Everything about Teriyaki totally explained
Teriyaki (
kanji: りき;
hiragana: てりやき) is a
cooking technique used in
Japanese cuisine in which foods are
broiled or grilled in a sweet
soy sauce marinade (
tare in
Japanese). Teriyaki is served in most modern Japanese cuisines.
Fish—
yellowtail,
marlin,
skipjack tuna,
salmon,
trout, and
mackerel—is mainly used in Japan, while
meat—chicken, pork, lamb and beef—is more often used in the West. Other ingredients sometimes used in Japan include
konjac and
squid.
The word
teriyaki derives from the noun, which refers to a shine or luster given by the sugar content in the
tare, and, which refers to the cooking method of grilling or broiling. Traditionally the meat is dipped in or brushed with sauce several times before and during cooking.
The
tare is traditionally made by mixing and heating
soy sauce,
sake or
mirin, and
sugar or
honey. The sauce is boiled and reduced to the desired thickness, then used to marinate meat which is then grilled or broiled. Sometimes
ginger is added, and the final dish may be garnished with
green onions.
Teriyaki can also be served cold, as it often is in
bento menus.
Teriyaki sauce
In non-Japanese cultures any dish made with a teriyaki-like sauce (often not made using sake, but other brands of non-Japanese wine), or with added ingredients such as sesame or
garlic (uncommon in traditional
Japanese cuisine), is described as teriyaki. Some bottled "teriyaki" sauces in other countries are actually versions of the spicier
Korean
bulgogi sauce. Grilling meat first and pouring the sauce on afterward is another non-traditional method of cooking teriyaki. Teriyaki sauce is sometimes put on chicken wings and used as a dipping sauce.
Teriyaki burger
refers to a variety of
hamburger, created by Japanese chain
Mos Burger in 1973. According to the recipe, the
tare is poured into the bread, in limited quantities and coupled with
lettuce, endowing it with its strong, yet sweetish, flavour. Since the late eighties, McDonalds in Hong Kong has offered a Teriyaki sandwich dubbed the Shogun Burger, wherein the teriyaki sauce is a coating on the burger patty. In 2007,
Burger King began to offer a hamburger called the
Whopper Teriyaki, in Japan only. Teriyaki burgers are also a drive-inn, restaurant and school cafeteria item in Hawaii (where it's commonly called a Teri-burger) dating back to at least the mid 1960s, served on a hawaiian roll with lettuce and tomato, but no condiments.
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