Name: Yakitori Don
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 130 g Boneless chicken thigh; 1/5 Japanese leek (Negi); 1 Shiitake mushroom; 1/2 Sweet green pepper; 1/2 tbsp Vegetable oil; to taste Salt and pepper; 200g Cooked rice; 1/4 Toasted nori seaweed; to taste Shichimi seven-spice chili mix; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 2 tsps mirin sweet cooking sake; 1 tsp sugar; 2 tsps sake

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Yakitori Don / Grilled Chicken Rice Bowl

by The Food Studio

Tips!

Do you folks like yakitori sauce? Almost all the Japanese love its irresistible aroma, which comes from cooking soy sauce and sugar. The sauce goes very well with various kinds of meats, so it’s a good idea to make a big batch. You can store it in the fridge for over a mont

Yakitori Don / Grilled Chicken Rice Bowl

Yakitori is a Japanese dish in which bite-sized pieces of chicken are skewered and grilled. This recipe allows you to make yakitori using a frying pan, so you can easily make it at home. Chicken and vegetables grilled in salty-sweet sauce pair well with rice. You're sure to love this combination!

Cooking time

20 min

Total Calories

699 Kcal

Ingredients

by The Food Studio

Tips!

Ingredient

Boneless chicken thigh

130 g

Japanese leek (Negi)

1/5

Shiitake mushroom

Sweet green pepper

1/2

Vegetable oil

1/2 tbsp

Salt and pepper

to taste

Cooked rice

200g

Toasted nori seaweed

1/4

Shichimi seven-spice chili mix

to taste

soy sauce

1 tbsp

mirin sweet cooking sake

2 tsps

sugar

1 tsp

sake

2 tsps

Nutrition

Calories

･･･ 699 Calories

Sodium

･･･ 1400 mg

Fat

･･･ 21 g

Protein

･･･ 25.2 g

Carbonhydrates

･･･ 94.2 g

Fiber

･･･ 6.1 g

Cholesterol

･･･ 90 mg

STEP 1

Cut the chicken thigh into bite-sized pieces. Cut the baby leek into 3cm-long pieces. Chop off the stem of the shiitake mushroom and cut it in half. Remove the stalk and seeds of the sweet green pepper, and then cut into 3 lengthwise pieces.

STEP 2

Mix the ingredients of A (yakitori sauce) in a bowl and marinate the chicken in it for 5 mins.

STEP 3

Heat half the vegetable oil in a frying pan, add the vegetables, and fry over medium heat. Sprinkle a pinch of salt and pepper, take the vegetables out from the pan, and set aside.

STEP 4

Add the remaining oil to the frying pan and heat. Drain the chicken to remove excess marinade and fry over medium heat.

STEP 5

Once the chicken browns, add the remaining yakitori sauce. Coat the chicken with the sauce thoroughly.

STEP 6

Put rice in a bowl. Scatter shredded nori seaweed over the rice and then place the chicken and vegetables on top.

STEP 7

Sprinkle shichimi seven-favor chili pepper as needed.

Try white or brown mushroom instead of shiitake.
Japanese leek (Negi) can be replaced with onion.