The Yakitori Challenge

[Jose Suro]

Gorgeous cook and pictures Mildo!!

 

[Morgan C.]

Wow all of these yaki tori posts look awesome!!

Nice work everyone!! Great thread!!

 

[Rich Dahl]

Brian, what a gorgeous cook, just outstanding!

Mildo, You hit that one out of the park!. Just some stunning photos too!

 

[Tim McCann]

These yakitori posts are getting better and better! Like everyone is trying to outdo the the last!

 

[Brian Dahl]

Brian and Mildo, the quality of the pics and your cooks are unreal! Any leftovers?

Not at my house!

Mildo, your post could be a feature story in the "Japanese Beer Today" magazine: It looks beautiful and I'm sure it tasted better!

 

[JimK]

Simply gorgeous, Mildo! A masterpiece.

I love the second pic - fantastic composition.

 

[Jim Lampe]

very nice cooking people! EXCELLENT, in fact!
I'll be trying this again tomorrow or Tuesday.... and post here a few days afterwards.
here are some HIGHLIGHT'S so far!

Excellent!

Each AND Every One!

 

[Rich Dahl]

very nice cooking people! EXCELLENT, in fact!
I'll be trying this again tomorrow or Tuesday.... and post here a few days afterwards.
here are some HIGHLIGHT'S so far!

That's really cool Jim thanks for doing that.

 

[Wolgast]

Love it all! Great posts.

 

[Barb D]

They are all excellent, great job by everyone so far and lets keep it going!!!!

 

[George L]

All right, all great cooks so far!!

I also accept the challenge from Mildo but I do need a few days before I have a chance to do this. Thanks!

 

[Jim Lampe]

okeydokey folks... he is my disaster of Yakitori Lam-pe-tori
started by soaking my skewers WELL BEFORE cutting the thighs and firing up the Yakitori Grill
(later in this post, you may want to reference this)

soaked for AT LEAST 3 hours

cut the chicken into small one inch chunks and skewered with garden fresh onions

spent too much time decorating the Weber into a Yakitori Kingdom

time has arrived to kill. I mean cook.

this ▼ is about the time I SHOULD HAVE REMOVED the chicken...

but I did not and this is the result of my stupidity... the skewers burned away... and the pieces of meat, well...

at this point, it all went up in flames (or smoke)

but I got out a wire brush and cleaned some of the char off the chicken,
plated up some rice with Japanese beans and peppers...
even included a local Japanese brew to flush it all down.

it was tasty, really.... but it may be a while before I venture to the Yak-Grill again.
now, let's invite Morgan, our Alaskan friend, and Miguel from the City of Angels to show us their versions...

 

[JimK]

Burnt or not, Jim, it looks good. I haven't seen that beer in the local Asian market though. Will have to look again next time I'm there.

 

[Bob Correll]

Wow, everyone is nailing this dish, glad I don't have to judge!

Here's mine.
I know, I know, it looks a heck of a lot like Lampe's, just a coincidence I assure you.

 

[Ed M.]

Looks like a darn tasty dinner to me, Jim! Great job, my friend!!

 

[Jim Lampe]

thanks guys
Ed, YOUR name was in the hat with one other that was not picked...
I'd call that luck

 

[Rich Dahl]

Doesn't look at all bad Jim and if it tasted good it's good. With that set up you had to have some super heat underneath those skewers.
Did something like that years ago put a full chimney into a one grill single hibachi I knew I was in deep Bandini when the whole hibachi got cherry red and the wood leg supports started smoking.

 

[JimK]

Wow, everyone is nailing this dish, glad I don't have to judge!

Here's mine.
I know, I know, it looks a heck of a lot like Lampe's, just a coincidence I assure you.

I LOL'ed! This is why we need a "like" button.

 

[Brian Dahl]

Jim, I applaud your sincerity in posting what you feel is a less than stellar post. Hey, you gave it a shot, you still got to eat it, It ain't the worst thing in the world.

Bob...I guess the same would apply to you...

 

[Morgan C.]

Jim I'd eat that all day long..nothing wrong with that cook buddy!! Guess I better research what the heck Yakitori is??

Looking forward to this one!!