Tasty and fragrant kebabs are loved by everyone. The tradition of cooking grilled meat on coals is in almost every kitchen. To do this, use fish, poultry, lamb and beef, pork. In general, any meat that is at hand can be pickled and served. Believe me, guests, and homemade, will always be very happy with such a dish. But the most tender meat is, of course, a bird. Under a good marinade, it becomes simply amazing. Today we are learning to cook an original Japanese kebab.
The most understandable and affordable dish
Japanese cuisine is so peculiar that it is sometimes difficult for a European to delve into its subtleties. However, everything is more or less clear here. You do not have to conjure with rice, raw fish and seaweed. Japanese kebab is cooked pretty quickly, and the pleasure of eating it is hard to compare with anything else. You just need to cut the chicken into neat slices and string it on bamboo skewers. It remains only to bake over the coals.
Choose meat
This dish is good in that it practically does not leave waste from the carcass. Everything goes to Japanese barbecue, from chicken neck to tail. And not only meat, but also offal. Hearts, stomachs, skin, all this in Japanese culture is perfectly used for roasting on fire. Yakitori, or Japanese kebab, is not so much food as a way of communicating. Therefore, the size of the pieces is exactly one bite.
Japanese skewers must be eaten directly from the skewer. Cutlery is not placed on the table. Therefore, it is important that no more than four pieces fit on a stick, it will be so convenient to hold in your hands.
Unlike traditional kebabs
How many recipes does each of you know? At least five, and often more. In vinegar, in wine, in herbs, mayonnaise, oranges. Further listing does not make sense. Shish kebab in Japanese has fewer variations. This means that you will always have an excellent result. There are minor cooking features. Can be fried in grains of sea salt. And sometimes already cooked kebabs on the fire sprinkled with salt.
Frying barbecue in Japanese is necessary exclusively from fresh chicken, which has not been frozen. If this is a problem, you can take frozen meat, but pre-soak it in milk. But offal, and especially the liver, should be fresh. To prepare, the hearts are pickled in beer, the liver is soaked in milk, and the stomachs are languished in butter until soft.
How to cook yakitori
The recipes that we will review today are proven, have dozens of positive reviews, and therefore they can really be trusted. And the first on the list is a classic chicken yakitori. To prepare, you need the following set of ingredients:
- A quarter cup of sake. You can replace it with another alcoholic beverage, such as regular vodka.
- A quarter cup of rice wine. Martini is also suitable.
- A mandatory component is soy sauce. At least 3 tablespoons.
- Sugar. 1-3 tablespoons.
- A quarter teaspoon of chili powder.
- 350 g of chicken thighs.
Soak wooden sticks for barbecue in water. Now mix all the ingredients and marinate the chicken in them. Put in the refrigerator for an hour. When the time comes to an end, set the grill to warm up. The most interesting thing remains - to bake meat. At the same time, the marinade is put on the fire and brought to a boil. With this sauce it will be possible to serve meat on the table. To say that it is delicious is to say nothing.
Yakitori style kebab
Such a mixture of styles and traditions does not harm the final dish. This chicken kebab is especially good. The most important thing here is to properly prepare the sauce, since it is the basis of the dish. Therefore, we take a saucepan and set it on fire. First of all, it is necessary to pour a quarter cup of soy sauce into it. Add two tablespoons of wine and 5 cloves of garlic. Pre-grind it with a knife. Finely chop a piece of ginger. It remains to add a teaspoon of sugar and cook on fire for 5 minutes.
Now let's get into the second part of the recipe. Skewers of chicken breasts require chopping the pulp, so transfer 1.2 kg of meat to the combine. Add 4 champignons, 2 tablespoons of oil, chives, garlic and ginger, salt and pepper. Soak wooden barbecue sticks in water at the same time.
Now form the oval kebabs and string them on sticks. Be sure to send it to the freezer for 15 minutes. After that, you can start frying. Preheat the grill and fry kebabs for 4 minutes on each side, pouring sauce.
