Chicken tsukune

These Tsukune (Japanese chicken meatballs) are basted in a sweet yakitori sauce with juicy meatballs and full of flavor. Grill or pan-fry instructions included!

Tsukune are grilled Japanese chicken meatball skewers glazed in a delicious sweet-savory sauce. Typically served at yakitori and izakaya restaurants, these juicy and irresistible meatballs are easy to make at home with your oven broiler or grill. It’s hard to eat just one!

Tsukune is a Japanese chicken meatball often cooked on a skewer and grilled. In this recipe, I show how to cook tsukune at home on a stove top. I highly recommend trying tsukune because they are absolutely delicious! I created three types of tsukune: plain, one with edamame, and one with corn. Please try all three and let me know which one is your favorite! #tsukune #meatballs #japaneserecipe

Most yakitori-ya (grilled chicken shops) will have their own special tsukune, for the simple reason that the Japanese chicken meatball recipe uses up chicken scraps that might otherwise go to waste. The best tsukune is nicely caramelized, well seasoned, and juicy—and served straight off the grill so that you can capture all those delicious volatile compounds while they’re still activated. Serve with a raw egg yolk and a tablespoon of tare on the side. It makes a lovely dipping sauce.

A blend of Thai flavours with a duck and chicken Japanese inspired Tsukune with chilli jam.

Tsukune are grilled Japanese chicken meatball skewers glazed in a delicious sweet-savory sauce. Typically served at yakitori and izakaya restaurants, these juicy and irresistible meatballs are easy to make at home with your oven broiler or grill. It’s hard to eat just one!

Chicken makes great meatballs when dressed with a sweet and salty glaze.

Tsukune, savory Japanese grilled ground chicken meatballs, can easily be made Whole30-friendly at home. Along the way, I’ve simplified the process even further so you can broil them in the oven any time you’re craving these umami-packed bites! #whole30 #paleo #nomnompaleo #chickenmeatballs #glutenfree #japanesefood

Meet chicken tsukune, the Japanese meatball yakitori that combines ground chicken with sake and ginger before getting charred on the grill.

An amazing dish of Japanese Chicken Meatballs flavoured with onion, ginger, light soy sauce and sake. Covered in a sweet sauce, these are a delicious snack!

Tsukune is a Japanese chicken meatball most often cooked yakitori style and sometimes covered in a sweet soy or yakitori tare.

One reason why I love Japanese food is because of its multifaceted nature. Think sushi, sashimi, donburi, ramen, shabu shabu, teppanyaki – and the list goes on. I think I can live very well in Japan should I move there one day, lol. Yakitori (or chicken grilled on skewer) is something that I snack on […]

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Tsukune are grilled Japanese chicken meatball skewers glazed in a delicious sweet-savory sauce. Typically served at yakitori and izakaya restaurants, these juicy and irresistible meatballs are easy to make at home with your oven broiler or grill. It’s hard to eat just one!

Tsukune (Japanese Chicken Meatballs)

Yakitori is famous of course, but in Japan when I go to yakitori, the one I never want to miss is Tsukune. It is actually quite easy to make at your home. Please enjoy! #yakitori #japaneserecipe #chicken

Tsukune, a type of yakitori, is a lightly seasoned Japanese chicken sausage which is grilled and glazed with a sweet and savory taré.

Tsukune (Japanese Chicken Meatballs) is a regular Yakitori dish items. Soft and bouncy chicken meatballs are skewered and chargrilled with sweet soy sauce, i.e. yakitori sauce. The key to my soft and juicy meatballs is the grated onion and the amount of fat in the chicken mince (ground chicken). Don't forget to see the section 'MEAL IDEAS' below the recipe card! It gives you a list of dishes that I have already posted and this recipe so you can make up a complete meal. I hope it is of help…

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