Yakitori

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups mirin
• 3/4 cup soy sauce
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 1 garlic clove, pressed (optional)
• 1 lb boneless chicken thighs
• 1 -2 green onion, in inch-long pieces (optional)
• 8 bamboo skewers

Recipe

• 1 put mirin, soy sauce, sugar and garlic, if using, into a medium-sized sauce pan, and cook over medium heat until there is only half as much sauce remaining.
• 2 let cool slightly while you are preparing the chicken.
• 3 cut chicken into bite-sized pieces; keeping the skin on is usual in japan.
• 4 thread chicken onto skewers, alternating with green onion if desired.
• 5 begin grilling the chicken skewers on both sides without the sauce, when the meat starts changing color, brush the sauce on both sides, and continue grilling, brushing on sauce about 3 times total, and turning until done.