Chicken Negimaki
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/2 cup mirin (or 1/4 cup honey mixed with 1/4 cup water)
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 bunch scallions, trimmed but left whole
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless white-meat chicken (breasts, cutlets or tenders), pounded to 1/8-inch thickness and blotted dry
- Salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- Sesame oil as needed
- Lemon or lime wedges
- Put soy sauce, mirin, garlic and scallions in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat.
- Cook until bubbling, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Turn off heat and let cool slightly.
- Prepare charcoal or gas grill; heat should be medium and rack about 4 inches from fire.
- Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper on both sides.
- Remove scallions from soy mixture with slotted spoon and divide evenly among chicken cutlets: Turn wide side of each cutlet to face you and put 2 or 3 scallions on edge closest to you, with some scallion sticking out of each end.
- Roll each cutlet up like a jelly roll and secure in two or three places with toothpicks or butchers twine.
- Brush chicken rolls with sesame oil.
- Grill chicken, brushing occasionally with remaining soy mixture and turning each piece once or twice, until cooked through, 12 to 15 minutes.
- To check for doneness, cut into a piece with a thin-bladed knife; center should be white or slightly pink.
- Serve hot, warm or at room temperature with lemon or lime wedges.
soy sauce, mirin, garlic, scallions, chicken, salt, freshly ground black pepper, sesame oil, lemon
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1013203 (may not work)