chicken sashimi

[chefseanbrock]

has anyone ever had chicken sashimi????

[Hiroyuki]

A reply from Japan:

Although I have never had this before, I want you to take a look at this:

http://www9.ocn.ne.jp/~ktorisin/

Besides chicken, some Japanese eat horse meat, canard (kamo in Japanese), ostrich meat, beef, venison, and other types of meat raw:

http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/kinako24/6001

[wesza]

My first introduction occurred in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1974 at a Japanese Susi/Cooked Food Restaurant located across from the Kahala Mall that had been in business many years that featured various types of Sushi prepared from Raw and Marinated Chicken as well as Beef [They mostly used Top Round Dry Aged] because they claimed it was sweeter and had more character.

My favorite type of the Chicken Sushi was taken from Thigh Meat and marinated with Ginger, Ponzo and Lime. I also liked the Breast Meat that was served Fine Diced with Avocado and Blood Leaf in a Noro Roll and Sliced Breast over Mirin Rice with Wasabi.

It was very popular with many local Japanese whose family came from Okinawa.

Irwin

[aidensnd2]

On Iron Chef Turkey Battle turkey sashimi makes an appearance. Something about eating raw poultry just seems so wrong. I have a hard enough time with raw beef.

[AzRaeL]

tastes like Samonella

[Pickles]

The thought of eating raw chicken...

[torakris]

I think it is the American in me that has prevented me from eating raw chicken here in Japan for the past 14 years.

I do have to admit though that it is at the top of my list of things I want to try now right next to chicken liver sashimi and I have discovered a restaurant very close to my house that is quite famous for these two dishes and hopefully we will be making a trip there soon.....

This is not something I would be tempted to make at home though and I regularly see cooking magazines (here in Japan) with recipes for chicken sashimi, normally the chicken tenderloin is dropped into boiling water for about 2 seconds then given an ice water bath, leaving the piece with a very pretty white outside and pink inside.

[Hiroyuki]

It is the very Japapanese in me that makes me think that I can eat chicken sashimi when it is served, but it's not something I'm willing to eat. I have eaten basahi 馬刺し (raw horsemeat), but it was served for dinner at a Japanese inn.

[auntdot]

I feel rather awkward when people ask me about sushi, because I rarely eat it.

When we do get to a Japanese restaurant, go straight for the sashimi (please omit the octopus, to me it is just chewy and has very little flavor). And so rarely eat the sushi.

Love carpaccio, steak tartare, raw kibbeh, but will eat it only in a restaurant I trust.

Just don't feel comfortable eating the meat I get at the "A&P" raw.

As for chicken or turkey sashimi, would give it a try but, like a number of previous posters, am a bit skeptical.

Perhaps it is just that I have cut up enough of the raw birds that puts me off, but somehow I question the texture.

But what the heck, give me a couple of martinis and I will taste almost anything.

[SKinCA]

My favorite type of the Chicken Sushi was taken from Thigh Meat and marinated with Ginger, Ponzo and Lime.

Calling all food scientists - wouldn't the lime juice "cook" the chicken in this the way fish is cooked in ceviche?

I have to admit, being a huge fan of anything raw, that I would not hesitate to try chicken or turkey sashimi at a reputable place. Sounds delish, actually.

[jrufusj]

chefseanbrock asked:

has anyone ever had chicken sashimi????

and Hiroyuki answered, in part:

A reply from Japan:

Although I have never had this before, I want you to take a look at this:

http://www9.ocn.ne.jp/~ktorisin/

I've only tried chicken sashimi in izakaya before, never in a specialty restaurant. I would probably never try it in the US unless it was prepared by a chef I knew, from a small production farm with manual slaughter. Absolutely not gonna do it with some piece of chicken from an industrial rendering plant.

I didn't find the taste or texture to be offputting. The flavor was a gentle, light chicken taste, absolutely fresh. The texture was excellent...a little more resistance to the tooth than most raw fish, perhaps because there is more of a grain to the meat, but tremedously tender.

The place I really want to try is the following:

Chicken Specialist in Japan

In addition to the pictures on the linked page, there is a lot of other great looking food on the site. Use the dropdown menu in the upper right side of the page to explore the whole menu. I am absolutely drooling to try some of the organ meats and other unusual parts, escpecially the brain sashimi on the "The Limited: Dainty Series" menu.

Hiroyuki went on to say:

Besides chicken, some Japanese eat horse meat, canard (kamo in Japanese), ostrich meat, beef, venison, and other types of meat raw

I've eaten venison raw as steak tartare from deer we've killed ourselves in the US, but never eaten it in Japan. Beef, of course, as well. There's a place in the bottom of Kamiyacho station in Tokyo that is great for basashi (horse sashimi). I highly recommend it. I've discussed it briefly in this thread. Haven't tried ostrich or duck as sashimi, but can't imagine why I wouldn't, if I had the opportunity.

Jim

[Behemoth]

Sorta related: apart from the raw kibbee, which people here are familiar with, there is another Lebanese raw meat item that is much less common outside the country -- raw lamb liver that you dip in salt and the pepper spice mix. Basically, lamb liver sashimi, and really really good. (Cooked liver gets that mushy texture, raw it is much nicer, IMO.) But I would never, ever eat it unless I had met the lamb in person that morning and knew the person preparing the liver. People also like to eat cubes of raw meat from the lamb when it is freshly killed, also quite good, IMO.

