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Posted on 12th Jul 2025

Chicken Yakitori

Japanese grilled chicken skewers with a sticky super tasty sticky sauce.

Cuisine

Time

1 hr mins

Servings

4 people people

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recipe

Ingredients

  • Bamboo skewers
  • 500g chicken thighs, deboned and skinless
  • 1 leek, well rinsed
  • 1 teaspoon sansho spice
  • 1 teaspoon shichimi spice
  • Vegetable oil for cooking

The Sauce

  • 120ml soy sauce
  • 60ml mirin
  • 60ml sake
  • 2 teaspoons brown sugar

Method

1. Soak bamboo skewers in water for 30 minutes.

2. In a small saucepan, add all of the sauce ingredients, dissolving the brown sugar, then bring to the boil. Once boiling, reduce the heat to a simmer until the sauce is glossy and thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Remove from heat.

3. Cut both the leek and chicken thighs into 2 cm-sized pieces, approximately the same size and width. Beginning with the chicken pieces, thread the skewers by alternating between chicken and leek; each skewer should hold 4 slices of chicken and 3 pieces of leek.

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