Basic Chicken Yakitori Recipe
Ingredients:
4 green onions, cut into 1" strips lengthwise
10 green peppers, quartered and seeded
2 lb. skinless, boned chicken breast
1 lb. chicken livers
1 clove garlic
Barbecue Sauce:
3/4 cup soy sauce
3/4 cup mirin (Mirin is a low-alcohol, sweetened rice wine.
It is also referred to as rice wine or sake)
2 tablespoons sugar
pepper
bamboo or wooden skewers
Method:
- Pierce skewer through onions and peppers.
- Cut livers into 4-6 pieces. Remove odor by washing in water.
- Crush garlic and add to 1/2 pint of boiling water; add livers and boil for a few minutes until tender, drain in colander. Skewer livers.
- Cut chicken into bite-size pieces and skewer.
- Arrange and cover skewers for later.
- Simmer sauce until reduced to half of original quantity.
- Barbecue, brushing with sauce. Sprinkle with pepper.
- Move cooked skewers to outside of grill to keep warm and let folks help themselves.