Japanese Grilled Chicken Recipe: Yakitori Wings with Ultimate Tare Sauce

sake

🥗Healthier: rice vinegar

💰Cheaper: white wine

Rice vinegar provides acidity without alcohol.

mirin

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: sugar syrup

Honey adds sweetness with fewer calories.

Prepare the T sauce by mixing sake and mirin in a pot over medium heat until bubbling for about 10 minutes.

Add sugar to the mixture and dissolve it well, keeping the heat at medium to low.

Add chicken scraps and green onions to the pot and let it bubble for 30 to 40 minutes until the liquid deepens in color.

Add soy sauce to the pot and let it simmer for 45 minutes to an hour until it becomes a deep glossy sauce.

Soak bamboo skewers in water for 30 minutes to prevent burning.

Skewer chicken wings and 2-inch pieces of green onion alternately on soaked skewers.

Preheat the grill using lump charcoal until the coals are white and glowing.

Place skewers on the grill skin side down and flip every 1 to 2 minutes for even cooking.

Dip skewers in T sauce and return to the grill, adjusting the heat as necessary.

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