Grilled Turkey Meatball Tukune Yakitori

Submitted by Yorie

"Yakitori are grilled,skewered chicken pieces. It's very popular in Japan.They have a lot of part of chicken menu like zizzards,skin,heart,liver,butt,thigh,bread,etc.. We love having it with beer after work that great satisfies time. I tried make it turkey ground meat,that's awesome."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• tukune meatballs

• 1 lb ground turkey
• 1⁄2 cup panko breadcrumbs (japanese-style breadcrumbs)
• 1⁄3 cup chopped green onion
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon grated ginger
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 tablespoon black pepper

• yakitori barbecue sauce

• 1⁄3 cup sake
• 1⁄3 cup mirin
• 1⁄3 cup soy sauce
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch

directions

1. Put the all ingredients for TUKUNE MEATBALLS into a large bowl and mix well by hand until it becomes stickey.
2. Form into 1 inch meatballs.
3. In a large pan of boiling water,soft drop half of meatballs one by one.Simmer 8 to 10 minutes or until cooked through.
4. Removed with slotted spoon.Porch remaining meatballs the same way.
5. Tread 3 meatballs onto each skewer.
6. In a saucepan,combine sake mirin,soysouce,sugar, to boiling and then thicken it with starch.
7. Over charcoal,grill several skewers,turning frequently about 5 min or lightly blowned.
8. Brush with 1tbs sauce for each skewer.
9. after boil meatballs water can make really tasty soup.