Yakitori (Japanese-Style Satay). Pour shoyu mixture to the satays, just enough to coat them. This is quite easy and tasty. I made some for my kids' bento.

In case you're wondering, yakitori is basically Japanese-style satay comprising of meats, seafood and vegetables grilled over fire. They usually come in a wide range of options, from salmon to chicken wings, to more obscure items like chicken skin and gizzard. Yakitori is a Japanese skewered chicken, cooked on a griller with either sweet soy sauce or just salt. You can cook Yakitori (Japanese-Style Satay) using 4 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Yakitori (Japanese-Style Satay)

It's 250 gr of chicken tenders (you can also use boneless chicken breast or boneless thigh fillets).
You need 1 tbsp of oil (more if needed. Usually I use 1 tsp first and add more if necessary).
It's 1-2 of leeks.
Prepare of For the sauce: 60 ml shoyu (I prefer less salted version). 60 ml mirin (or grape/apple juice), 1.5 tbsp sugar.

Great for entertaining a big crowd as it is a kind of finger food. It is so tasty and easy to eat that you will not realise how many skewers you eat! Yakitori Seasonings (Shio or Tare): In most yakitori restaurants, your choices of flavor are either salt (shio) or with yakitori sauce ("tare" - pronounced "tareh"). It's really amazing these simple chicken parts will transform into something really delicious by simple seasoning of salt or yakitori sauce.

Yakitori (Japanese-Style Satay) instructions

Cube chicken tenders. Slice leeks to 1-1.5cm width. Skewer them and set aside. (I put them in the fridge for a bit).
Heat shoyu, mirin, sugar in a pan in low setting. Stir until sugar dissolves. Let simmer for about 5 minutes..
You can cool it and keep it in the fridge for about a week. Or use it right away..
Pour oil into a pan. Pour shoyu mixture to the satays, just enough to coat them. Use medium heat. Rotate the satays and pour more shoyu mixture, about 1 tsp per batch of four or five..
Cover the pan and lower the heat. When the sauce is bubbly, rotate the satays. When the sauce is caramelized, yakitori is ready!.

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