Easy Chicken Yakitori
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Easy Chicken Yakitori
Ingredients
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Chicken
- 2lb chicken thighs, fat trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces for kebabs
- spray oil (for binding)
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons ginger powder
Sauce
- 1/3 cup water
- 5 tablespoons low sodium tamari (which is a gluten-free alternative to soy sauce)
- 4 tablespoons coconut sugar (or brown sugar or cane sugar)
- 2 tablespoons mirin
- 3 tablespoons sake (or rice wine vinegar) – optional
- 1 garlic clove, grated/minced
- 1-inch ginger knob, grated/minced
- 2 tablespoons arrowroot + 3 tablespoons water
Steps
Step 1
Fire up the flattop to warm it up. Season the chicken and assemble on the skewers, about 4oz of chicken each. Set aside.
Step 2
Mix together the ingredients for the sauce in a small pot – minus the arrowroot – and place the pot on medium high heat to bring to a simmer.
Once it is simmering, pour in the arrowroot slush mix and continually stir to thicken. Let the sauce cool down and thicken.
Quick Pro-tips
Quick Pro-tips- Sauce too thick or slimy? Add tablespoons of water.
- Too salty? Add tablespoons of white vinegar or lime or lemon juice.
- Too spicy? Add some honey, agave or maple
- Too sweet? Try various types of vinegar such as white vinegar, apple cider vinegar, or balsamic vinegar
Step 3
Increase heat to high and add the skewers to the grill, cooking until sear marks appear on ALL sides of the chicken and it is cooked through. This is also the time where you’d want to start cooking any sides or vegetables – I tossed asparagus & bell pepper.
Step 4
While the chicken cooks, remember to continually baste the chicken so it has color and glaze.
Step 5
Enjoy with your choice of grain or even a side salad! I enjoyed mine with jasmine rice mixed with pineapple, asparagus and bell pepper.
Like cooking with pineapple? 👇🏾 Try out this recipe!
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Chicken
- 2lb chicken thighs, fat trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces for kebabs
- spray oil (for binding)
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons ginger powder
Sauce
- 1/3 cup water
- 5 tablespoons low sodium tamari (which is a gluten-free alternative to soy sauce)
- 4 tablespoons coconut sugar (or brown sugar or cane sugar)
- 2 tablespoons mirin
- 3 tablespoons sake (or rice wine vinegar) – optional
- 1 garlic clove, grated/minced
- 1-inch ginger knob, grated/minced
- 2 tablespoons arrowroot + 3 tablespoons water
-
Fire up the flattop to warm it up. Season the chicken and assemble on the skewers, about 4oz of chicken each. Set aside.
-
Mix together the ingredients for the sauce in a small pot – minus the arrowroot – and place the pot on medium high heat to bring to a simmer.
Once it is simmering, pour in the arrowroot slush mix and continually stir to thicken. Let the sauce cool down and thicken.
Quick Pro-tips- Sauce too thick or slimy? Add tablespoons of water.
- Too salty? Add tablespoons of white vinegar or lime or lemon juice.
- Too spicy? Add some honey, agave or maple
- Too sweet? Try various types of vinegar such as white vinegar, apple cider vinegar, or balsamic vinegar
-
Increase heat to high and add the skewers to the grill, cooking until sear marks appear on ALL sides of the chicken and it is cooked through. This is also the time where you’d want to start cooking any sides or vegetables – I tossed asparagus & bell pepper.
-
While the chicken cooks, remember to continually baste the chicken so it has color and glaze.
-
Enjoy with your choice of grain or even a side salad! I enjoyed mine with jasmine rice mixed with pineapple, asparagus and bell pepper.
Like cooking with pineapple? 👇🏾 Try out this recipe!
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Apr 28 2023
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Apr 30 2023
Awesome
heck yeah! glad you enjoyed the recipe!
May 02 2023
Awesome recipe! The sauce was perfect
sweet! I love it too. easy to customize as well – I have some folks that cant take the sugar so I swap theirs with Swerve
May 22 2023
I’m going to try this recipe tonight with my family. Delicious
how’d it go?! did you customize it for your needs?