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salt-grilling; salt-grilled dish
A Japanese cooking method where fish or other ingredients are seasoned simply with salt and then grilled. Also refers to food prepared this way. One of the most fundamental and traditional ways to cook fish in Japan, valued for bringing out the natural flavor of the ingredient.
さんまの塩焼きを食べる。
Eat salt-grilled Pacific saury.
今日の夕飯は鮭の塩焼きにしよう。
Let's have salt-grilled salmon for dinner today.
新鮮な魚は塩焼きにするのが一番おいしいと思う。
I think salt-grilling is the most delicious way to prepare fresh fish.
USAGE:
塩焼き is one of the most common ways to cook fish in Japanese home cooking and restaurants. The dish is typically named as [fish] + の + 塩焼き (e.g., さんまの塩焼き). The simplicity of using only salt highlights the freshness and quality of the ingredient.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- さんまの塩焼き: salt-grilled Pacific saury (autumn classic)
- 鮭の塩焼き: salt-grilled salmon
- 鯛の塩焼き: salt-grilled sea bream
- 塩焼きにする: to salt-grill (something)
CULTURE:
Salt-grilled fish is a staple of the traditional Japanese breakfast and 定食 (set meal). さんまの塩焼き is particularly associated with autumn.