Grilled Chicken and Summer Vegetables with Sesame-Miso Sauce

Crispy grilled chicken and fresh summer vegetables served with a delicious sesame-miso sauce. Perfect for parties, this one will keep the drinks flowing for hours!

Grilled Chicken and Summer Vegetables with Sesame-Miso Sauce
Photographed by TERUO UKITA


Recipe by
Misao Shirai

Easy

Chicken

Vegetables

Party

410kcal

20minutes

Calorie count is per serving.

Ingredients (Serves 2)

  • 1 chicken thigh (300 g)
  • 1/2 cucumber
  • 1/2 Japanese leek
  • 4 okra
  • 1 eggplant

  • [Sesame-miso sauce]

    • 3 tbsp ground sesame seeds (white)
    • 2 tbsp miso
    • 2 tbsp sugar
    • 2 tbsp dashi
    • 2 tsp rice vinegar
    • 2 tsp soy sauce
    • A dash of sesame oil
  • Salt
  • 1 tbsp sake
  • Vegetable oil

Directions

1

Trim any excess fat off the chicken and remove the tendons. Sprinkle with 1/3 tsp of salt and 1 tbsp of sake. Add a dash of vegetable oil to a frying pan and lay the chicken skin-side down. Place the pan over medium-low heat and cook until the chicken is a golden brown. Turn over, reduce the heat to low, and cook through. Pierce the thickest part with a bamboo skewer. If the juices run clear, the chicken is done.

2

Sprinkle salt over the cucumber and set aside to sweat. Once the cucumber becomes soft, cut off the end and slice lengthwise in half. Cut each half diagonally into thin slices and then pat them dry with a paper towel. Cut the leek diagonally into thin slices and sprinkle with a pinch of salt. Rub gently and then soak in water for a few minutes to remove the bite. Drain the leek slices thoroughly.

3

Remove the stems and calyxes from the eggplant and okra. Cut the eggplant into random-sized shapes of uniform size. Add a pinch of salt to a pot of boiling water and parboil the okra. Remove with a slotted spoon and then cut into random-sized shapes of uniform size. Add a dash of vegetable oil to the water in the same pot, and boil the eggplants for 1-2 minutes until tender. Drain thoroughly.

4

Cut the chicken into easy-to-eat pieces and plate along with the vegetables. Mix the [Sesame-miso sauce] ingredients together, and serve with the chicken and vegetables.

Tips

Enjoy both the chicken and vegetables with the same sauce. The chicken is just as delicious served cold.