Thursday, September 2, 2010

Asian-style Spicy Yakitori and Hijiki Onigiri Picnic Dinner


Last Sunday, we went to see Chemical Brothers at Hollywood Bowl!


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This time, I made everything which can be eaten by hand. The main dish was oven-roasted Asian-style Spicy Yakitori (skewered chicken). It came out so juicy and nice!

Here's the recipe.

Asian-style Spicy Yakitori

Ingredients:
(for 10-12 yakitori skewers)

1/4 small onion
2 cloves garlic
1 small knob ginger
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon nam pla
1 tablespooon brown rice vinegar
2 teaspoons tobanjiang (Chinese hot bean paste)
2 teaspoons raw brown sugar
1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine
1/2 tablespoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon Szechwan pepper corn
1/4 cup cilantro

2 pounds boneless chicken thighs, cut into cubes

Procedure:
1. Put all the ingredients except for the chicken in the food processor and puree into sauce.
2. Marinade the chicken in the sauce for 2-3 hours.
3. Skewer the marinated chicken and bake in the 400F oven for 12-13 minutes.
4. Finish under the broiler for 3-5 minutes or until the surface is nice brown and chicken is cooked through.
5. Serve with some sprinkles of sansho pepper and ichimi pepper (optional).


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Our picnic food...yakitori, onigiri (rice balls), salt-roasted donabe fingerling potatoes (click here for the recipe), and edamame.


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Onigiri was hijiki seaweed and sesame seeds. The rice was so fluffy and tasty even after 3 hours because it was cooked with the double-lid donabe rice cooker, "Kamado-san"!

Happy donabe life.