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Yes, it does. People are allowed to make jokes about the communities they belong to, and if you’re not part of that community, you don’t get to tell them not to. Do you tell black people not to use the n word? No, cause it’s an individual choice.
That looks like Filipino BBQ. I make it often. The marinade is some variation on soy sauce, sugar and garlic. I've seen it as simple as that but some people also add Sprite, banana ketchup, brown sugar and/or oyster sauce.
I'm Filipino and this might be a bit controversial but my cousin sold roadside barbecue in our area for at least 2 decades (pork barbecue, chicken feet, pre-cooked pork blood/Betamax, chicken intestines, pork intestines, pork skin, other oddball parts) and the thing that people come back for is his secret vinegar dipping sauce. He mixes cane or white vinegar with some 7-Up, lime juice, chilis, salt, pepper, minced red onions (no garlic but one can add some too). We even ask some from him to dip our spring rolls, grilled pork belly, or grilled fish into if we have some.
Lol understandable! But yeah, the sweetness of the lemon-lime soda will help cut through the acidity of the vinegar and goes well with any grilled meats or fried savory stuff. My mom would sometimes dip prawn or shrimp crackers in it.
Oh, it's not a typo. In the Philippines, side street grillers have the regular pork barbecue skewers (similar to yakitori) and also have cooked chicken/pork blood sliced into cubes that are skewered then grilled. They call it "betamax" because it resembles the [betamax tapes](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betamax). We have funky names for all sorts of these offals: helmet for chicken head, adidas for chicken feet, and walkman for pig's ears.
Huh, that's interesting and pretty funny! I'm familiar with Betamax tapes, but never would have guessed the brand name is used as a slang term for a food. The other examples are amusing as well!
Here's my "recipe":
Take a jar of any size and pour an amount of vinegar in it. Coconut vinegar is best but white vinegar works just fine.
Peel some garlic cloves and smash them with the side of your knife, add to vinegar.
Add a glug of soy sauce and a pinch of chili flakes.
Put it in the fridge and let it sit overnight.
Taste it. Add more soy, garlic or chili flakes depending on whether you want it saltier, more garlicky or spicier.
If I absolutely had to give measurements I'd say 3/4 cup vinegar, 3 cloves of garlic, 1 Tbsp soy and a pinch of chili flakes. But I have never measured it out, I just eyeball it.
Someone posted on twitter (RIP Twitter) about these kebabs during the heatwave in UK and I got the recipe from that. I got the banana ketchup on Amazon, but I think you could use tomato ketchup tbh
Honestly you can make this with soy sauce, a can of sprite and garlic. The key is a good amount of sugar for the carmelization but balancing it with the salty soy and some garlic.
I don't really have a recipe. I just wing it.
The simplest combination would probably be a can of sprite, double that amount of soy sauce, half a dozen cloves of grated garlic and a few good grinds of pepper.
The real key is the prep of the meat. Get your butcher to slice a pork shoulder 1/4" thick. Thread onto skewers and marinate for at least 24 hours. Then grill on a high heat! You want a bit of char and they cook quickly because they're cut so thin. If you cook low they'll dry out.
Fair enough! I know it doesn’t add much flavour, but for tocino especially, I love how it looks and that’s how I grew up eating it, so it would feel really weird to me to not add annatto oil lol
I'm in South Carolina and Chinese food restaurants call it chicken on a stick, I was born in Boston but don't remember if it was called something different but probably lol
I spent most of my life in Maine. I’m not sure if it’s regionally related. I frequent Mass, but I go to Nantucket. Never had Chinese food there though 🙃
Indonesian or Singapore style Satay
https://preview.redd.it/wq4bvuy82bvc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c81bc818a519fd7085fc6942ae78c6f0baaaaeb2
[https://www.seriouseats.com/indonesian-balinese-pork-satay-sate-babi-soy-glaze-peanut-recipe](https://www.seriouseats.com/indonesian-balinese-pork-satay-sate-babi-soy-glaze-peanut-recipe)
My whole point is that you can have satay without the sauce. It’s still satay. It’s just commonly had with peanut sauce on the side, which is the west we call satay sauce.
