DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Yakitori
Also known as: 焼き鳥
Namiko Hirasawa Chen’s selected negima yakitori alternates chicken thigh and Tokyo negi on skewers. Her broiler method caramelises an own soy sauce, mirin, sake and brown-sugar tare, with optional shichimi togarashi at serving.
About Yakitori
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Chen’s selected negima yakitori threads boneless chicken thigh and Tokyo negi onto skewers. She cooks this chicken-and-onion version under a broiler, coating it with a glossy sweet-savoury tare.
The sauce combines soy sauce, mirin, sake, water and brown sugar with the green parts of the same onions. It simmers uncovered until reduced to one-third of its original volume, then thickens as it cools.
The white and light-green onion portions alternate with squares of chicken on soaked bamboo skewers. The pieces are packed together, and the skewers rest on an oiled rack above a lined baking sheet.
The chicken first broils without sauce. Basting and turning follow in several stages, giving the glaze time to caramelise on both sides before the final presentation side faces upward.
A reserved portion of the same sauce can finish the cooked skewers, with optional shichimi togarashi for a spicy accent. Chen places yakitori in the setting of Japanese izakaya and describes the broiler as her preferred home method.
Ingredients in Yakitori
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- Chickenprotein
- Soy Saucesauce
- Sugarsweetener
- Saltseasoning
- Green onionother
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