Glaze Yakitori
For this recipe you will need 4 chicken thighs. And again, let's do the sauce. To prepare it, you will need to look for all the necessary ingredients. This is tare sauce (50 g), 3 tablespoons of tamari, 1.5 tablespoons of wasabi paste, onion and olive oil.
In a small cup, mix all the ingredients and chop the chicken into small pieces. Now string them on skewers, alternating with pieces of onion. They should be fried over moderate heat, about 5 minutes on each side. After that generously grease with glaze and put it on the fire for another minute. Now you can serve.
Yakitori Feringa
The recipe is close to the previous one, but the sauce is different. Experts note that the taste of the dish is strikingly different from all other options. If you like not too spicy, tender sauce, then you will definitely like it. Let's take a look at the ingredients. You will need 0.5 kg of chicken. Cut it into pieces and leave for a while. Separately, chop a few shiitake hats and onions in a cup. For the sauce, you need half a cup of soy sauce, a quarter cup of mirin, 2 tablespoons of sugar, a tablespoon of chopped ginger, a tablespoon of sriracha sauce. In addition, you need garlic and butter.
The cooking is simple. To do this, string meat on skewers, alternating it with onions and shiitake. Lubricate the skewers with oil and fry them over medium heat for five minutes. Simultaneously in a saucepan, cook the sauce from the remaining ingredients. It remains to grease the kebabs with sauce and fry for another 3 minutes. Can be served.
Yakitori in the oven
Japanese chicken skewers can be cooked on an open fire, on the grill, as well as simply in the oven. Sometimes this is a great option for residents of the apartment who simply have nowhere to go to install the barbecue. This recipe is different from the previous maximum simplicity. You will need 500 g of fillet, 70 ml of soy sauce. For marinade, soy sauce (70 ml) and liquid honey (2 tablespoons) are used. There is still a little secret - this is sesame.
Chicken should be cut into pieces and marinated for an hour. After that, put the pieces on sticks for barbecue. Send them to the oven for 15 minutes. Boil the marinade separately in a saucepan. After removing the kebabs, pour them with sauce and sprinkle with sesame seeds. It remains only to hold in the oven for another 2 minutes and you can serve it on the table.
Skewers of hearts
To prepare this dish you will need 350 g of chicken hearts, 10 g of light beer, 10 g of vegetable oil. Hearts will need to be thoroughly washed and marinated in beer for at least 6 hours. You can at night. Before cooking, grease them with vegetable oil.
Now a few words about how to grill kebabs on coals. Make sure that there is no more heat, that is, the fire does not burn. Spread skewers over the coals. Since the pieces are small, they will be ready in just a few minutes. Turn them over constantly, and if a flame breaks out, extinguish it with water.
Shashlik seasoning
You can buy a traditional tomato sauce, but it will not be exactly what you need for a Japanese dish. In addition to soy sauce, wasabi and pickled ginger should accompany it. Wasabi is a type of horseradish that has a fresh aroma and pungent taste. It is distinguished by green color. Pickled ginger is very interesting in taste. It is very refreshing, so it goes well with spicy dishes.
Japanese dish in Russian style
Since it is quite difficult to find all the necessary ingredients, the recipes began to simplify. Not to say that the result is worse. Take for the marinade 6 tablespoons of wine, 6 teaspoons of soy vinegar, half a spoon of sugar, a little ground ginger, herbs. Marinate poultry for an hour. After that, it will be possible to bake in any way possible. The meat gets surprisingly tasty and tender. Moreover, it is prepared very quickly.
Instead of a conclusion
Japanese kebab is not a very complicated dish that anyone can cook at home. The secret of success in the preparation of special sauces that make meat spicy and very tasty. We examined a number of proven recipes, each of which you can use in your kitchen. Be sure to serve kebab with greens and fresh vegetables. This will impress the guests even more.