Yakitori, recette japonaise, poulet, BBQ

Chicken yakitori with peppers

Yakitori de poulet

This is an adaptation of one of the dishes I miss the most in France: grilled chicken with yakitori sauce.

It's one of those Japanese dishes with an appetizing smell and crunchy texture, which once you try them, you're hooked!
So here is a recipe for Japanese-style skewers but adapted for the French. I replaced the leek with pepper, this way the skewer is less fibrous and more juicy ;)

Ingredients 

Yakitori sauce: easy amount to make 

4 tbsp. soy sauce soup
3 tbsp. Mirin soup*
1 C. sake coffee or white wine
1 C. sugar coffee

Skewers: approximately for 8 30 cm skewers

1 kg of chicken thighs boneless
1 red pepper
1 green pepper
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Preparation

Soak the bamboo picks for 15 minutes in a container filled with water to prevent them from burning during cooking. If you don't have a large enough container, try to wet them well.

Prepare the yakitori sauce:

In a pan pour the soy sauce, Mirin, sake and sugar.
Bring to a boil while mixing with the spatula.
The sauce will take on a consistency resembling that of caramel sauce when it cools.

Yakitori-tare


Cut the chicken thighs and peppers into pieces.
Thread them onto the wet skewers, alternating with the peppers.

Cook the skewers on a well-preheated grill or barbecue for about 15 minutes.

When the skewers are nicely browned (usually after 15 minutes), dip them in the sauce then let them brown a little more on the surface (be careful, this sauce burns easily!)

So ! It's ready !

You can possibly enjoy them with spices such as Shichimi and/or Sansho (which you can replace with Espelette pepper and Timut pepper if you cannot find them in an Asian grocery store).

Yakitori de poulet

What is this ?

*All over

A kind of very sweet sake.
(lien's Wiki)
You will find it in a Japanese grocery store.

    mirinsmall

Illustrations : Laura Gómez

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