🇯🇵 Japanese

Chicken Yakitori

Name: Chicken Yakitori
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 17 min
Total time: 37 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 500 g, thighs Chicken; 3 tbsp Yogurt; 3 cloves, crushed Ginger; 3 tbsp Soy Sauce; 1 tsp White Pepper; 1 tbsp Sugar; 1, juiced Rice Vinegar; 2 tbsp Neutral Oil; 3 tbsp Mirin

🇯🇵 Japanese

Fire-kissed skewers of chicken — smoky outside, juicy inside, gone in minutes. 37 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 20 min Cook 17 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Chicken500 g, thighs
Yogurt3 tbsp
Ginger3 cloves, crushed
Soy Sauce3 tbsp
White Pepper1 tsp
Sugar1 tbsp
Rice Vinegar1, juiced
Neutral Oil2 tbsp
Mirin3 tbsp

Optional extras

Shiso Leaveshandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Whisk the yogurt, neutral oil, garlic, white pepper and rice vinegar juice into a marinade.
2
Cut the chicken into even 3 cm chunks and coat well; marinate 30 minutes minimum.
3
Thread onto skewers with a little space between pieces so the heat can circulate.
4
Grill over high heat, turning every few minutes, until charred at the edges and cooked inside.
5
Slide off the skewers, rest 3 minutes, and dust with shiso leaves.

Chef's tip

Taste and adjust the salt at the end; sauces concentrate as they reduce.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Master the Art of Yakitori with Chef Kono · on YouTube