Yakitori is usually skewered like a kabob. Yakitori is a great appetizer which goes good with beer and sake.A common vegetable to grill with chicken is negi. Yakitori skewered with negi is called negima and is a popular kind of yakitori in Japan. Also, there are mainly two kinds of flavor: tare and shio. Tare indicates basting sauce, such as teriyaki sauce. Shio means salt in Japanese.
Making Yakitori (tare flavor)
Ingredients: (make 2 servings)
2 chicken breasts
1 medium negi
1 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp sake
3 tbsp mirin
3 tbsp soy sauce
*Bamboo skewers (soaked in water to prevent burning)
How to Cook:
1. Cut chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces.
2. Cut negi into 1 inch lengths.
3. Skewer the chicken and negi in alternating order.
4. Mix sugar, sake, mirin, and soy sauce in a bowl.
5. Grill the skewered chicken over hot coals, basting with teriyaki sauce until the chicken is cooked.
4. Mix sugar, sake, mirin, and soy sauce in a bowl.
5. Grill the skewered chicken over hot coals, basting with teriyaki sauce until the chicken is cooked.
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