Tsukune (japanese meatballs

• Meat

  • 50 g Chicken
  • 450 g Chicken breast mince

• Produce

  • 1 tsp Ginger
  • 1 tbsp Onion

• Refrigerated

  • 1 Egg, large

• Condiments

  • 40 ml Mirin
  • 1 tsp Soy sauce, light
  • 40 ml Soy sauce

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 1/2 tbsp Cornflour
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 tbsp Sugar

• Beer, Wine & Liquor

  • 1 1/2 tbsp Sake

Found on japan.recipetineats.com

Description

Ingredients

• 450g (15.9oz) chicken breast mince (ground) (note 1)
• 50g (1.8oz) chicken fat finely minced (note 1)
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 egg (large)
• 1 tbsp grated onion
• 1 tsp grated ginger (juice only)
• 1 tsp light soy sauce
• 1½ tbsp cornflour
• 1½ tbsp sake
• 40ml (1.4oz) soy sauce (normal Japanese soy sauce)
• 40ml (1.4oz) mirin
• ½ tbsp sugar

Directions

• Add sauce ingredients to a pot and bring to the boil. Turn down the heat to medium or medium low and simmer for about 4-5 minutes to reduce the quantity by about a third (note 2).
• Add chicken, chicken fat and salt in a bowl and mix well until the chicken mince becomes sticky.
• Add the remaining ingredients, except 1 tablespoon of sake, to the bowl and mix well.
• Add the remaining sake to the bowl gradually while mixing. The mixture is quite soft but do not add all of the sake specified if the mixture is too soft to grab by hand and form a ball.
• Boil water in a pot. Coat a cutlery spoon with oil (not in ingredients).
• Grab chicken mince with the left hand (I am a right hander) and squeeze out mince through the thumb and the index finger. The mince will come out forming a round shape (note 3).
• Take it with the spoon and drop it into the pot. Repeat this for the rest of the mince.
• Boil meatballs for 5-7 minutes until cooked through (note 4). Take the meatballs out and put aside. I cooked them in two batches.
• Heat griller, griddle or BBQ (note 6). Oil the rack/grill where you place the meatballs.
• Thread 3 tsukune onto flat skewers.
• Baste tsukune with the sauce using a brush and cook under the griller or on the griddle/BBQ for 1-2 minutes until the meatballs are slightly burnt.
• Turn over the skewers and cook further 1-2 minutes. Then baste with the sauce, cook 30 seconds on both sides.
• Serve immediately.