Tamarind "Teriyaki" Chicken Skewers

Tamarind "Teriyaki" Chicken Skewers might be just the Japanese recipe you are searching for. This recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This main course has 267 calories, 31g of protein, and 12g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 6. If you have bamboo skewers, cornstarch, sesame oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the white sesame seeds you could follow this main course with the Sesame Banana Bread as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet.

Instructions

+ In a small pot or saucepan, mix together the first 7 ingredients (tamarind paste to 3/4 cup water). Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat, then reduce to low and cook for 10 minutes.

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Tamarind Paste

Water

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Sauce Pan

Pot

+ In a separate bowl, mix the cornstarch with the 2 tablespoons of water until it is dissolved and smooth.

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Corn Starch

Water

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Bowl

Add the cornstarch mixture to the pot and stir until it is well combined and the sauce begins to thicken like a glaze. Continue to cook and reduce by one third, 2 to 3 minutes. Then turn the heat to the lowest possible setting and cover the pot with a lid to keep the sauce warm.

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Corn Starch

Sauce

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Pot

+ In a large skillet, heat the sesame oil over medium-high heat.

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Sesame Oil

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Frying Pan

Add your chicken pieces and about a quarter of the sauce and cook for 5 minutes without stirring. Then toss the chicken pieces, doing your best to flip them over, adding another quarter of the sauce. Cook until the inside of the meat is white, 6 to 8 minutes more.

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Chicken Pieces

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Meat

Remove the chicken from the heat and allow it to rest until the pieces are cool enough to handle. Weave the chicken onto the bamboo skewers, about 4 per skewer, and lay them flat on a serving dish or a large plate.

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Whole Chicken

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Skewers

Drizzle the remaining sauce over the skewers and sprinkle with white toasted sesame seeds and the sliced green onions.

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Green Onions

Sesame Seeds

Sauce

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Skewers

Serve and eat immediately.

+ sodium count:Tamarind paste: 20mg per ounce depending on brand; Molasses: 10mg per 1 tablespoon; Chicken thigh (with skin): 87mg per 1/4 pound

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Tamarind Paste

Chicken Thighs

Molasses

Sodium Girl's Limitless Low-Sodium Cookbook

Reprinted with permission from the publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. From Sodium Girl's Limitless Low-Sodium Cookbook: How to Lose the Salt and Eat the Foods You Love by Jessica Goldman Foung. Copyright © 2013 by Jessica Goldman Foung; cover and interior photography copyright © 2013 by Matt Armendariz. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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