Japanese Offal Dishes

Gyutan is a Japanese dish originating from Sendai. It consists of pieces of thinly sliced beef tongue that's cooked on a charcoal grill. It's typically seasoned with salt or soy sauce-based tare sauce before grilling. The dish is usually accompani... READ MORE

Nankotsu is a traditional dish made with chicken cartilage, usually the parts from the breast bone or the leg. The cartilage is placed on skewers, and it's then grilled (or sometimes deep-fried) as a yakitori dish. Nankotsu doesn't have a strong f... READ MORE

Motsunabe is a variety of nabemono, the versatile and hearty Japanese one-pot dishes. It consists of various pork, chicken, or beef offal cooked in the flavorful soy sauce or miso broth alongside cabbage, garlic chives, and occasionally o... READ MORE

Rebasashi is a traditional sashimi dish made from raw liver. Not so long ago, most yakiniku, izakaya, and yakitori restaurants offered the dish on their menus, but it has been banned since 2012 as it’s not safe to eat raw liver, and the spec... READ MORE

Kawa is a traditional yakitori dish made with chicken skin as the main ingredient. It's believed that the best part for this type of yakitori comes from the neck of the chicken, but other parts of the skin are also commonly used. The skin is cut i... READ MORE

Sunagimo is a traditional yakitori dish made with chicken gizzards as the main ingredient. The pieces of chicken gizzard are placed on skewers, then grilled until fully done. The texture of sunagimo is often described as crispy, yet tender, while ... READ MORE

Kimo or reba is a traditional yakitori-style dish made with chicken liver as the main ingredient. In order to prepare it, pieces of chicken liver are placed on skewers, then grilled until done. It is believed that the name reba yakitori i... READ MORE

Hatsu is a traditional yakitori dish prepared with chicken hearts as the main ingredient. They are usually dipped into tare sauce, placed on skewers, then grilled. This type of yakitori is very popular since it's not found that often (because ther... READ MORE

Seseri is a traditional yakitori dish prepared with chicken meat from the neck area as the main ingredient. This type of yakitori is pretty uncommon as there is a limited amount of neck meat per chicken. The pieces of chicken neck are placed on sk... READ MORE

Kanmuri yakitori, also known as tosaka or eboshi yakitori, is a traditional yakitori dish made with chicken comb or crown as the main ingredient. The meat is full of collagen, thick and tender. The chicken combs are placed on a s... READ MORE