic, peeled, minced, crushed to a paste; 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger; ½ cup Japanese soy sauce; 1 teaspoon sesame oil

Preparation info

Makes
6
Skewers

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cooking

By James Peterson

Published 2007

About

These are very similar to the chicken “yakitori" that are so popular in Japanese restaurants.

Ingredients

½ cup Japanese soy sauce
1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
1 large

Asia
Korea
Japan
Starter

Method

Boil all the ingredients, except the chicken, until reduced to ⅓ cup and lightly syrupy. Let cool. Marinate the chicken in the syrupy mixture for 4 hours.

Grill the chicken skewers for about 3 minutes over high heat while basting with the boiled-down marinade. Serve immediately.