Also known as: Japanese BBQ, Japanese Barbecue, Japanese Grilled Meat
About this dish
Bite-sized slices of marinated beef, offal and vegetables grilled by diners over a charcoal or gas grill at the table, then dipped in a sweet soy sauce.
🫙Yakiniku sauce: soy sauce, mirin, sugar, sesame and grated apple
🧄Garlic and ginger, grated
🍋Lemon and salt, for the tongue
🫑Peppers, onion, shiitake and pumpkin, sliced
🍚Rice and lettuce
Method
Serves 2
1
Make the sauce by simmering the soy, mirin, sugar and apple, then add sesame.
2
Marinate some of the meat in a little sauce, garlic and ginger; season the tongue with salt.
3
Heat the table grill until very hot.
4
Grill a few pieces at a time for seconds on each side.
5
Dip in sauce or lemon and eat with rice and the grilled vegetables.
✓ What Makes it Authentic
Yakiniku ('grilled meat') grew from Korean barbecue brought by Korean residents in post-war Osaka and Tokyo, and is now a favourite Japanese night out.
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