Author Notes
In NY we have a lot of yakitori restaurants, where you can get anything you want on a skewer. My go-to favorite is always the chicken meatballs. I love the combination or flavors along with the sticky sweet sauce, and so I had to create my own version that I serve with sesame noodles. —Meatballs&Milkshakes
Ingredients
- Chicken Meatballs
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1 pound
ground chicken
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1
scallion, minced
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1
garlic clove, minced
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1
egg
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1 teaspoon
plus 2 tablespoons Mirin
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1 teaspoon
plus 3 tablespoons Teriyaki sauce
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1 1/2 cups
breadcrumbs from day-old bread, not too finely ground
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2 tablespoons
rice wine vinegar
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2 tablespoons
freshly grated ginger
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1 teaspoon
fish sauce
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2 tablespoons
sesame oil
- Sesame Noodles
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1
package soba or whole wheat spaghetti
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1
shallot, minced
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2
garlic cloves, minced
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1
scallion, minced with extra for garnish
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1/4 cup
peanut butter
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4 tablespoons
sesame oil
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1 teaspoon
fish sauce
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1 tablespoon
Mirin
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2 tablespoons
rice wine vinegar
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1 tablespoon
Teriyaki sauce
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1/4 cup
sake
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1/2
lemon, juiced
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1 teaspoon
sesame seeds for garnish
Directions
- Chicken Meatballs
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Combine the chicken, egg, breadcrumbs, scallion, garlic, half the ginger, and teaspoons of mirin and teriyaki sauce in a large bowl. Roll into tablespoon-sized balls and saute in the sesame oil until they brown on all sides. Remove to a baking dish.
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Add the remaining ginger, mirin, teriyaki, vinegar, and fish sauce to the pan and cook together 1 minute to deglaze the pan. Pour over the meatballs and bake in the oven at 375 degrees for about 10 minutes or until the meatballs are cooked through.
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You can serve them on skewers or on top of Sesame Noodles, below.
- Sesame Noodles
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Cook the soba or pasta according to package instructions in salted water.
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Meanwhile, saute the shallot, garlic, and scallion in half the sesame oil until softened. Add the peanut butter, fish sauce, mirin, vinegar, Teriyaki sauce, and sake. Stir to combine and let cook with about 1/2 cup of pasta water for 5 minutes.
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Off the heat, add the pasta along with the rest of the sesame oil and the lemon juice. Serve warm or at room temperature, garnished with sesame seeds and scallions.
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