Home Made Teriyaki Chicken - Yakitori 焼き鳥 Style

We bought some chicken thighs the other day and decided to make them one evening. Usually we just fried them with some spices, and eat them Shawarma style, but I felt a little tired of the same flavors, so I decided to try some home made teriyaki chicken, yakitori 焼き鳥 style.

Tare (Teriyaki Sauce) Ingredients:

• 1 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 cup mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine)
• 2 tbsps sugar (a lot of sugar, I know)
• 1 tsp ginger powder
• 1 tsp garlic powder

Other Ingrdients:

• 2 lbs de-boned chicken thighs (keep the skin)
• 10 ish bamboo skewers

Directions:

1. Boil the tare ingredients in a sauce pan using medium heat until it thickens and reduces to approximately half to 2/3 its original volume
2. Skewer the chicken thighs (make sure you fold the chicken thighs if they are too big)
3. Fry the chicken thighs directly in a pan on high heat for 3-4 minutes with a lid on, then turn the thighs to the other side and continue frying for another 5-6 minutes (it helps to soak the bamboo skewers in water first, so it doesn't burn)
4. Brush the tare on the chicken, and turn it over and brush the other side as well while the first side is frying. Fry for only about a minute, then turn the chicken over for the last time, and fry for another minute or so