Meat Sticks

• ½ pound sirloin steak
• Bamboo barbecue sticks (kushisashi)

Sauce:

• ⅓ cup coarse brown sugar
• 1 cup shoyu
• 1 clove garlic, grated
• 1 small piece ginger, grated
• 1 tablespoon mirin
• ⅛ teaspoon gourmet powder

Cut meat into 1½″ squares about ¼″ thick and skewer 3 pieces on each bamboo stick, keeping meat flat in a row so that bamboo will not show.

Soak skewered meat sticks in sauce in a deep container and let stand for about 10 minutes. Broil over charcoal.