Recipe & Video: Yakitori Skewers – Shiso Plum Flavored Chicken

This recipe is great addition for your summer BBQ. Shiso and plum give you refreshing tastes for sure!

Ingredients

• 1 lb Chicken Breast Tender
• 10 Shiso Leaves

Plum Sauce

• 2-3 Japanese Pickled Plum
• 2 Tbsp Mirin *1
• 2 Tbsp Soy Sauce (Preferably Koikuchi) *2

Instructions

1. Take seeds out from Japanese picked plums, and mince them with knife.
2. In a small bowl, mix Mirin, Soy Sauce, and minced Japanese pickled plum to make plum sauce.
3. Cut the chicken breast tenders lengthwise into 4-5 inches slices, about 1 inch thick.
4. Put chicken onto skewers, brush plum sauce thoroughly. Wrap the skewer with shiso leaf and cook on grill (low heat) for about 8 minutes.

Recipe Notes

*1 Mirin can be substituted with Sake and Sugar, 4:1 ratio

*2 Learn the difference between "koikuchi (dark)" and "usukuchi (light)" soy sauces.