Yakitori (Tare Flavored) Recipe

By Setsuko Yoshizuka, About.com

Yakitori is usually skewered like a kabob. Yakitori is a great appetizer which goes with beer and sake. A common vegetable to grill with chicken is negi. Yakitori skewered with negi is called negima and is a popular kind of yakitori in Japan. Also, there are mainly two kinds of flavors: tare and shio. Tare indicates basting sauce, such as teriyaki sauce. Shio means salt in Japanese. This is a recipe to make tare-flavored yakitori.

Ingredients:

• 2 chicken breasts
• 1 medium negi
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 2 tbsp sake
• 3 tbsp mirin
• 3 tbsp soy sauce
• *Bamboo skewers (soaked in water to prevent burning)

Preparation:

Cut chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces. Cut negi into 1 inch lengths. Skewer the chicken and negi in alternating order. To make teriyaki sauce, mix sugar, sake, mirin, and soy sauce in a small bowl. Grill the skewered chicken over hot coals, basting with teriyaki sauce until the chicken is cooked. Makes 2 servings