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
    • [Yuan-Sauce (Yuan-Dare)]

  • 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

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.
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.
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.
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.
The Key Item in this recipe：

SAGA Soy Sauce

Our Saga Soy Sauce has a refreshing and mellow taste. This soy sauce is good for making dipping sauce for fresh fish sashimi (sliced raw-fish flesh). Also, this soy sauce suits well for making thick starchy sauce (ankake-dare), soup dishes and stewed dishes. This Soy Sauce brings out the nice aroma and excellent taste of the dish.