Yakitori

Yakitori is effectively Japanese Kebabs and are very tasty.

Ingredients for making 10-12

500 grams skinless , boneless Chicken Thighs cut into bite-sized pieces
8 Spring Onions , cut into 5 cm ( 2 inch) Pieces

For the Sauce

100 ml Soy Sauce
50 ml Sake
75 ml of Mirin
2 Tbsp of Caster Sugar
20 grams of  Ginger
1 Garlic clove crushed
2 tsp of rice flour mixed with 1 tbsp of water

Method

1) Add the soy sauce , Mirin , sake , sugar , ginger, and garlic into a saucepan and bring to a simmer.
2) Stir until  the sugar dissolves then cook for about 5 minutes more until the ginger and garlic are cooked.
3) Add the rice flour paste to the saucepan and bring to a boil , stirring until thickened.
4) Strain through a fine sieve , then pour 125 ml of this mixture into a bowl and leave to cool. The rest can be used as marinade and kept in separate bowl
5) Then add the  chicken to the cooled mixture and cover with clingfilm and leave in the fridge for at least an hour.
6) Meanwhile, soak the bamboo skewers in water for at least an hour.
7) When this is complete and the chicken is marinated add 4 pieces of chicken per skewer alternating with a piece of spring onion and repeat until you have used all the chicken and spring onions.
8) Then grill or bbq these  skewers , cook the skewers for 2 minutes then brush with marinade and turn you should do this 4 times or 8 minutes or so until the chicken is cooked.



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