Chicken Yakitori Bowls recipe is a sponsored collaboration with Mizkan and the Forward Influence Network. However, all thoughts and opinions are my own.
Our family loves making our own takeout foods at home. We started years ago experimenting with our favorite Asian, Chinese, and Japanese meals because our favorite restaurant was going out of business. Little did we know that we would fall in love with making delicious takeout dishes like this recipe for Chicken Yakitori Bowls.
What makes these bowls so delectable is the sauce that the chicken is cooked in. It features Mizkan Natural Rice Vinegar and Mizkan Mirin –both of these are the sauces I use to easily create authentic tasting Japanese foods and flavors at home.
How to Make Chicken Yakitori Bowls
These bowls are simple and easy to make and literally take about 20 minutes from start to finish. If you know anything at all about me, then you know that fast, easy, and delicious are my go-to when I am making food for my family.
So – let’s get started with making Chicken Yakitori Bowls – a very simple and easy Japanese dish that will have your family raving about the flavor!
The Mizkan Natural Rice Vinegar and Mizkan Mirin ingredients really punch up the flavor in just about anything I am making (I even use Mizkan Mirin in my very popular Eel Sauce recipe).
Mizkan is the #1 Rice Vinegar and Ponzu brand in Japan, which has only recently been launched in the US (INTAGE SRI. Rice Vinegar Accumulated Sale Revenue 2014 – 2018).
The Mizkan Natural Rice Vinegar is great for things like sushi, marinades, salad dressings, or like this delicious Chicken Yakitori sauce that you are going to flip over.
I even use Mizkan Natural Rice Vinegar a lot when I am making my own Teriyaki sauce – and I make an amazing Crunchy Slaw Salad that pops because of the rice vinegar flavor.
The Mizkan Mirin has a trio of flavors all blended into one – sweet, sour, and bitter – making it a great sauce for things like braising meats and vegetables, making Teriyaki sauce, adding to miso or ramen soup, and more.
Seriously – these sauces are top notch and are a staple in my kitchen all the time. If I start to run low, I make sure to stock back up because I am forever making takeout at our house. They help me bring an authentic Japanese flavor to my table and I love that they are so easily accessible at the store.
Go to http://bit.ly/WhereToBuy_Mizkan to find where to buy any of Mizkan vinegar and sauces.
How to Make Yakitori Sauce
For this recipe you will need the following ingredients —
- 2/3 cup of soy sauce
- 1/2 cup of water
- 2 tbsp Mizkan Mirin
- 2 tbsp of Mizkan Rice Vinegar
- 2/3 cup of brown sugar
- 1 tsp ginger, minced
- 1 tsp garlic, minced
- 5 tsp of cornstarch
- 1lb chicken thighs, cubed (thighs taste better than breast in this recipe)
- 2 tsp of vegetable oil
- salt
- pepper
- rice, for serving
- green onion and toasted sesame seeds for serving
Dice up your boneless, skinless chicken thighs and season with salt and pepper.
In a skillet on medium-high heat, add in your vegetable oil and throw the cubed chicken thighs in and let them cook until they are almost completely cooked all the way through.
While the chicken is cooking, in another saucepan, add all the ingredients through the cornstarch and mix together. Cook over medium heat until the sauce begins to thicken. Then remove from heat and set aside.
This recipe makes a double batch of sauce for the simple reason that you will want to drizzle more sauce over your chicken and rice because it is that good.
Once your sauce is done, pour half into the skillet with the chicken and put it back over medium-high heat to let the sauce cook and caramelize over the chicken. This should take about 2-3 minutes.
Once it is done, place your rice in a bowl and top with the chicken.
Now, if you want to, simply drizzle on more of that sauce. If you have any left, store it in the fridge. It will last about a week. Use if for other dishes with ground beef, ground pork, or just over rice. It is finger-licking good!
Chicken Yakitori Bowls
These Chicken Yakitori bowls are simple and easy to make and are full of delicious Japanese flavor!
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup of soy sauce
- 1/2 cup of water
- 2 tbsp Mizkan Mirin
- 2 tbsp of Mizkan Rice Vinegar
- 2/3 cup of brown sugar
- 1 tsp ginger, minced
- 1 tsp garlic, minced
- 5 tsp of cornstarch
- 1lb chicken thighs, cubed (thighs taste better than breast in this recipe)
- 2 tsp of vegetable oil
- salt
- pepper
- rice, for serving
- green onion, lime, and toasted sesame seeds for serving
Instructions
- In a medium pot, whisk together soy sauce, mirin, rice vinegar, water, sugar, ginger, garlic, and cornstarch.
- Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring constantly until the sauce is slightly thickened and then set aside.
- Cube chicken into about 1” pieces and season with salt and pepper.
- In a skillet, add in the vegetable oil and cook chicken until cooked almost through – about 5-8 minutes.
- Add into the skillet half the sauce and continue cooking until the chicken has finished cooking through and the sauce has coated the chicken.
- Serve over rice and then top with chopped green onions, a squeeze of fresh lime juice and toasted sesame seeds.
- Drizzle on more sauce if you want as well.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 356 Total Fat: 14g Saturated Fat: 4g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 11g Cholesterol: 97mg Sodium: 1801mg Carbohydrates: 36g Net Carbohydrates: 0g Fiber: 2g Sugar: 22g Sugar Alcohols: 0g Protein: 22g
Go to http://bit.ly/WhereToBuy_Mizkan to find where to buy any of Mizkan vinegar and sauces.
