Recipe For Japanese Chicken Meatballs

Are one of the 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).

Is a generic name for ese-style meatballs. The minced meat (ground meat) does not have to be chicken, it could be pork or even fish.

 you need to have chicken fat in the mince. The surface of the meatballs needs to be smooth rather than bumpy, which you get when the granular size of the mince is large.

Tsukune (japanese Chicken Meatballs) Recipe

I use a mixture of chicken breast mince and chicken thigh mince, which contains more fat than the breast mince. The breast mince is almost like a paste and it makes the surface of the meatballs smooth. The chicken thigh mince adds fat to the mince that makes the meatballs soft and juicy and compensates for the dryness of the breast mince.

But sometimes, I may have just breast mince. In this case, I add finely minced chicken fat to it so that the meatballs become more moist and soft.

Whenever I trim the fat and remove the skin from the chicken, I save them and freeze them. The chicken skin often has a layer of fat on the inside. I scrape off the fat to make use of it.

Chicken Tsukune (japanese Glazed Meatballs)

You could use a blender to make mince from fillets as well. I tried it with thigh fillets and it worked well. You can mince thigh fillets much finer than those you get from the shop.

Drop your meatballs into the boiling water and cook them for 5-7 minutes. This is basically the process of making the basic

Once your meatballs are boiled, there are many different ways of using them to make dishes. Today, I made them in Yakitori-style by putting skewers through them and grilling them with a sweet soy sauce.

Japanese Chicken Meatballs Recipe (tsukune)

In almost all meatball dishes, when you make the meatball, you take a portion of the meat mixture on your palm, place the other hand to cover the meat, then roll the meat inside your hands to make it round. This method sure can make a perfect ball.

In the different way. Because the mince mixture in my recipe is quite soft and difficult to roll to make a ball, I do not use the traditional method of making a meatball.

I grab a handful of mince mixture with my left hand (I am a right hander), make a circle with my thumb and index finger and squeeze my hand to push the meat through the circle. The meat comes out shaped like a ball. With my right hand, I use a spoon to scoop the meatball off my left hand and drop it into the boiling water.

Jidori Tsukune (japanese Chicken Meatballs) Recipe

 is made by dropping seasoned minced meat into boiling water or soup using a spoon, or by picking up by hand without forming a particular shape.

Server made of bamboo. Place the mice mixture on the half-pipe bamboo server and simply slide a chunk of mince into the boiling broth using a spatula.

As part of a yakitori dish, put 2 or 3 meatballs through a skewer. Then grill them with either salts sprinkled over them or sweet soy sauce basted on them.

Round The World

 (鉄砲串, gun skewer). Unlike the standard round bamboo skewer, the teppō gushi is a narrow flat skewer with a handle at one end. The flat skewer prevents the meatballs from rotating around the skewer when turning the balls on the skewer over. You can buy

Is simply made by sprinkling some salt over the meatballs when grilling. The sweet flavour is made by basting the meatballs in a condensed sauce that is made of soy sauce, mirin and sugar.

 (ese 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). 

Baked Tsukune (japanese Chicken Meatballs) Recipe

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 to you.

1. You could have a mixture of 250g / 8.8oz breast mince and 250g / 8.8oz thigh mince, or 100% thigh mince.

2. The time taken to reduce the sauce depends on the size of the pot. The larger the diameter of the pot, the faster it reduces.

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3. The size of the circle made with your thumb and index finger determines the size of the ball and therefore the number of meatballs made in total.

4. Cooking time depends on the size of the meatballs. When the meatball is floating and feels light when you pick it up, it is cooked through.

Is already cooked, all you need to do here is to coat with sauce and get them burnt slightly to give better flavour to them.

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Can be frozen. After boiling, cool them down and freeze them in an air tight container or a freezer bag. To grill, thaw them, then grill as per the instructions.

