Japanese cuisine · Meat & Kebab

Yakitori

Glazed grilled chicken skewers with tare sauce – Japanese izakaya culture at home.

Ingredients · for 4 servings

• 600 g boneless chicken thigh
• 6 spring onions
• 6 tbsp soy sauce
• 4 tbsp mirin
• 2 tbsp sake (or water as a substitute)
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 8 wooden skewers

Instructions

1. Soak the wooden skewers in water for 30 min.
2. Reduce the soy sauce, mirin, sake and sugar by half, until the tare turns syrupy and glossy.
3. Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces and the white part of the spring onions into 3 cm pieces.
4. Thread the meat and spring onion alternately onto the skewers.
5. Grill on the hot barbecue or in a grill pan for 8–10 min, turning several times.
6. In the last few minutes, brush repeatedly with the tare until the skewers are darkly glazed.
7. Serve with the remaining tare and the green parts of the spring onions.