Title: Yakitori Glaze
Categories: Japanese Condiment
Yield: 1 Servings

		Stephen Ceideburg
1/2	c	Sake
1/4	c	Mirin (sweet rice wine)
3/4	c	Japanese soy sauce
1/4	c	Sugar
1	oz	Tamari
1	ts	Grated fresh ginger

Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook until reduced by a quarter. Cool. Store in the refrigerator.

Makes about 1 3/4 cups.

To use: Dip thinly sliced meat, chicken cubes, shrimp or fish filets in the glaze, then grill. May also be brushed on food as it cooks.

From an article by Heidi Haughy Cusik, The San Francisco Chronicle, 7/1/92.

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