Easy Yakitori (Japanese Grilled Chicken Skewers)
Make your own yakitori at home with this quick and easy recipe. Yakitori chicken doesn't need to be marinated - just skewer and throw on the grill. My yakitori sauce comes together quickly and works as the perfect glaze.
- Prep time
- 25 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 2 lb chicken thighs
- 1 sweet onion
- 2 tbsp Mazola® Corn Oil
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/2 cup mirin
- 1/2 cup sake
- 1/4 cup sugar
Instructions
- 1
Soak bamboo skewers in water while you prep the rest of your food (at least 15 minutes).
- 2
Heat soy sauce, mirin, sake, and sugar in a pan over stovetop until sugar is dissolved and sauce is bubbling.
- 3
Leave sauce to simmer 5-10 minutes until you get a thin glaze.
- 4
Meanwhile, cut your chicken and onion into approximately 1.5 inch pieces.
- 5
Thread your skewers, alternating chicken and onion pieces.
- 6
Brush the chicken and onion with Mazola® Corn Oil.
- 7
Grill for 10 minutes or until chicken is almost cooked through (5 minutes per side).
- 8
Brush skewers with yakitori glaze and grill for another 3-5 minutes, until chicken is fully cooked.