Yuan-Style Grilled Chicken (Grilled Chicken Using Yuan-Sauce, a Soy-Sauce-Based Seasoning Flavored With Citrus Fruits)
Cooking Time：15 minutes (excluding time for soaking the chicken) Calories：316kcal
- Helpful One-Point Tip：
Glaze the chicken with the Yuan-sauce while grilling the chicken to make the surface golden-brown & shiny.
Ingredients (4 servings)：
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- 2 pieces Chicken Thigh
- 1 Yuzu Citrus Fruit
- Saga soy sauce, Sake, Sweet sake, each 4 tablespoons (60ml)
- 4 tablespoons (about 35g) Sugar
- 4 Fresh Shiitake Mushrooms
- 8 Shishito Peppers
[Yuan-Sauce (Yuan-Dare)]
Cooking Procedures：
1
Prepare the Yuan-sauce (Yuan-dare)：
Blend the soy sauce, sake, sweet sake and sugar in a bowl. Slice the yuzu citrus into several slices and remove the seeds. Then, put the slices into the blended sauce.
Blend the soy sauce, sake, sweet sake and sugar in a bowl. Slice the yuzu citrus into several slices and remove the seeds. Then, put the slices into the blended sauce.
2
Prepare the chicken：
Pierce the chicken thigh several times with a fork on a cutting board to make it absorb the sauce very well.
Pierce the chicken thigh several times with a fork on a cutting board to make it absorb the sauce very well.
3
Soak the chicken in the Yuan-sauce：
Pour the Yuan-sauce along with the yuzu citrus slices over the chicken. Leave it for 2 to 3 hours.
Pour the Yuan-sauce along with the yuzu citrus slices over the chicken. Leave it for 2 to 3 hours.
4
Grill the chicken on a wire mesh：
Remove the excess liquid from the chicken, and grill the chicken using a wire mesh placed on a gas stove. After the surface gets slightly burned, brush the Yuan-sauce on the chicken. Grill the both sides well while brushing the sauce. Then, place the chicken on the cutting board and cut it into several pieces. Arrange them onto a plate. As for the fresh shiitake mushrooms and shishito peppers, sprinkle on a pinch of salt and grill them until they get slightly burned. Garnish the chicken with these vegetables.
Remove the excess liquid from the chicken, and grill the chicken using a wire mesh placed on a gas stove. After the surface gets slightly burned, brush the Yuan-sauce on the chicken. Grill the both sides well while brushing the sauce. Then, place the chicken on the cutting board and cut it into several pieces. Arrange them onto a plate. As for the fresh shiitake mushrooms and shishito peppers, sprinkle on a pinch of salt and grill them until they get slightly burned. Garnish the chicken with these vegetables.
The Key Item in this recipe：
SAGA Soy Sauce
