Yakitori

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Yakitori on a street stall in Osaka
Yakitori roasters at a fall festival in Yukigaya, Tokyo 2003
Yakitori is grilled in Tokyo

Yakitori ( Japanese 焼 (き) 鳥 , literally: grilled poultry ) is the Japanese variant of grilled fish , meat and vegetable skewers.

Traditional yakitori consists exclusively of chicken pieces and vegetables, but in modern parlance it also includes any other type of meat, fish, seafood and vegetarian grilled food that is skewered on skewers ( kushi ) and grilled. Yakitori is usually served with salt or a spicy sauce, the basic ingredients of which are mirin , soy sauce and sugar. The sauce is applied to the skewered meat, which is grilled until tender. The meat is then served as a dip with the sauce .

Common yakitori foods

  • Yotsumi ( 四 つ 身 , chicken breast)
  • Hatsu ( ハ ツ , heart)
  • Nankotsu ( 軟骨 , chicken cartilage )
  • Tsukune ( つ く ね , Chicken Meatballs)
  • Torikawa ( と り か わ , chicken skin )
  • Tebasaki ( 手 羽 先 , chicken wings )
  • Ikada ( 筏 , winter onion )

literature

  • Shizuo Tsuji: Japanese Cooking. A Simple Art, Kodansha International, Tokyo 2006.
  • Steven Raichlen: Indoor Grilling. Workman Publishing Company Inc., New York 2004, ISBN 978-0-7611-3335-3 .
  • Steven Raichlen: Grilling with Veggies. Workman Publishing Company Inc., New York 2008.

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