Tsukune (Chicken Meatballs) |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 4 Minutes |
Ready In: 24 Minutes Servings: 2 |
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I found this on Bon Appetit and it is different than either of the ones, currently, on this site. I like this one and it is easy. Ingredients:
2 lbs ground chicken, preferably dark meat, divided |
1 cup scallion, minced |
2 tablespoons red miso (fermented soybean paste) |
2 tablespoons sesame oil (not toasted) or 2 tablespoons canola oil, plus more for hands |
32 skewers, 4 inch and water soaked |
Directions:
1. First you want Tare, a soy based basting sauce, Japanese Tsume and Tare - Nitsume or Thick, Sweet Eel Sauce or Japanese Spicy Sauce - Chuka Tare will do nicely.
2. Heat a small nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add 2/3 lb. ground chicken and cook, stirring frequently, until chicken is opaque and just cooked through, about 2 minutes.
3. Transfer chicken to a plate and let cool.
4. Combine cooked chicken, remaining 1 1/3 lb. chicken, scallions, miso, and 2 tablespoons oil in a large bowl.
5. Knead with your hands until a homogenized, sticky mixture forms, about 5 minutes.
6. Clean hands; lightly coat with oil to prevent meat mixture from sticking. Divide mixture into 16 equal portions. Roll each into a ball, then form each ball into a 4 -long cylinder onto 2 skewers (hold 2 skewers, separating 1 apart at top to form a V shape).
7. Press meat gently to flatten slightly.
8. Repeat with remaining skewers and meat.
9. Over a medium-hot fire in a charcoal grill, gas grill on high. Arrange bricks for yakitori grill.
10. Working in batches, grill skewers, turning every minute, for 4 minutes. Brush with tare and continue cooking, turning once, for 2 minutes. Brush again with tare and grill, turning once, until cooked through, about 2 minutes longer.
11. Serve immediately.
12. They can be eaten right off the sticks or slid off the stick into a piece of lettuce.
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