Serving: 103g calories: 169kcal fat: 8.6g (13%) saturated fat: 0.4g (12%) trans fat: 0.0g polyunsaturated fat: 1.8g monounsaturated fat: 3.5g cholesterol: 70mg (23%) sodium: 594mg (25%) potassium: 280mg (8%) carbohydrates: 6.4g (2%) dietary fibre: 0.4g (2%) sugar: 3.9g protein: 14g vitamin a: 3% vitamin c: 0.7% calcium: 1% iron: 3%

A typical ese meal consists of a main dish, a couple of side dishes,  a soup and rice. I try to come up with a combination of dishes with a variety of flavours, colours, textures and make-ahead dishes.Tsukune, Japanese-style chicken meatballs, is off the charts delicious! With soft and juicy meatballs basted in a sweet, salty, and little sticky sauce. This tsukune recipe is keto and low carb. The meatballs are incredibly flavorful and I guarantee your guests will have no problem eating one after another!

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I’ve long been a big fan of Tsukune (Japanese grilled chicken meatballs) and all things yakitori (Japanese grilled chicken skewers). The meatballs are soft and juicy inside and slightly charred outside, drizzled with a caramelized sweet soy sauce.

Our most recent trip to Tokyo brought back all the memories of these delicious Japanese chicken meatballs. I took several photos and even a quick iphone video below just to show you how amazing these meatballs are. And it goes without saying that I have to make a keto and paleo version to share with you!

Tsukune (つくね) means Japanese-style meatballs. The ground meat (or minced meat) could be chicken, pork, or even fish. The most popular version is made with ground chicken so people often associate Tsukune recipe with Japanese grilled chicken meatballs.

Japanese Chicken Meatball Recipe (tsukune)

Often, the meatballs are cooked yakitori style – skewered and grilled over a charcoal fire – but they also can be pan-fried or baked.

The meatballs are basted and brushed in a sweet soy sauce or yakitori tare, a thick Japanese grilling and dipping sweet soy sauce that tastes similar to teriyaki sauce. The flavor is salty and sweet and with great depth of flavor. Today I use my keto teriyaki sauce to simplify the recipe. I also have a Whole30 teriyaki sauce for Whole30-ers!

These grilled meatballs are perfect for summer BBQ recipes and I’ll show you two methods to make this dish – pan-fried (indoor) and grilling (outdoor).

Tsukune Japanese Chicken Meatballs, Skewered And Typically Grilled Over Charcoal Close Up On A Plate On The Table. Horizontal Stock Photo

I use ginger juice (from grated ginger) and grated shallot to make my meatballs extra flavorful. With only 7 ingredients, the meatballs are seasoned with toasted sesame oil, scallions, grated shallot, ginger juice from grated ginger, coconut aminos, egg yolk, and some salt and white pepper.

This is a simple way to enjoy Tsukune fast! I use this method at home since I don’t have an outdoor space.

Friends! These Tsukune grilled meatballs taste just like what you get in Japanese yakitori shops but are made keto and low carb! The meatballs are incredibly delicious, basted in a caramelized sweet, salty, and little sticky sauce. If you love meatballs and sweet BBQ, this recipe is for you! Give it a try and leave a comment below to let me know how it goes. I can’t wait to hear!

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Tsukune, Japanese grilled chicken meatballs, with keto teriyaki sauce is sweet, salty, and absolutely delicious! This is the best low carb Tsukune recipe!

Serving: 1 meatball , Calories: 88 kcal , Carbohydrates: 2 g , Protein: 7 g , Fat: 6 g , Saturated Fat: 1 g , Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g , Monounsaturated Fat: 1 g , Trans Fat: 1 g , Cholesterol: 44 mg , Sodium: 133 mg , Potassium: 222 mg , Fiber: 1 g , Sugar: 1 g , Vitamin A: 434 IU , Vitamin C: 1 mg , Calcium: 8 mg , Iron: 1 mg

Appetizers Christmas/Winter Cooking Method Course Cuisines Dietary Gluten-free Grilling Holiday/Season Japanese Keto Less Than 5 Grams Main Course Meal Prep No Added Sugar Paleo Spring Stove Top Summer/BBQ Thanksgiving/Fall Whole30Tsukune, savory Japanese grilled ground chicken meatballs, can easily be made Whole30-friendly and gluten-free

Japanese Chicken Meatballs Recipe