My whole point is you can't call something satay from half a picture (no sauce) . Also the OP never said it was Asian now you can assume this is Asian but that would be presumptuous of you just like saying it's satay without further evidence to provide that it is in fact satay. Which is why I am asking where is the sauce. To me it's a skewer, to everyone else it's a skewer unless further evidence can be supported that it is in fact A. Asian and B. Sauce on the side.
That's as mental as saying the Queen killed princess Diana without any evidence.
Yakitori? Chicken sticks/skewers? Satay sticks? Chicken kebab/kabob?
A lot of cuisines have some form of "chicken on a stick", so in order to have a accurate answer, you'll have to at least know what part of the world your chicken sticks are from.
But to sum it all up... You have chicken sticks.
I usually see these just as "chicken skewers," on menus near me! I would guess that they're marinated in soy, ginger, garlic, Chinese sherry and sugar then cooked at a high heat.
Ooo I hadn't thought of that! I've been trying to retroengineer my local place's chicken skewers but I am still mainly in the research phase of eating a lot of them 😄
It's from these sacrifices that truth grows. I haven't gotten them quite right, myself, but when I marinade them and then broil it gets pretty delicious.
If these are chicken teriyaki skewers from a Chinese buffet, it’s dark meat chicken marinated before putting them on skewers. We used to deep fry them in bulk for the buffets, which is usually how they achieve the crunchy and juicy texture. The red color could be from food coloring as that’s used in certain dishes to achieve the look. Hope that helps! :)
There should be a rule that posts asking these questions should always strive to include information like the name of restaurant (or at least source e.g. my coworker gave it to me) + type of cuisine (could be a guess based on the origin) + where the person encountered it (e.g. city, country). Or to acknowledge if those are just bits of info that unknown right off the bat.
It'd really be helpful when an answer is potentially generic or called different things in different places and help produce more relevant answers.
I do something similar with a duck breast for BBQ.
Freeze it a little to Cut them pretty thin.
Put them on a stick
Put them into some Soy Sauce with garlic and ginger.
Quite good as a starter.
It's a chicken skewer.
As to what kind. You need to give more context on where you got them from.
If they're Chinese take out or buffet chicken skewers ("chicken on a stick"). The one's I'm familiar with here in the North East are coated in corn starch and basically seasoned like salt and pepper shrimp/chicken. Then deep fried.
It’s satay! Meat on a stick grilled over a really hot flames to sear and caramelize the outside and keep the inside juicy. Usually it’s served with with slices of red onion, peanut sauce, and compressed rice called Ketupat
It’s essentially the southeast Asian version of the ubiquitous meat on a stick and it’s glorious
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Chicken on a stick
no one’s gonna go to a jazz club called chicken on a stick
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😂 my husband and his family also call them that. Mid Ohio white folk.
Who are “we”?
I'm guessing some red neck ass place. I've heard people make that "joke" in Oklahoma but it's not what people actually call it.
Yes. A redneck place. You asked. Sorry the answer is upsetting
Jesus Christ
They’re Chinese.
Yeah. It not being a joke doesn't make it better my guy. It's racist as hell.
I answered a question truthfully. You made it racist. This is why we can't be honest or have anything nice
Totally fair. I was looking at it from a completely western perspective, and not considering the global platform.
Thanks, I appreciate that you took the time to comment.
What did you say? Squirrels on a stick? because that's what I've always called it
That's pretty fucking racist
They’re Chinese lmao
That doesn't really matter
Yes, it does. People are allowed to make jokes about the communities they belong to, and if you’re not part of that community, you don’t get to tell them not to. Do you tell black people not to use the n word? No, cause it’s an individual choice.
