Yakitori glaze

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
Stephen Ceideburg
½cupSake
¼cupMirin (sweet rice wine)
¾cupJapanese soy sauce
¼cupSugar
1ounceTamari
1teaspoonGrated fresh ginger

Directions

Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook until reduced by a quarter. Cool. Store in the refrigerator.

Makes about 1¾ cups.

To use: Dip thinly sliced meat, chicken cubes, shrimp or fish filets in the glaze, then grill. May also be brushed on food as it cooks.

From an article by Heidi Haughy Cusik, The San Francisco Chronicle, 7/1/92.