Daisho Yakitori Sauce 180g is 「やきとりのたれ」 — Daisho's sauce for yakitori, Japanese grilled chicken skewers. The maker builds it on soy sauce and zarame coarse sugar and finishes it with miso for depth, giving grilled chicken a glossy sheen and a savoury, roasted aroma. Made in Kyushu.
About Daisho
Daisho Co., Ltd. (株式会社ダイショー) is a Japanese seasoning maker established in December 1966 in Fukuoka — originally as Daisho Foods, set up to make grilled-meat seasoning, and its very first product was a yakiniku sauce called Yakiniku Ichiban. It now works from dual headquarters in Tokyo and Fukuoka, and is known across Japan for yakiniku and steak sauces, seasoned salt-and-pepper, and nabe hot-pot soup bases, under the company motto "creating happiness through deliciousness".
What is yakitori no tare — and what is zarame sugar?
Yakitori (焼き鳥) is Japanese grilled chicken, cut into bite-sized pieces and cooked on bamboo skewers over a hot grill. The tare (たれ) is the sauce it is glazed with — a soy-based sauce brushed on during cooking so it reduces onto the meat in layers rather than being served alongside. Zarame (ざらめ糖) is a coarse-grained Japanese sugar; makers use it in tare because it caramelises into the glossy, deep-brown coating that a yakitori glaze is judged on.
How to use & enjoy
Brush it onto skewers or meat as they grill, building the glaze up in layers, and add a little more once they come off the heat — that repeated basting is what produces the caramelised, glossy coating. It can also be served on the side as a dipping sauce. Beyond yakitori itself, it is the traditional glaze for tsukune, Japanese grilled chicken meatball skewers, and the same style of sauce works on grilled beef and pork.
How to make yakitori — Daisho's recipe
Grill the skewers in an oven or on a grill, brushing the sauce on as they cook. Once they are cooked through, brush on a little more sauce before serving. Daisho notes that one bottle is enough for approximately 800 g of meat, and that the sauce can also be rubbed into the meat before pan-frying.
Ingredients
Soy sauce (made in Japan), fructose-glucose syrup, zarame coarse sugar, fermented seasoning, miso, salt, spices / alcohol, thickener (modified starch, xanthan gum), seasoning (amino acids), caramel colour, sweetener (stevia).
Allergens
Contains: wheat, soy.
Nutrition
Per serving (or per 100 g), as published by the manufacturer: energy 161 kcal, protein 3.5 g, fat 0.5 g, carbohydrate 35.7 g, salt equivalent 6.9 g.
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Japanese yakitori sauce · やきとりのたれ 180g · Daisho yakiniku & grilling range.
