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Festive Finger Food - Yakitori Chicken Skewers

Our finger food is perfect for adding the wow-factor to your festive celebrations! Your guests won't be able to keep their hands off these. Makes 6 pieces to serve as a starter for 2 people or canapés for 6 people (double if bought as part of a box for 4). (Dairy-free: see our FAQs for details).

25 mins
373kcal
Japanese
Festive Finger Food - Yakitori Chicken Skewers
4.0

Ingredients for 2 people

5g black sesame seeds
5g black sesame seeds
1 toasted sesame oil sachet (15ml)
1 toasted sesame oil sachet (15ml)
30ml soy sauce
30ml soy sauce
5g toasted sesame seeds
5g toasted sesame seeds
30ml mirin
30ml mirin
30ml rice vinegar
30ml rice vinegar
25g honey
25g honey
1 large British chicken breast fillet
1 large British chicken breast fillet
2 spring onions
2 spring onions
2 garlic cloves
2 garlic cloves
6 skewers
6 skewers
15g fresh root ginger
15g fresh root ginger

You'll also need

(or dietary alternatives)

Cooking instructions

Instructions for 2 portion recipe.

1.

Preheat the oven to 220°C/ 200°C (fan)/ 425°F/ Gas 7

Soak your skewers in cold water (this prevents them from burning whilst cooking)

 

Step 1
2.

Peel (scrape the skin off with a teaspoon) and grate the ginger 

Peel and grate the garlic

Step 2
3.

Add the toasted sesame oilmirin, soy sauce, rice vinegar, grated ginger, grated garlic and honey to a bowl – this is your yakitori sauce

 

Step 3
4.

Cut the chicken breast[s] into bite-sized pieces

Add the chopped chicken to a separate bowl with 3/4 of the yakitori sauce (save the rest for dipping later) stir well – this is your marinated chicken

Step 4
5.

Thread the marinated chicken equally across the soaked skewers and add them to a baking tray

Tip: use baking paper to avoid mess!

Step 5
6.

Pour any remaining chicken marinade over the skewers

Put the tray in the oven for 12-15 min or until the sauce has caramelised and the chicken is cooked through (no pink meat!)

Step 6
7.

Meanwhile, trim, then finely slice the spring onions

Step 7
8.

Serve the chicken yakitori skewers and garnish with the sliced spring onionblack sesame seeds and toasted sesame seeds, with the dipping sauce to the side

Enjoy!

Nutritional information

Nutritional information only applies to ingredients supplied by Gousto.

per serving
373kcal
Energy
12.3g
Fat
22.6g
Carbohydrate
1g
Fibre
39.3g
Protein
2.3g
Salt

The cooking process and additional ingredients added at home (listed under “You'll also need”) will affect total values.

Allergens

Allergens highlighted by (gluten, sesame, soya).

In addition to the recipe specific allergen information provided, due to production and packing methods Gousto boxes may also contain low levels of the following allergens: Cereals containing gluten; Crustaceans; Eggs; Fish; Peanuts; Soya; Milk; Nuts: almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pecan nuts, brazil nuts, pistachio nuts, macadamia nuts; Celery; Sesame; Sulphur dioxide and Sulphites; Lupin; Molluscs; Mustard.

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