How Do The Japanese Make Tough Meat Tender At Home

Frozen Meat Hacks In Japanese Home Cooking

Now, I can introduce the best ways to freeze meat with those meat tenderizers.

Chicken Breasts, Turkey Breasts

1. Pierce breasts with forks as much as you can.
2. Rub breast with 1 tsp sugar for each side.
3. Sprinkle salt, black pepper, 1 tsp sake or white wine, and rub thoroughly.
4. Wrap each with plastic wrap, and put it in a freezer bag.

When chicken is ready, make Japanese “Karaage” chicken to surprise your guest.

Classic Japanese Karaage Chicken Recipe: How To Make It Crispy

The classic Karaage Chicken recipe- everyone can make Japanese-style fried chicken at home. Crispy and juicy, it's sure to be a family favorite. Despite there's no need for a long marinade in buttermilk like classic fried chicken, yet, I recommend marinating the chicken in buttermilk, Shio-koji, or the baking powder solution, especially when using chicken breast meat. The two-step coating process can bring the best crispy Karaage chicken, besides using cake flour instead of all-purpose flour. (and mix starch.)

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Chicken Thighs, Breasts, Pork

1. Make the “baking powder” solution
2. Set a freezer bag in a bowl, and put the meat in it.
3. Pour the solution until the meat is covered.
4. Keep the bag in the bawl even in the freezer until the meat and solution are frozen. Or lay filled bags flat in the freezer

Pork Chops, Chicken breasts

Apply shio koji. For meat, the volume to use is 10% of the weight of the meat.

Thin Sliced Beef & Pork (chicken), Pork Chops

1. Make the Japanese BBQ sauce.
2. Slice Beefsteak, and marinate with the sauce.
3. Marinate Pork chops.
4. Before cooking sliced beef or pork, add 1 tsp of potato starch (or corn starch) and massage the meat on the bag. (Not necessary for pork chops.)

Just thaw it and be ready to grill!

Japanese BBQ Beef Steak Salad Bowl With Homemade YAKINIKU Sauce

This Japanese-YAKINIKU-syle BBQ steak salad is loaded with thinly-sliced beef steak (made on the grill or stovetop), glass noodles, cucumbers, carrots, and your choice of leafy greens. Topped with my homemade Yakiniku sauce and Asian sweet chili sauce to add extra Asian flavors. The beef steak is super tender by marinating with also Yakiniku sauce! This meal salad recipe is definitely flavorful and filling.

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