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yakitori

yakitori

1 6.3
A Japanese dish of small pieces of grilled chicken served on skewers
  • noun
  • /jɑːkɪˈtɔːri/
translation icon : yakitori
  • We don't want to duplicate a yakitori or an izakaya.
  • yakitori chicken
  • yakitori skewers

Examples

  • BOSS: Mine's hot-sausage, yakitori-style.

    Isle of Dogs (2018)

  • Let me have one large serving of 5 yakitori!

    Jester (2024)

  • Your "5 yakitori," I guess.

    Jester (2024)

  • At the festival, I enjoyed delicious yakitori, which are grilled chicken skewers, alongside other Japanese delicacies.

  • Every weekend, we visit a local restaurant that specializes in yakitori, serving perfectly grilled chicken skewers with various dipping sauces.

  • The chef prepared tasty yakitori by marinating chicken pieces and grilling them on skewers until golden brown.

How Filling

main course
28 1.3
roast
1 1.0
snack
471 1.0
yakitori
1 6.3
appetizer
  • US
103 2.6

Surface Forms

yakitori singular
yakitoris plural

Etymology

Yakitori comes from the Japanese parts yaki meaning 'grilled' and tori meaning 'bird' or 'chicken'. So yakitori literally means 'grilled chicken', which is why it names the small pieces of chicken cooked on skewers.