GRILLED AND FRIED CHICKEN TERIYAKI

Here's Idol sa Kusina Recipe for Episode 62 / Sept. 16 - GRILLED AND FRIED CHICKEN TERIYAKI

GRILLED AND FRIED CHICKEN TERIYAKI

Ingredients:

• 1kg. chicken breasts (cut into chunks)
• salt and pepper to taste
• ½ cup cornstarch
• 500 g. onion leeks, white part only (cut into 1 inch long)
• ½ cup teriyaki sauce
• Oil for deep frying
• 1kg. chicken thigh, deboned
• salt and pepper to taste
• ¼ cup sesame seeds
• ½ cup teriyaki sauce
• 2 tbsp. spring onions for garnish

Procedure:

• 1. Season the chicken breasts with salt and pepper and dredge in cornstarch. Thread on bamboo skewers alternating chicken breasts and leeks, 3 pieces each stick, and set aside.
• 2. Season chicken thigh with salt and pepper, and set aside.
• 3. Deep fry chicken skewers until cooked. Drizzle or brush with teriyaki sauce.
• 4. Pan grill chicken thigh until done; brush with teriyaki sauce while grilling.
• 5. Place on plate the fried and grilled chicken and garnish with sesame seeds and spring onions.

For Teriyaki Sauce:

• 1 cup. Japanese soy sauce
• 1 cup mirin
• 1 cup sake
• 30 g. slurry corn starch
• 50 g. sugar
• 1 tbsp. hondashi (dashi bonito)
• 1 cup chicken stock

Procedure:

1. Combine into sauce pot all ingredients except slurry cornstarch. allow to boil then add slurry corn starch to thicken.