broiled golden chicken dumplings

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 7 ounces boneless skinless chicken thighs
• 7 ounces boneless skinless chicken breasts
• salt, pepper
• 3 scallions, chopped
• 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
• 1 egg , beaten
• 2 teaspoons sesame oil
• 2 -3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 6 skewers, soaked in water for 1 hour
• 3/4 cup sake
• 1 1/3 cups mirin
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/3 cups soy sauce
• 1/2 cup chicken stock

Recipe

• 1 make tare sauce: add all ingredients to a saucepan, bring to boil, cover and simmer for 30 minutes, cool to room temperature for the dumplings: chop chicken to a paste in a processor, or by hand.
• 2 transfer to a bowl and add salt& pepper, squeezing the mixture with your hands.
• 3 add scallions, ginger, egg , sesame oil, and mix grease a broiler pan, and your hands.
• 4 form into 12 balls, making a depression with your thumbs.
• 5 add oil to a skillet and cook the dumplings 1-2 minutes to brown the outsides.
• 6 remove and drain on a paper towel heat broiler to high.
• 7 thread 2 dumplings on each skewer, broil about 2-4 minutes, turning once.
• 8 put a few spoonfuls of tare sauce into a small dish dip the dumplings into the tare sauce and return to broiler for 2 minutes, until dry.
• 9 repeat one more time.
• 10 serve with sauce on the side.