Yakitori Chicken Skewers
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So popular are these chicken kebabs that in their home country of Japan they have whole take-out shops – or yakitoriya – dedicated to serving them. This version is flavoured with a classic soy-based tare sauce. It’s traditional to cook these over a charcoal grill, and a barbecue is certainly the best way flavour-wise, but a ridged griddle pan on the hob will also give you pretty tasty results. Yakitori chicken skewers MAKES 8 SKEWERS, SERVING 4 For the tare sauce, add all the ingredients to a small saucepan set over a medium- low heat and bring to the boil. Allow to simmer steadily until reduced by half in 600g chicken thigh fillets, cut volume, about 15–20 minutes. Divide between 2 small dishes and set aside to cool. into 3cm cubes One dish is used as a dipping sauce, the other to glaze the skewers as they cook 6 spring onions, cut into 2cm – dividing them prevents contamination from the raw meat as you are brushing lengths with the glaze. 1 tablespoon vegetable oil Thread the chicken and spring onions on to the skewers and brush all over with a for the tare sauce little vegetable oil. 100ml soy sauce 100ml mirin Fire up a barbecue until hot, or set a large ridged griddle pan over a high heat on 100ml sake the hob, then lay on the kebabs. Take one of the bowls of sauce and, using a brush, 1cm piece fresh root ginger, glaze the top of the kebabs. After a couple of minutes turn the kebabs over and finely grated brush with more sauce. Keep on turning and brushing the kebabs with sauce until 2 teaspoons soft brown sugar cooked, around 10–12 minutes depending on the thickness of the chicken. you will need Serve the kebabs immediately with the second dish of sauce for dipping into. 8 metal or bamboo skewers (if using bamboo, soak in cold water for an hour to prevent them from burning) 240 MASTERCHEF STREET FOOD ASIA AND AUSTRALIA 241.