Recipe of Ikayaki

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Ikayaki (いか焼き, イカ焼き, 烏賊焼) is a popular fast food in Japan. In much of Japan, the term refers to simple grilled squid topped with soy sauce; the portion of squid served may be the whole body (minus entrails), rings cut from the body, or one or more tentacles, depending on the size. Ikayaki is served in many izakayas and a grilled tentacle on a stick is popular at Japanese.

Ikayaki is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Ikayaki is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

Simple Way to Make Ikayaki

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook ikayaki using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Ikayaki:

1. Make ready 500 g whole squid (cleaned)
2. Prepare 2 tsp fresh ginger (grated)
3. Take 2 tbsp soy sauce
4. Prepare 1 tbsp aka miso (red miso paste)
5. Take 2 tbsp mirin
6. Prepare 1 tbsp sake
7. Prepare 2 tbsp oil
8. Prepare 2 tsp sansho pepper (Japanese pepper, and more to serve)
9. Prepare Lemon wedges (to serve)
10. Get tools
11. Make ready Grill plate (optional)

Ikayaki covered in sweet brown sauce. Putting it in the simplest possible terms. Ika meaning squid, and yaki meaning to grill or cook. However, as is always the case with traditional Japanese cuisine, there's so much more to this story than just this mere simplistic outline.

Instructions

Steps to make Ikayaki:

1. To prepare the marinade, combine soy sauce, aka miso, mirin, sake, ginger and sancho pepper in a large bowl, and mix well.
2. Add in the squid, and spoon the marinade over to coat well. Set aside to marinate for 15 mins.
3. When it’s time to cook, separate squid from the liquids, but reserve the marinade for later use.
4. Cooking on a grill plate: Heat a well-oiled grill plate over stovetop. When grill plate is hot, place squid on the grill to cook for about 12-15 mins, turning occasionally, and glazing the squid with marinade. Cooking time will vary a little according to the size of the squid.
5. Cooking on a pan: Heat a well-oiled pan over medium-high heat. Add squid to cook on pan for about 4-5 mins on each side, turning occasionally. Add the marinade and cook a further 1-2 mins until the sauce thickens.
6. To serve, slice the squid into rings and place on serving plate. Add a dash of sansho before serving, and a lemon wedge on the side.
7. Squeeze lemon over hot squid and enjoy ikayaki with a cold beer!.

This traditional Japanese dish is made of grilled squid, and Millenaire villagers sell them from town halls and lone Inns. Ikayaki is bought by Japanese Outposts and foreign Merchants. Ikayaki is a popular, no frills Japanese street food which is usually served on sticks so that they can be eaten on the go and enjoyed with a cold beer. Heat a large nonstick frying pan over moderately high heat. Add the oil and sprinkle the sugar into the pan.

As simple as that How to Prepare Ikayaki

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