Yakitori chicken

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chicken and rice skewers on a plate with chopsticks

Yakitori has grown in popularity in Japan and world wide over the last 60+ years. This recipe for Yakitori is a delicious easy to make chicken skewer that when grilled over charcoal gives some authenticity to the flavor. Street vendors and restaurants in Japan use a charcoal called Binchotan which burns at a very high temperature almost 1000° and doesn’t produce much flame. The word Yakitori comes from combining two Japanese words – yaki meaning grill and tori meaning bird. #yakitori

several skewers of meat and vegetables cooking on a grill

Yakitori is Japanese skewered chicken, cooked on a charcoal grill with either sweet soy sauce or just salt. You DO NOT marinate the chicken before cooking through. Yakitori is great for entertaining a big crowd as it is a kind of finger food. It is quite easy to make. (Watch the Video)In this recipe, I am sharing the two most common yakitori - negima (chicken and shallots/scallions yakitori) and momo (plain chicken thigh yakitori) with sweet soy sauce. I also included onion rings on skewers…

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