Recipe and source notes

Chicken Meatballs Yakitori

18 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup white wine
  • 5 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup low sodium chicken broth
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 pound ground chicken
  • 2 teaspoons grated ginger
  • 2 tablespoons chopped scallion

Make it step by step

  1. Heat broiler. Combine wine, 4 tablespoons soy sauce, the broth, and sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook until reduced to 1/2 cup. Mince garlic. Grate 1/2 teaspoon of the yellow zest from the lemon. Combine garlic, zest, chicken, ginger, scallion, and 1 tablespoon soy sauce. Shape into 16 balls. Dip each ball into the sauce. String them onto skewers and put on a rack in a broiler pan. Broil until brown, about 4 minutes per side.
  2. Meanwhile, bring remaining sauce back to a boil. Serve skewers over rice. Pour sauce over the meatballs. Work time, 25 minutes.

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Adapted from Foodista by Anonymous, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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