Name: Tsukune
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 1 kg cow or pork mince ((35.27 oz)); 500 ml soy sauce; 4 green onions; 100 ml mirin; 100 ml sake; 1 teaspoon ginger; 2 tbsp brown sugar; 1 kg king Prawns ((35.27 oz)); 3 tbsp plain flour ((What is necessary to give firmness to the meat)); 1 egg

Tsukune is a Japanese chicken meatball most often cooked Yakitori style (but also can be fried, baked, or boiled) and sometimes covered in a sweet soy or yakitori tare, which is often mistaken for teriyaki sauce.
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I recommend to read this Yakitori recipe first.

Tsukune

Mariano

Japanese meatballs with teriyaki sauce

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Prep Time 35

Cook Time 20

Total Time 50

Course Main Course

Cuisine Japanese

Servings 8 people

Equipment

20/40 wood skewers (Soak them for about ¼ hour so that they do not burn when cooking).

Ingredients

1 kg cow or pork mince (35.27 oz)
500 ml soy sauce
4 green onions
100 ml mirin
100 ml sake
1 teaspoon ginger
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 kg king Prawns (35.27 oz)
3 tbsp plain flour (What is necessary to give firmness to the meat)
1 egg

Instructions

Teriyaki Sauce:
3 parts of soy sauce, 3 of Myrin, 1 of Sake, brown sugar, and ginger.
500 ml soy sauce, 4 green onions, 100 ml mirin, 100 ml sake, 1 teaspoon ginger, 2 tbsp brown sugar
Prawns:
Put prawns on the skewers and marinate them for about 10 minutes.
1 kg king Prawns
Cook them in the oven for between 8 and 10 minutes at 180°c (356°f) (meanwhile paint them every 3 minutes (No more than 10 minutes because they get dry).
Meat:
Mix minced meat (Cow or pork is good, according to preference) with an egg and flour.
1 kg cow or pork mince, 3 tbsp plain flour, 1 egg
Add very small chopped green onion, a very small splash of sesame oil (because it is very invasive) and salt. It has to be a consistency solid enough to mount it on the skewers.
The meatballs can also be made on a brochette as in the photo, although they are usually made much thinner than in that photo.
Cook them for about 20 minutes at 180° (356°f) depending of the skewers thickness.
Done. Enjoy!

Notes

If you use round chopsticks you can use two together to be able to turn them more comfortably and marinate them for a few minutes.
Cook them in oven at 180° for about 20 minutes (depending on how thick they are) and paint them every 3 minutes.

That’s all.

Keyword japanese, meat, prawns, sauce, skewers, teriyaki, tsukune