School Again.

January 4th came way too soon.

School started for me this morning - bright and early at 7:30am. Definitely did not want to wake up this morning. Today was just an orientation day for the first quarters, so all of us second quarters had to make the food. I was a little slow today, def not back into the swing of things - but A LOT better than some. =] I made Chicken Yakitori today, which is traditionally any part of the chicken grilled on a stick. I believe Andrew Zimmern did a show on Japan or China where they put the feet and brains on a stick with the sauce - NO thanks. Mine was just chicken breasts though, don't worry! Very good, and very easy!

Chicken Yakitori
Yield: 8 Servings

Soy Sauce 8 oz.
Sake 8 oz.
Granulated sugar 2 oz.
Chicken Breasts 2 lbs. (I served 1 breast per person, so for this recipe you would need 8)
Cornstarch 1 tbsp.
Sesame Seeds 1 tbsp. (toast them for more flavor)

Combine the soy sauce, sake, and granulated sugar in a bowl. Reserve 8 oz of the mixture in a separate container.

Brush the chicken breasts with the reserved 8 oz. of soy sauce mixture, and grill until done - 165 degrees or above. (I also marinated them before hand in half of the liquid for more flavor.) Should have good grill marks without being burned on the outside. You can also spray some foil with vegetable pan coating and set it on the grill to cook the chicken on, so they won't burn the outside after they've been marked.

To make the sauce, mix 2 oz. of the remaining soy sauce mixture in the cornstarch to make a cornstarch slurry. Heat the remainder of the soy sauce mixture in a small saucepan over medium heat - bring it to a boil. Add the cornstarch slurry, and bring back to a boil, stirring constantly. It will thicken up pretty quickly. Serve warm with the chicken, and cooked white rice.

I sold out within the first hour of opening, so I guess it was good? Tomorrow I'm doing some sort of breaded and fried cod. Have to do some brainstorming tonight - but I was thinking of serving it with a Citrus Vanilla sauce. We shall see what the chef's think. =]

Just got home from work, listened to Jonathan talk about his day, and about to make some dinner. Spaghetti because I feel like some comfort food - but JONATHAN doesn't like spaghetti. How un-American! Maybe he'll just eat a sandwich. =]

More tomorrow!
Elise