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  • I was expecting what I’ve had in the past called tsukune, but this ground chicken was wrapped like a sausage all the way around the skewer – just ever so slightly pornographic.

    Archive 2005-05-01 2005

  • I was expecting what I’ve had in the past called tsukune, but this ground chicken was wrapped like a sausage all the way around the skewer – just ever so slightly pornographic.

    My Apologies to David - Terried Sake House 2005

  • Sorry, grandmother, sorry Nate-N-Al's, these guys have taken chicken soup to a different ethereal level (get it with the succulent tsukune, a chicken meatball).

    Jay Weston: Jidori Chicken -- A Soulful Bird! Robata-Ya Is Where to Find it 2010

  • Chicken-tsukune soup: 1. Make tsukune (chicken meatballs) by combining and massaging together 1 lbs ground chicken, 2 eggs, 1 tbp (eye-balled) ponzu, a bunch of sesame seeds, and enough panko (JP bread curmbs) to give it enough consistency to make balls.

    Izakaya Alice: Late night soups 2007

  • Chicken-tsukune soup: 1. Make tsukune (chicken meatballs) by combining and massaging together 1 lbs ground chicken, 2 eggs, 1 tbp (eye-balled) ponzu, a bunch of sesame seeds, and enough panko (JP bread curmbs) to give it enough consistency to make balls.

    Archive 2007-05-01 2007

  • We opted for the chicken/negi, the shiitake stuffed with ground chicken, shishito peppers, asparagus bacon and ground chicken tsukune skewers with the optional "onsen tamago" which is a very lightly poached egg.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Tokyoastrogirl 2007

  • We opted for the chicken/negi, the shiitake stuffed with ground chicken, shishito peppers, asparagus bacon and ground chicken tsukune skewers with the optional "onsen tamago" which is a very lightly poached egg.

    Tuna Toast Tokyoastrogirl 2007

  • The tsukune chicken meat balls are more like a chicken meat stick.

    Archive 2006-10-01 2006

  • The menu there is small, but the tsukune meat balls are superb.

    Archive 2006-07-01 2006

  • This problem goes away for dishes where the chef has done something more than grilling the meat - like the delicious and tenderly moist tsukune chicken meat balls or the stuffed shiitake skewers.

    Saizo: Kushiyaki Specialist and More 2006

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