Japan

Yakitori

Name: Yakitori
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 500 g Chicken thighs; 4 tbsp Soy sauce; 3 tbsp Mirin; 2 tbsp Sake; 1 tbsp Sugar; 2 Spring onions; 8 Wooden skewers

Glazed chicken skewers from the charcoal grill

Yakitori – “grilled chicken” – is the soul of Japanese izakaya culture. On small skewers, every part of the chicken is grilled over binchotan charcoal, from breast to skin.

The tare glaze of soy sauce, mirin and sake is reused over the years and gains depth. Sweet-salty sheen on smoky meat.

Skewers8

Time40 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Chicken thighs500 g
Soy sauce4 tbsp
Mirin3 tbsp
Sake2 tbsp
Sugar1 tbsp
Spring onions2
Wooden skewers8

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Reduce soy sauce, mirin, sake and sugar into a glaze until lightly syrupy.
Cut chicken and spring onion into bite-size pieces, thread alternately.
Grill over charcoal or in a grill pan all over.
Brush repeatedly with tare and grill briefly until glossy.
Serve hot, optionally with shichimi pepper.

Make it original

Real mirin and brewed soy sauce make the tare glaze. Available in the Asia Boutique.

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