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, grilled bird, is a Japanese
Japanese cuisine

Japanese cuisine has developed over the centuries as a result of many political and social changes. The cuisine eventually changed with the advent of the Medieval age which ushered in a shedding of elitism with the age of Shogun rule....
 type of skewer
Skewer

A skewer is a thin metal or wood stick used to hold small pieces of food together. Skewers are used while grilling or roasting meats, and in other culinary applications....
ed chicken
Chicken

The chicken is a Domestication fowl. Recent evidence suggests that domestication of the chicken was under way in Vietnam over 10,000 years ago....
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It is made from several bite-sized pieces of chicken meat, or chicken offal
Offal

Offal is the entrails and internal organs of a butchered animal. The word does not refer to a particular list of organs, but includes most internal organs other than muscles or bones....
, skewered on a bamboo skewer and barbecued, usually over charcoal
Charcoal

Charcoal is the blackish residue consisting of impure carbon obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents from animal and vegetation substances....
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Diners ordering yakitori usually have a choice of having it served with salt
Salt

A salt, in chemistry, is defined as the product formed from the neutralisation reaction of acids and base . Salts are ionic compounds composed of cations and anions so that the product is electrically electric charge ....
 (and sometimes lemon
Lemon

The lemon is the common name for Citrus limon. The reproductive tissue surrounds the seed of the angiosperm lemon tree. The lemon is used for culinary and nonculinary purposes throughout the world....
 juice) or with tare sauce
Tare sauce

Tare is a general term in Japanese cuisine for dipping sauces often used in grilling as well as with sushi and nabemono. The sauce is best described as sweetened, thickened soy sauce for grilling and flavored soy sauce with dashi, vinegar, etc., for nabemono and natto such as ponzu but every chef has his own variation....
, which is generally made up of mirin
Mirin

is an essential condiment used in Japanese cuisine, consisting of 40%?50% sugar. It is a kind of rice wine similar to sake, but with a lower alcohol content?14% instead of 20%....
, sake
Sake

Sake is a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice.This beverage is called sake in English, but in Japanese language, sake or Honorific speech in Japanese refers to alcoholic drinks in general....
, soy sauce
Soy sauce

Soy sauce , soya sauce , or shoyu is a fermentation sauce made from soybeans , roasted cereal, water and Sodium chloride. Soy sauce was invented in China, where it has been used as a condiment for close to 2,500 years....
 and sugar
Sugar

Sugar is a class of edible crystalline substances, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose. Human taste buds interpret its flavor as sweet. Sugar as a basic food carbohydrate primarily comes from sugar cane and from sugar beet, but also appears in fruit, honey, sorghum, sugar maple , and in many other sources....
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, grilled bird, is a Japanese
Japanese cuisine

Japanese cuisine has developed over the centuries as a result of many political and social changes. The cuisine eventually changed with the advent of the Medieval age which ushered in a shedding of elitism with the age of Shogun rule....
 type of skewer
Skewer

A skewer is a thin metal or wood stick used to hold small pieces of food together. Skewers are used while grilling or roasting meats, and in other culinary applications....
ed chicken
Chicken

The chicken is a Domestication fowl. Recent evidence suggests that domestication of the chicken was under way in Vietnam over 10,000 years ago....
.

It is made from several bite-sized pieces of chicken meat, or chicken offal
Offal

Offal is the entrails and internal organs of a butchered animal. The word does not refer to a particular list of organs, but includes most internal organs other than muscles or bones....
, skewered on a bamboo skewer and barbecued, usually over charcoal
Charcoal

Charcoal is the blackish residue consisting of impure carbon obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents from animal and vegetation substances....
.

Diners ordering yakitori usually have a choice of having it served with salt
Salt

A salt, in chemistry, is defined as the product formed from the neutralisation reaction of acids and base . Salts are ionic compounds composed of cations and anions so that the product is electrically electric charge ....
 (and sometimes lemon
Lemon

The lemon is the common name for Citrus limon. The reproductive tissue surrounds the seed of the angiosperm lemon tree. The lemon is used for culinary and nonculinary purposes throughout the world....
 juice) or with tare sauce
Tare sauce

Tare is a general term in Japanese cuisine for dipping sauces often used in grilling as well as with sushi and nabemono. The sauce is best described as sweetened, thickened soy sauce for grilling and flavored soy sauce with dashi, vinegar, etc., for nabemono and natto such as ponzu but every chef has his own variation....
, which is generally made up of mirin
Mirin

is an essential condiment used in Japanese cuisine, consisting of 40%?50% sugar. It is a kind of rice wine similar to sake, but with a lower alcohol content?14% instead of 20%....
, sake
Sake

Sake is a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice.This beverage is called sake in English, but in Japanese language, sake or Honorific speech in Japanese refers to alcoholic drinks in general....
, soy sauce
Soy sauce

Soy sauce , soya sauce , or shoyu is a fermentation sauce made from soybeans , roasted cereal, water and Sodium chloride. Soy sauce was invented in China, where it has been used as a condiment for close to 2,500 years....
 and sugar
Sugar

Sugar is a class of edible crystalline substances, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose. Human taste buds interpret its flavor as sweet. Sugar as a basic food carbohydrate primarily comes from sugar cane and from sugar beet, but also appears in fruit, honey, sorghum, sugar maple , and in many other sources....
. The sauce is applied to the skewered meat and is grilled until delicately cooked and is served with the tare sauce as a dip.

  • hatsu or kokoro, chicken heart
  • reba, liver
  • sunagimo, or zuri chicken gizzard
    Gizzard

    The gizzard, also referred to as the ventriculus, gastric mill, and gigerium, is an organ found in the digestive tract of some animals, including birds, reptiles, earthworms and some fish....
  • tsukune, chicken meatballs
  • (tori)kawa ((??)??) chicken skin, grilled until crispy
  • tebasaki, chicken wing
  • bonjiri(????), chicken tail
  • shiro, chicken small intestines
  • ikada (lit. raft
    Raft

    A raft is any flat floating structure for travel over water. It is the most basic of boat design, characterized by the absence of a hull . Instead, rafts are kept afloat using any combination of buoyant materials such as wood, sealed barrels, or inflated air chambers....
    ), Japanese scallion, with two skewers to prevent rotation
  • gyutan, ox tongue, sliced thinly
  • nankotsu, chicken cartilage


Common kushiyaki dishes

  • atsuage tofu (??????, deep-fried tofu
    Tofu

    Tofu , also , doufu , toufu, or bean curd , is a food of China origin, made by coagulating soy milk, and then pressing the resulting curds into blocks....
    )
  • enoki maki (?????, enoki mushrooms wrapped in slices of pork)
  • piman (????, green pepper)
  • asuparabekon (????????, asparagus wrapped in bacon)
  • butabara (???, pork belly)


See also

  • Japanese cuisine
    Japanese cuisine

    Japanese cuisine has developed over the centuries as a result of many political and social changes. The cuisine eventually changed with the advent of the Medieval age which ushered in a shedding of elitism with the age of Shogun rule....
  • Skewer
    Skewer

    A skewer is a thin metal or wood stick used to hold small pieces of food together. Skewers are used while grilling or roasting meats, and in other culinary applications....