Yakitori
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Yakitori (焼き鳥, やきとり), lit. grilled bird, is a Japanese type of chicken kebab. Also known as kushiyaki (串焼、くしやき), lit. skewer grill.
Traditional yakitori consists only of various chicken parts and vegetables, but in modern usage refers to any sort of beef, pork, fish, seafood or vegetable kebab, which get skewered on skewers named kushi. Yakitori is typically served with salt or tare sauce, which is basically made up of mirin, sweet sake, soy sauce and sugar. The sauce is applied on the skewered meat and is grilled until delicately cooked and is served with the tare sauce as a dip.
Yakitori is a very popular dish in Japan and throughout Asia. In Japan, many working people grab a yakitori lunch box from yakitori stalls on the way home from work.
Common yakitori dishes
- yotsumi (四つ身, chicken breast)
- atsuage tofu (厚揚げとうふ, deep-fat fried tofu)
- enoki maki (エノキ巻き, enoki mushrooms wrapped in slices of pork)
- piman (ピーマン, green pepper)
- negima (ねぎ間, green onions and chicken breast)
- nankotsu (軟骨, chicken cartilage)
- rebaa (レバー, liver)
- tsukune (つくね, chicken meatballs)
- torikawa (とりかわ, chicken skin)
- tebasaki (手羽先, chicken wing)
- asuparabëkon (アスパラベーコン, asparagus wrapped in bacon)
- butabara (豚ばら, pork belly)
Similar dishes
Brochette (French), Espetada (Portuguese), Satay (Oriental), Shashlik (Russian), Shish kebab (Turkish), Souvlaki, Mici (Romanian) or Kalamaki (Greek)See also
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