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Yakitori skewers with seasonal salad

  • Time to make: 35 mins, excludes making salad
  • Serving: 8 people
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 24 wooden skewers, soaked in water for 20 minutes
  • Soy chicken skewers
    • Sauce
    • 2 tablespoons reduced-salt soy sauce
    • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
    • chilli flakes, optional
    • 200g chicken mince
    • 2 cloves garlic
    • 2 dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked in hot water and chopped
    • 2 teaspoons reduced-salt soy sauce
    • 1 spring onion, chopped
    • 1 tablespoon plain flour
    • pinch of salt, to season
    • white pepper, to season
  • Corn skewers
    • 2 corn cobs, boiled and each cut widthways into 4 pieces
    • 1 tablespoon reduced-fat spread
    • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • Chicken thigh and spring onion skewers
    • 200g chicken thigh meat, cut in 2-3cm lengths
    • 4 spring onions, white part only, cut in 2-3cm lengths
    • white pepper, to season
    • pinch of sea salt flakes, to season
  • To serve
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    Soy chicken skewers

    1 Preheat chargrill pan or barbecue to high. Mix together sauce ingredients and set aside.

    2 Mix together chicken mince, garlic, mushrooms, soy sauce, spring onion, flour, salt and white pepper. Divide mixture into 8 portions and shape each one around a skewer.

    3 Lay foil on top of a chargrill or barbecue and leave mince skewers on top to cook for 5 minutes or until cooked through. Turn skewers occasionally and brush with sauce while cooking.

    Corn skewers

    1 Preheat chargrill pan or barbecue to high. Thread corn onto 8 skewers and chargrill or barbecue for a couple of minutes until lightly charred.

    2 Butter with spread and brush with soy sauce. Cook for 1 more minute before serving.

    Chicken thigh and spring onion skewers

    1 Preheat chargrill pan or barbecue to high. Thread alternating chicken and spring onion onto 8 skewers (2 pieces of chicken and 2 pieces of spring onion per skewer).

    2 Chargrill or barbecue for couple of minutes or until cooked through, turning occasionally. Season with white pepper and sea salt flakes. 

    To serve

    1 Serve 3 skewers (1 of each) per person, with a serving of seasonal salad (you'll need to make double the quantity).

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Check soy sauce is gluten free and use gluten-free flour. Check mayonnaise, soy sauce and dashi in salad are gluten free.

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