Chicken and Cheese Yakitori Skewers

Name: Chicken and Cheese Yakitori Skewers
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Cheese; Chicken; Poultry Stock; Soy Sauce; Sugar; Mirin

Learn this classic Japanese recipe for chicken and cheese yakitori skewers: it's an easy and delicious way to start a very exotic dinner.

30 August, 2018

serves for

total time

0 HR 25 MIN

ingredients

Cheese

400 g, e. g. Gouda, cut into 12 strips

Chicken

400 g, breast fillet, or beef fillet, cut into 12 slices and flattened

Poultry stock

80 ml

Soy sauce

120 ml

Sugar

1 1/2 tbsp, brown

Mirin

1 - 2 tsp

Preparation

How to make delicious beef and cheese yakitori skewers

Soak 12 bamboo skewers in water for a few minutes.
Spear a piece of cheese on each skewer and wrap with a slice of chicken.
Fix in place with cocktail sticks.
Bring the stock, soy sauce and sugar to the boil and simmer until reduced by half.
Season to taste with mirin.
Brush the meat with the sauce and grill on a hot barbecue for around 5 minutes, brushing from time to time with the sauce.
Serve with a seasoning mix of your choice.