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18 Kinds of Yakitori

        posted by John Spacey, Japan Talk, November 29, 2011

Yakitori (焼き鳥) literally translates to "grilled chicken". It's a popular Japanese drinking food. It also makes regular appearances at festivals and events.

yakitori is festival food

Yakitori is bit-sized food on skewers that's grilled over charcoal. It's a common food in Japan — there's a Yakitori-ya (Yakitori restaurant) in every major neighborhood. Here's a list of the 18 most common types of Yakitori.

1. Toriniku

All white meat chicken.
normal chicken yakitori with sauce

2. Negima

Chicken and Negi.
negima yakitori

3. Shiitake

Shiitake mushrooms.
shitake takitori

4. Tebasaki

Chicken wings.
tebasaki yakitori

5. Asuparabekon

Asparagus wrapped in bacon.
asuparabekon yakitori in Japan

6. Sunagimo

Chicken gizzard.
Sunagimo yakitori in Japan

7. Reba

Chicken liver.
reba yakitori

8. Nankotsu

Chicken cartilage.
Nankotsu

9. Piman

Green pepper filled with cheese, meat and other ingredients.
Piman Cheese

10. Enoki Maki

Enoki mushrooms wrapped in thin sliced pork.
enoki maki

11. Ginnan

Seeds of the Ginkgo Biloba tree.
Ginnan yakitori

12. Shiro

Chicken small intestine.
shiro yakitori

13. Gyutan

Beef tongue.
Gyutan yakitori

14. Butabara

Pork belly.
butabara yakitori

15. Tsukune

Chicken meatballs (often with small pieces of Chicken cartilage).
tsukune yakitori

16. Bonjiri

Chicken tail.
bonjiri yakitori

17. Atsuage

Deep fried tofu.
atsuage yakitori

18. Chorizo

Spanish pork sausages.
chorizo yakitori

Yakitori Tips

In Yakitori restaurants you order by the stick. Here's the Japanese you will need:

ippon — one stick
nihon — two sticks
sanbon — three sticks
yonhon — four sticks

The server will ask you if you want "shio" or "tare" flavor. Shio is salty and tare is a sweet sauce similar to teriyaki sauce.

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