Yakitori Recipe

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup Sake
• 1/4 cup Mirin
• 1 lb chicken thighs
• 2 long white onions (or 5-6 green onions)
• salt
• vegetable oil

Instructions

1. 1

   Soak bamboo skewers (6" long) in water for 30 minutes.

2. 2

   Mix soy sauce, sugar, Sake, and Mirin in a small pot, and boil for 8-10 minutes until the sauce gets a little thick. Set aside.

3. 3

   Cut chicken thighs into 1" cubes, and cut onions (white part) into 1" long pieces. Skewer chicken and onions alternately.

4. 4

   In a heated frying pan, spread oil very thinly, and cook skewered meat at medium high heat for 5 minutes. Turn and cook another 5 minutes until browned and cooked through.

5. 5

   Immediately dip chicken in the sauce, and serve.

6. 6

   --- Yakitori with salt ---

7. 7

   For Yakitori with salt, skewer just chicken pieces and sprinkle with salt. Cook in the same way as Yakitori with sauce (but don't dip in sauce).