Chicken Meatballs (Tsukune)

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You whitethorn person tasted Asian-inspired meatballs similar these before, but the enactment of serving them with a earthy ovum yolk, which turns into a benignant of affluent sauce, takes them to different level.

Serve with atom and a rootlike oregon salad.

If you are acrophobic astir the hazard of salmonella, usage pasteurized eggs, disposable successful prime supermarkets.

Adapted from “Tokyo Cult Recipes,” by Maori Murota (Harper Design, 2015).

Ingredients

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Servings: 2 (makes astir 8 pieces)

For the glaze

  • 2 1/2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons mirin
  • 1 tablespoonful sugar
  • 1 tablespoonful oyster sauce
  • 1 clove garlic, bruised/barely crushed

For the meatballs

  • 14 ounces crushed dark-meat chicken
  • 2 scallions, finely chopped (white, light- and dark-green parts)
  • One 3/4-inch portion peeled caller ginger root, grated
  • 1 tablespoonful low-sodium soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoonful mirin
  • 1 spoon sesame lipid (not toasted)
  • 1 ample egg, preferably pasteurized, separated into achromatic and yolk, positive 1 oregon 2 oregon much ample ovum yolks (keep the yolks intact; spot headnote)
  • 1 spoon cornstarch
  • Neutrally flavored oil, for frying

Adapted from “Tokyo Cult Recipes,” by Maori Murota (Harper Design, 2015).

Tested by Carolyn Stanek Lucy and Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published February 21, 2017

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Updated March 15, 2026

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