Grilled Miso Chicken and Where to Get those First Four Ingredients

You wanted the recipes, my blog description promises them so here's the first one, Courtesy of Wei one of our groosmen.



Grilled miso chicken
Ingredients:
• 2 tablespoons light soy sauce (usukuchi shoyu)
• 2 tablespoons sake
• 2 tablespoons mirin
• 2 tablespoons light miso
• 2 green onions, crushed and slivered
• 1 teaspoon minced ginger root
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 8 boned chicken thighs, skin intact
• 1 tablespoon seven-spice powder (optional)
Preparation/cooking time: 1 1/2 hours
Servings: 4
Miso marinade adds a rich flavor to this country-style grilled chicken. Thigh meat stays moist and tender, but boned chicken breasts are delicious, too. The chicken can be sauteed in a skillet



Now let's talk about ingredients and what to stock you pantry with.

Asian cooking is quick, healthy and ironically not filled with as much sodium as you might think. Once again our American palette has led us astray here people. Our Chinese and Japanese takeout chefs adapted THEIR recipes to OUR palette to sell us food.

You CAN actually buy MSG in the grocery store, I have a picture of it on my husband's phone- we laughed in horror when we saw it.

But I digress (and I will in these posts, sorry). Asian cooking has to be quick because in classic Asian cooking they simply had a limited amount of cooking fuel to use so their techniques had to be quick (ala wok cooking), etc.

So they chop their veggies and what proteins they put into their dishes very thin so it cooks quickly. The flavor, as with all ethic food, comes from spices and sauces. Asian cooking is no exception. The first four ingredients mentioned above in this recipe are the cornerstone to Japanese cooking- period.

If you like this style of food you will want to purchase these items in a larger size, depending on your kitchen storage size. I'm in the process of moving so I buy these in smaller sizes now.

All of these sauces will be in the same aisle in your grocery store, you shouldn't have to go to a specialty store to purchase since my readers live in major metro areas with a significant Asian population. Let me know though if you're having trouble and I'll research more into online resources as well for these items.