Yakitori Don

Name: Yakitori Don
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Japanese, Asian
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps cooking oil; 1 Tbsp grated fresh ginger root; 1 clove garlic, crushed; 59 milliliters mirin (Japanese sweet wine); 1 Tbsp sake; 158 milliliters soy sauce; 3 Tbsps white sugar; 1 kilograms whole chicken, cut into pieces

Yakitori Don might be just the Japanese recipe you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 500 calories, 35g of protein, and 32g of fat. If you have soy sauce, sake, garlic, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the fresh ginger root you could follow this main course with the Flourless almond ginger cookies as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 40 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet.

Instructions

Rinse chicken, and pat dry. In a glass baking dish or bowl, stir together the ginger, garlic, sugar, soy sauce, sake and mirin.

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Whole Chicken

Garlic

Ginger

Mirin

Sugar

Sake

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Place the chicken into the mixture to marinate. Refrigerate, covered for several hours, or overnight.

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Whole Chicken

Heat oil in a large heavy skillet over medium-high heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Place chicken pieces into the pan skin-side down, reserving marinade. Cook until light brown, then flip and brown the other side.

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Chicken Pieces

Marinade

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Frying Pan

Drain off grease, and pour the marinade into the pan.

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Marinade

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Frying Pan

Cover, and reduce heat to low, and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes.

Remove the lid and continue cooking, shaking the skillet occasionally, until marinade is reduced to a nice thick sauce and chicken pieces are fully cooked.

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Chicken Pieces

Marinade

Sauce