Japanese Chicken Meatballs Recipe

mirin

🥗Healthier: rice vinegar + sugar

💰Cheaper: white wine + sugar

Rice vinegar + sugar mimics the sweetness of mirin.

sake

🥗Healthier: dry white wine

💰Cheaper: cooking sake

Dry white wine can substitute for sake in flavor.

ground chicken

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey is leaner, while ground pork is often cheaper.

yakitori sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade teriyaki sauce

💰Cheaper: soy sauce + sugar

Homemade options can be healthier and cheaper.

Simmer soy sauce, sake, brown sugar, and mirin together.

Whisk the egg and mix it with ground chicken, chopped green onions, minced garlic, panko bread crumbs, and white miso paste.

Form the mixture into logs, refrigerate, then skewer.

Cook over medium heat for about 12 minutes.

Brush the Japanese chicken meatballs with the soy mixture.

Cooking Techniques

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