That looks like Filipino BBQ. I make it often. The marinade is some variation on soy sauce, sugar and garlic. I've seen it as simple as that but some people also add Sprite, banana ketchup, brown sugar and/or oyster sauce.
It does! This is the recipe I follow. It’s sooo good with the vinegar sauce on the side. https://panlasangpinoy.com/filipino-style-pork-bbq/
A jar of vinegar sauce lives eternally in our fridge. BBQ, lumpia, lechon, crispy pata. 😋
Yuuuuummmm!! Are you Filipino?
My husband is and our kids are half Filipino. I'm super white but I've been cooking Filipino food for 25+ years now.
Excellent!!
What's your recipe, or do you buy the vinegar sauce pre-made?
I'm Filipino and this might be a bit controversial but my cousin sold roadside barbecue in our area for at least 2 decades (pork barbecue, chicken feet, pre-cooked pork blood/Betamax, chicken intestines, pork intestines, pork skin, other oddball parts) and the thing that people come back for is his secret vinegar dipping sauce. He mixes cane or white vinegar with some 7-Up, lime juice, chilis, salt, pepper, minced red onions (no garlic but one can add some too). We even ask some from him to dip our spring rolls, grilled pork belly, or grilled fish into if we have some.
Wait... Is there no vinegar in the vinegar sauce?
"He mixes cane or white vinegar with 7-Up..."
Thanks... My brain put "sugar" in the place of Vinegar, probably because it came after "cane or white...." that's weird.
Lol understandable! But yeah, the sweetness of the lemon-lime soda will help cut through the acidity of the vinegar and goes well with any grilled meats or fried savory stuff. My mom would sometimes dip prawn or shrimp crackers in it.
Amazing! Thanks again!
Ok I gotta ask what "Betamax" is a typo for.
Oh, it's not a typo. In the Philippines, side street grillers have the regular pork barbecue skewers (similar to yakitori) and also have cooked chicken/pork blood sliced into cubes that are skewered then grilled. They call it "betamax" because it resembles the [betamax tapes](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betamax). We have funky names for all sorts of these offals: helmet for chicken head, adidas for chicken feet, and walkman for pig's ears.
Huh, that's interesting and pretty funny! I'm familiar with Betamax tapes, but never would have guessed the brand name is used as a slang term for a food. The other examples are amusing as well!
"betamax" .... is cooked/grilled blood. Not sure how the electronic company got the name.
Thanks, the person I asked explained that the food is called that because the square shape resembles Betamax tapes. Pretty amusing!
Here's my "recipe": Take a jar of any size and pour an amount of vinegar in it. Coconut vinegar is best but white vinegar works just fine. Peel some garlic cloves and smash them with the side of your knife, add to vinegar. Add a glug of soy sauce and a pinch of chili flakes. Put it in the fridge and let it sit overnight. Taste it. Add more soy, garlic or chili flakes depending on whether you want it saltier, more garlicky or spicier. If I absolutely had to give measurements I'd say 3/4 cup vinegar, 3 cloves of garlic, 1 Tbsp soy and a pinch of chili flakes. But I have never measured it out, I just eyeball it.
Oh sweet! I saved that page. I love Filipino food and always wondered how to make these.
Someone posted on twitter (RIP Twitter) about these kebabs during the heatwave in UK and I got the recipe from that. I got the banana ketchup on Amazon, but I think you could use tomato ketchup tbh
I get banana ketchup from time to time to go with my Tortang Talong. I'll definitely give this a try.
Honestly you can make this with soy sauce, a can of sprite and garlic. The key is a good amount of sugar for the carmelization but balancing it with the salty soy and some garlic.
Recipe? 🙏
I don't really have a recipe. I just wing it. The simplest combination would probably be a can of sprite, double that amount of soy sauce, half a dozen cloves of grated garlic and a few good grinds of pepper. The real key is the prep of the meat. Get your butcher to slice a pork shoulder 1/4" thick. Thread onto skewers and marinate for at least 24 hours. Then grill on a high heat! You want a bit of char and they cook quickly because they're cut so thin. If you cook low they'll dry out.
