Yakitori ( Seasoned Chicken On Skewers)

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 500 g chicken thighs or 500 g chicken breast fillets, cut into 2 . 5 cm pieces
• 1 medium red capsicum, chopped coarsely (200g)
• 4 fresh shiitake mushrooms, stems removed, halved
• 6 thick green onions, trimmed cut into 2 . 5 cm lengths
• 1/4 teaspoon sansho pepper
• 125 ml japanese soy sauce
• 125 ml sake
• 60 ml mirin
• 2 tablespoons sugar

Recipe

• 1 thread chicken and vegetables onto eight bamboo skewers, leaving space between pieces to allow even cooking.
• 2 cook in batches, on heated oiled grill plate or barbecue, turning and brushing with sauce occasionally until browned all over and cooked through.
• 3 serve yakitori sprinkled with japanese pepper.
• 4 sauce- combine ingredients in small saucepan, bring to a boil.
• 5 reduce heat and simmer uncovered over medium heat until sauce reduces by a third, cool.
• 6 tips- bottled yakitori sauce can be bought from asian grocery stores.
• 7 the sauce can be used as a marinade for the chicken before cooking, but cook chicken on medium heat so marinade does not burn before meat cooks through.
• 8 you can substitute seven-spice mix (shichimi togarashi) for japanese pepper (sansho powder).