Chicken Yakitori
Prep time: 20 mins
Cooking time: 10 mins
Ingredients
- 150ml
Blue Dragon Japanese Soy Sauce
- 90g
caster sugar
- 25ml
sake or dry white wine
- 1 tbsp
plain flour
- 12
bamboo skewers - soaked in water for at least 1 hour
- 6
chicken thighs, boneless, skinless
- 1 bunch
baby leeks or spring onions
- 6
asparagus
Try this recipe with
Soba NoodlesChicken Yakitori
A popular snack in Japan!
Preparation:
- Combine all the ingredients for the sauce in a pan and bring to the boil. Simmer at low heat for 10 minutes until the sauce has reduced by one third. Set aside.
- Clean and cut the leeks / spring onions and asparagus into 3 cm long pieces.
- Cut each chicken thigh into six chunks and thread the chicken and vegetables alternately onto the bamboo skewers.
- Grill on the barbecue, in the griddle pan or in the oven grill (medium heat) and brush the skewers several times generously with the sauce.
- When the chicken is cooked through and crispy on the outside, serve with any left over sauce.
Useful tip:
Yakitori also taste delicious when made with tuna or pork fillet.
