Best Grilled Chicken Balls W Yakitori Sauce Recipes

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KAWA YAKITORI



Kawa Yakitori image

A recipe for crispy chicken skin yakitori. Kawa, or chicken skin, is threaded on skewers and cooked over a grill for a crispy, yet juicy, Japanese-style appetizer. Serve with yakitori, or tare, sauce.

Provided by Buckwheat Queen

Categories     Chicken Appetizers

Time 55m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 9

12 (6 inch) bamboo skewers
¼ cup soy sauce
¼ cup mirin
⅛ cup sake
⅛ cup water
1 teaspoon packed light brown sugar
¼ green onion, sliced diagonally
¾ pound chicken skin, cut into 1 1/2-inch wide strips
salt to taste

Steps:

  • Soak skewers in water for at least 30 minutes to overnight.
  • Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.
  • Combine soy sauce, mirin, sake, water, brown sugar, and green onion in a saucepan. Bring to a light boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low and let simmer until sauce has reduced slightly, 3 to 5 minutes. Set aside to cool.
  • Meanwhile, thread chicken skin onto skewers lengthwise; skin should be slightly bunched up, but not too taut. Sprinkle skewers with salt.
  • Cook skewers on the preheated grill until nicely browned and crispy but not until fat has completely rendered, about 5 minutes. Flip and cook until other side is crispy, about 5 minutes more.
  • Blot each yakitori lightly with a paper towel before serving. Serve with cooled tare sauce on the side.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 91.2 calories, Carbohydrate 2.5 g, Cholesterol 13.2 mg, Fat 6.5 g, Fiber 0.1 g, Protein 3.6 g, SaturatedFat 1.8 g, Sodium 324.1 mg, Sugar 2.2 g

YAKITORI (GRILLED CHICKEN SKEWERS)



Yakitori (Grilled Chicken Skewers) image

Yakitori is Japanese skewered and grilled chicken that can use approximately 30 different chicken parts, from momo, or chicken thigh, to nankotsu, or chicken cartilage. This recipe calls for marinating chicken thighs, gizzards and livers in a savory-sweet sauce of ginger, sake, mirin, soy sauce, garlic and a touch of brown sugar, grilling or broiling, then scattering with chopped scallions. Serve it alongside something fresh and green, like a cucumber salad, and a pile of rice.

Provided by Melissa Clark

Categories     quick, appetizer

Time 15m

Yield 6 appetizer servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 pound chicken livers, gizzards or boneless thigh meat
1/2 cup dark soy sauce or tamari
1/4 cup mirin
2 tablespoons sake or dry sherry
1 tablespoon brown sugar
2 garlic cloves, peeled and smashed
1/2 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
Scallions, thinly sliced, for garnish

Steps:

  • Cut chicken into one-inch pieces and place in a shallow dish.
  • In a small saucepan, combine soy sauce or tamari, mirin, sake or sherry, brown sugar, garlic and ginger. Bring to a simmer and cook for 7 minutes, until thickened. Reserve 2 tablespoons sauce for serving. Pour remaining sauce over chicken, cover, and chill for at least one hour (and up to 4 hours).
  • If using wooden or bamboo skewers, soak them in water for one hour. Preheat grill or broiler. Thread chicken pieces onto skewers, and grill or broil, turning halfway, for about 3 minutes for livers, 10 minutes for gizzards and 6 minutes for thighs. Serve drizzled with reserved sauce and garnished with scallions.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 136, UnsaturatedFat 2 grams, Carbohydrate 4 grams, Fat 4 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 18 grams, SaturatedFat 2 grams, Sodium 1228 milligrams, Sugar 2 grams, TransFat 0 grams

GRILLED CHICKEN BALLS W YAKITORI SAUCE



Grilled Chicken Balls w Yakitori Sauce image

Great alternative to the same ol meatballs

Provided by barbara lentz

Categories     Chicken

Time 25m

Number Of Ingredients 12

12 oz ground chicken
2 lg eggs
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp flour
2 tsp cornstarch
6 Tbsp breadcrumbs
1 Tbsp ginger grated
YAKITORI SAUCE
4 Tbsp sake
5 Tbsp shoyu or soy sauce
1 Tbsp each mirin and sugar
1/2 tsp cornstarch mixed with 1 tsp water

Steps:

  • 1. Soak bamboo skewers in water for 30 minutes. Place all ingredients for chicken ball in food processor. Process until well mixed. Roll into golf ball size balls. Bring a pot of water to a boil and add the chicken balls and cook in boiling water until chicken balls change color and float to the top. Scoop out the balls with slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
  • 2. To make the sauce put all ingredients except cornstarch and water is saucepan. Bring to a boil. Add the cornstarch slurry and cook until thickened a bit.
  • 3. Place the chicken balls on skewers and heat up a grill. Place the balls on the grill and grill brushing with the Yakitori sauce until golden brown.

CHICKEN YAKITORI



Chicken Yakitori image

Yakitori literally means "grilled chicken," so you don't need to call it chicken yakitori. But you can also add seasonal vegetables to these Japanese skewers.

Provided by Sonoko Sakai

Yield Serves 4

Number Of Ingredients 15

½ cup sake
6 Tbsp. plus ½ tsp. mirin
2½ Tbsp. cane sugar
1 cup (480 ml) soy sauce or usukuchi shoyu (light-colored soy sauce)
2 lb. skin-on, boneless chicken thighs, cut into bite-size pieces
4 Tokyo negi onions, white parts only, or scallions, white and light green parts cut crosswise into 2" slices
½ cup olive oil or untoasted sesame oil
8 fresh shiitake mushrooms, stems trimmed
2 dozen shishito peppers, stems trimmed
12 fava beans (in the shell)
12 quail eggs, boiled for 2-3 minutes, shocked in cold water, and peeled
Shichimi togarashi
Sansho pepper
Yuzu kosho
Sea salt

Steps:

  • Soak bamboo skewers in water for 20 minutes (or use metal skewers).
  • While the skewers soak, make the shoyu tare. Combine the sake, mirin, and sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat and cook until the sugar is completely dissolved. Reduce heat, then stir in 1 cup soy sauce. Heat until just simmering, about 3 minutes, then remove from heat and let cool to room temperature. The shoyu tare can be stored in a nonreactive glass or metal container in a cool, dry place or the refrigerator for about 3 months.
  • Skewer 2 or 3 pieces of chicken and 2 or 3 pieces of onion, alternating, on each skewer. Start with the larger pieces of meat so they end up at the tip, which will cook more quickly. Make sure there are no gaps between the meat and onions, as bamboo skewers will burn in the gaps. Skewer the vegetables and eggs on their own skewers, about 3 or 4 pieces per skewer, depending on the size of the vegetables.
  • Heat a bichotan (or charcoal fire) grill, or heat a gas grill to medium-high, or preheat the broiler. Lightly baste the chicken with the oil. Grill the chicken and onions for 3-4 minutes, turning the skewers several times, until the chicken and onions begin to char. Remove the chicken from the heat and baste with the shoyu tare.
  • Return the chicken to the heat and cook for 2 more minutes, turning the skewers several times. Remove from heat and baste again. Repeat one more time, until the chicken is cooked through and slightly charred, about 8-10 minutes total. Lay the skewered vegetables and quail eggs on the grill and brush them with oil. Grill the vegetables and eggs, turning them over several times, until the vegetables are soft and charred, 5-8 minutes (the vegetables have different cooking times, so monitor each type for desired doneness). Brush them with the shoyu tare or season them at the table.
  • Serve the chicken, eggs, and vegetables with shichimi togarashi, sansho pepper, yuzu kosho, and salt.

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