Chicken just seems especially risky, especially if you have no control of the animal while it is alive. The only way I'd be willing to try that is if the people had raised the animal themselves, were really careful types, and the animal was only given vegetarian feed. Even then, though, I have to admit it looks pretty unappatizing. I guess it comes down to what one is accustomed to. (Deep, I know.)

[FistFullaRoux]

I would have to know the chicken personally, so to speak. Or at least the person who raised it. Then I'd tell him I was going to eat the chicken uncooked and would sue the snot out of him if he were to sell me something that I got ill from. Then I'd require him to partake with me, so if I got ill, so would he.

Not worth it. Not with chicken, and especially not with anything bought from a store. Beef, fine. Tuna, sure. Other red meats, why not? But not store-bought poultry. And certainly not chicken.

[torakris]

The place I really want to try is the following:

Chicken Specialist in Japan

In addition to the pictures on the linked page, there is a lot of other great looking food on the site. Use the dropdown menu in the upper right side of the page to explore the whole menu. I am absolutely drooling to try some of the organ meats and other unusual parts, escpecially the brain sashimi on the "The Limited: Dainty Series" menu.

Jim,

I linked to this same restaurant in the yakitori thread and am still dying to go!

Maybe a Tokyo egullet get together could take place here......

[daw]

has anyone ever had chicken sashimi????

Yes and I was only passing through Kyoto. Luckily I had the chance to stay with a Japanese friend (Ito) and he took me to his local yakitori-ya where we had the usual range of things and finally we graduated to slices of raw chicken breast served with a rich plum sauce.

On this trip Ito had also taken me to a wide variety of of restaurants too, but that's another story.

Thankyou Ito!!

[neep]

Yes - also in Kyoto. As i remember it (it was 1985) the sashimi included breast meat, what was described as chicken stomach, and chicken liver.

On the same visit I was served and ate what I later learned was raw Whale. Spongey.

There is (or was?) a restaurant on the Tottenham Court Road in London (downstairs, and next door to the Scientologists) which served raw chicken.

[arjay]

Have we become so jaded as to actually consider eating culinary turds such as this?

[tighe]

Sorta related: apart from the raw kibbee, which people here are familiar with, there is another Lebanese raw meat item that is much less common outside the country -- raw lamb liver that you dip in salt and the pepper spice mix. Basically, lamb liver sashimi, and really really good. (Cooked liver gets that mushy texture, raw it is much nicer, IMO.) But I would never, ever eat it unless I had met the lamb in person that morning and knew the person preparing the liver. People also like to eat cubes of raw meat from the lamb when it is freshly killed, also quite good, IMO.

I had spicy raw lamb meatballs in Istanbul that were excellent. So hot that I have to believe it killed anything bad!

There's a recipe for chicken sashimi in the latest edition of Art Culinaire where the chicken is frozen before being served. Much like with fish sushi, I imagine this is to kill off any bacteria. I would try it, but I don't find the idea terribly tempting.

[Yuki]

I ate chicken sashimi before, but can't stand the smooshy texture. Although when grilling chicken thigh meat at home, it is usually medium rare. It is a surprise that I did not catch anything these years.

[neep]

Have we become so jaded as to actually consider eating culinary turds such as this?

I don't know about jaded. It's not lark's tongues or bear's genitals, treats of the late Roman emperors.

Stuffed Crust Pizza. Now that strikes me as pandering to a jaded palate.

[arjay]

Have we become so jaded as to actually consider eating culinary turds such as this?

I don't know about jaded. It's not lark's tongues or bear's genitals, treats of the late Roman emperors.

Stuffed Crust Pizza. Now that strikes me as pandering to a jaded palate.

I would not be surprised to see the next post on this thread to be how delicious raw lark's tongues and bear's genitals are. I'm sure they're available in Japan.

[Pan]

I would not be surprised to see the next post on this thread to be how delicious raw lark's tongues and bear's genitals are.

Hey, don't knock 'em if you've never tried 'em.

[smallworld]

Have we become so jaded as to actually consider eating culinary turds such as this?

I don't know about jaded. It's not lark's tongues or bear's genitals, treats of the late Roman emperors.

Stuffed Crust Pizza. Now that strikes me as pandering to a jaded palate.

I would not be surprised to see the next post on this thread to be how delicious raw lark's tongues and bear's genitals are. I'm sure they're available in Japan.

Umm, no.

Jim,

I linked to this same restaurant in the yakitori thread and am still dying to go!

Maybe a Tokyo egullet get together could take place here......

I would definitely be up for that.

Edited May 23, 2004 by smallworld (log)

[jrufusj]

Jim,

I linked to this same restaurant in the yakitori thread and am still dying to go!

Maybe a Tokyo egullet get together could take place here......

I would definitely be up for that.

So would I. In addition to wanting to try the restaurant, I would love to meet some of you guys.

Now we're up to three...any more?

Jim

[Hiroyuki]

smallworld,

I've been stunned at your bravery. I just didn't have the guts to be so blunt.

jrufusj,

I'd love to, but considering where I am, I don't think I can make it.

All of you three,

I hope you post a report here if you make it.