Recipes · Japanese · Grilled Dishes

Yakitori (Negima)

One serving has 354 kcal and 38 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of vitamin K (98%), niacin (77%), selenium (76%), pyridoxine (67%), phosphorus (56%) and cobalamin (46%). Ready in 30 minutes.

Yakitori (Negima)
Photo: 竹麦魚(Searobin), CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
  • Preparation: 20 min
  • Cooking: 10 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (294 g)
  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Diets: Dairy-free, High protein
  • Contains: alcohol, gluten, poultry, soy

Ingredients

  • 180 g Chicken thighs
  • 40 g Green onions
  • 25 g Soy sauce
  • 25 g Mirin
  • 15 g Sake
  • 8 g Sugar
  • 0.5 g Salt

Method

  1. Simmer the soy sauce, mirin, sake and sugar for 10 minutes until slightly syrupy; this is the tare.
  2. Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces and the green onions into 3 cm lengths.
  3. Thread them alternately onto soaked skewers.
  4. Grill over high heat, turning, and brush with tare two or three times near the end.
  5. Serve hot with a last brush of tare.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy354 kcal17%
Carbohydrates24.6 g
Water203 mL
Fiber1.2 g4%
Protein38.2 g80%
Tryptophan0.4 g
Threonine1.7 g
Isoleucine1.7 g
Leucine3 g
Lysine3.3 g
Methionine1 g
Cystine0.41 g
Phenylalanine1.4 g
Tyrosine1.3 g
Valine1.7 g
Histidine1.1 g
Fat7.7 g
Monounsaturated2.7 g
Polyunsaturated1.8 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0.01 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-61.4 g
Saturated2 g
Trans-Fats0.04 g
Cholesterol169 mg
Calcium50.6 mg5%
Copper0.16 mg18%
Iron2.4 mg14%
Magnesium68.8 mg22%
Manganese0.02 mg1%
Phosphorus390 mg56%
Potassium659 mg14%
Selenium41.8 µg76%
Sodium1,895 mg
Zinc3.2 mg40%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.19 mg17%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.43 mg39%
Niacin (vitamin B3)10.8 mg77%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0 mg0%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.87 mg67%
Folate (vitamin B9)36.3 µg9%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)1.1 µg46%
Choline103 mg24%
Vitamin A32.6 µg5%
Vitamin C7.5 mg10%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)1.8 IU0%
Vitamin E0.54 mg4%
Vitamin K88 µg98%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

1.2 kg CO2e a serving: about average for main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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