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Four-Ingredient Chicken Yakitori

2
Points® value
Total Time
50 min
Prep
10 min
Cook
10 min
Serves
4
Difficulty
Easy
When you skewer chicken breast cubes with scallions and slather them in a salty, slightly sweet sauce, some real magic happens. As the skewers grill, the sauce caramelizes and chars in the most delicious way. For the most robust smoky flavour, get outside and cook on an outdoor grill. You can also cook these inside on a grill pan for a lighter hint of smoke and char. We use short 6-inch skewers here, but you can use fewer long skewers if that’s what you have (if using a grill pan, just make sure they’ll fit in the pan).

Ingredients

Cooking spray

5 spray(s)

Reduced sodium teriyaki sauce

⅓ cup(s)

Dark sesame oil

1 tbsp(s)

Uncooked boneless skinless chicken breast

1 pound(s), cut into 24 (1 1⁄2- to 2-inch) pieces

Uncooked scallions

8 medium, white and light-green parts only, plus more for garnish (optional)

Instructions

  1. In medium bowl, whisk teriyaki sauce and sesame oil. Add chicken and toss to coat. Marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes.
  2. Off heat, coat grill rack or grill pan with nonstick spray. Preheat gas grill or grill pan to medium-high, or prepare medium-high fire in charcoal grill.
  3. Remove chicken from marinade and pour marinade into small saucepan. Bring to boil and cook marinade until syrupy, 2 to 3 minutes. Cut white and light-green parts from each scallion into 2 pieces, each about 1 1⁄2 to 2 inches long. Using 8 (6-inch) skewers, alternately thread 3 chicken pieces and 2 scallion pieces on each skewer.
  4. Coat skewers with nonstick spray. Grill skewers until chicken is lightly charred and cooked through and instant-read thermometer inserted into centers registers 165°F, 3 to 4 minutes per side. (If grilling more scallions for garnish, coat scallions with nonstick spray and grill for about 1 minute per side.) Brush skewers with reduced marinade and garnish with more scallions (if using).
  5. Serving size: 2 skewers

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