Yakitori

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 kebab)

Ingredients

• 1/4  cup  sake (rice wine)
• 1/4  cup  low-sodium soy sauce
• 3  tablespoons  sugar
• 2  tablespoons  grated peeled fresh ginger
• 1/4  teaspoon  crushed red pepper
• 2  garlic cloves, minced
• 1  pound  skinless, boneless chicken thighs, cut into 24 bite-sized pieces
• 5  green onions, each cut into 4 (2-inch) pieces
• Cooking spray

Preparation

Combine first 6 ingredients in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil; cook until reduced to 1/4 cup (about 2 1/2 minutes). Remove from heat; cool.

Combine soy sauce mixture and the chicken. Cover and marinate in refrigerator for 1 hour.

Heat a large grill pan over medium-high heat.

Thread 6 chicken cubes and 5 green onion pieces alternately onto each of 4 (10-inch) skewers. Brush kebabs with the soy mixture. Coat pan with cooking spray. Place kebabs in pan, and cook 4 minutes on each side or until the chicken is done.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

172 (24% from fat)

Fat:

4.5g (sat 1.1g,mono 1.4g,poly 1.1g)

Protein:

22.9g

Carbohydrate:

6.7g

Fiber:

0.3g

Cholesterol:

94mg

Iron:

1.5mg

Sodium:

366mg

Calcium:

19mg