Yakitori skewers with seasonal salad

Serves: 8
Time to make: 35 mins , excludes making salad

Total cost: $ 22.08 / $ 2.76 per serve

(at time of publication)

Ingredients

24 wooden skewers, soaked in water for 20 minutes

Soy chicken skewers

Sauce
2 tablespoons reduced-salt soy sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugarlight brown cane sugarX
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 flourall purpose flourX
pinch of salt, to season
white pepper, to season

Corn skewers

2 corn sweetcornXcobs, 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

Seasonal salad with sesame seed dressing

Instructions

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).

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Kilojoules 1390kJ

Calories 333cal

Protein 19g

Total fat 17g

–Saturated fat 2g

Carbohydrates 20g

–Sugars 13g

Dietary fibre 9g

Sodium 690mg

Calcium 140mg

Iron 2.5mg

Note: Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. For a guide to purchasing healthier packaged goods and general grocery items see here.