Recipe and source notes

Grilled Ginger Miso Chicken

4 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons light soy sauce (usukuchi shoyu)
  • 2 tablespoons sake
  • 2 tablespoons mirin
  • 2 tablespoons light miso
  • 2 sliced green onions
  • 1 teaspoon minced ginger root
  • 1 garlic clove minced
  • 8 boned chicken thighs skin intact
  • 1 tablespoon five-spice powder (optional)

Make it step by step

  1. Blend soy sauce, sake, mirin, miso, green onions, ginger root and garlic in a rectangular baking dish. Coat chicken with mixture. Marinate 1 hour or refrigerate overnight, turning several times.
  2. Preheat a hibachi, portable tabletop grill or charcoal grill. Shake marinade off chicken; pat dry. Place skin-down on hot grill. Grill 4 to 5 minutes. Turn chicken; grill second side 4 to 5 minutes or until golden brown and done inside. When chicken is done, sprinkle with sesame seeds and spice mixture.
  3. This recipe yields 4 servings.

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

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