Tsukune

• 400 g (14 oz) minced (ground) chicken
• 2 spring onions (scallions), finely chopped</

Combine all the sauce ingredients and set aside. Place the chicken, spring onion and ginger in a large bowl and knead them together well until the mixture is smooth and even. Add the rest of the ingredients except the oil and mix well. Roll into small balls about 2 cm (¾ in) in diameter if you want to make yakitori skewers, or shape into larger balls about 4–5 cm (1½–2 in) in diameter, as in th