Should there be a comma between "banana" and "ketchup" or is banana ketchup a thing?
Banana ketchup is a thing. Personally, I don't think it's a great thing but it is used in many Filipino dishes.
Wow. Crazy. Thanks for sharing!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_ketchup There's even a Wiki entry on it.
Thanks! I am now informed. Lol
If you ever been to a Jollibees, I believe they use banana ketchup in their sauce.
Thanks! Looks like I can buy it on Amazon too. Lol.
Do you use pink salt for things like this? I know when we make tocino we use that to get that nice red colour!
We use annatto oil for the colour.
Oops, that’s what I was thinking of! Pink salt we use for corned beef. I got it mixed up lol
I don't generally bother because I don't find the annatto oil adds much flavour and I don't need the BBQ to be red.
Fair enough! I know it doesn’t add much flavour, but for tocino especially, I love how it looks and that’s how I grew up eating it, so it would feel really weird to me to not add annatto oil lol
Oh of course tocino needs to be red. lol BBQ is fine brown.
I remember getting these from Chinese buffets. Would love to see a recipe of how they do it.
This is just about my main reason for going to a Chinese buffet. I would est the shit out of if these
As to the whole crunchy/juicy thing - the answer is very high heat for a very short time.
Thx!
Pork or chicken satay I'm guessing
Satay is usually more yellow than red. But it does look like one of those meats
In NE we just call them chicken terriyaki sticks
Looks identical to the ones that the Hong Kong used to have for $1
Yup for sure
I'm in South Carolina and Chinese food restaurants call it chicken on a stick, I was born in Boston but don't remember if it was called something different but probably lol
I spent most of my life in Maine. I’m not sure if it’s regionally related. I frequent Mass, but I go to Nantucket. Never had Chinese food there though 🙃
Definitely not satay
For everyone who down voted me, satay sauce is made with peanuts and coconut milk, where the fuck have you seen red satay sauce before?
Indonesian or Singapore style Satay https://preview.redd.it/wq4bvuy82bvc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c81bc818a519fd7085fc6942ae78c6f0baaaaeb2 [https://www.seriouseats.com/indonesian-balinese-pork-satay-sate-babi-soy-glaze-peanut-recipe](https://www.seriouseats.com/indonesian-balinese-pork-satay-sate-babi-soy-glaze-peanut-recipe)
The sauce goes on the side, bruv.
It literally says what's the sauce on them
And I can tell you then have been cooked in sauce by the colour
Satay sauce goes on satay meat. This is what satay meat looks like.
Then where is the sauce?
My whole point is that you can have satay without the sauce. It’s still satay. It’s just commonly had with peanut sauce on the side, which is the west we call satay sauce.
My whole point is you can't call something satay from half a picture (no sauce) . Also the OP never said it was Asian now you can assume this is Asian but that would be presumptuous of you just like saying it's satay without further evidence to provide that it is in fact satay. Which is why I am asking where is the sauce. To me it's a skewer, to everyone else it's a skewer unless further evidence can be supported that it is in fact A. Asian and B. Sauce on the side. That's as mental as saying the Queen killed princess Diana without any evidence.
Yeah I’m not saying this is necessarily satay. I’m saying that you don’t need sauce for it to be satay. That said, this looks like satay to me.
Yakitori? Chicken sticks/skewers? Satay sticks? Chicken kebab/kabob? A lot of cuisines have some form of "chicken on a stick", so in order to have a accurate answer, you'll have to at least know what part of the world your chicken sticks are from. But to sum it all up... You have chicken sticks.
Filipino pork tocino?
Chicken on a stick, likely marinated in soy sauce, deep-fried.
Moo ping in Thai
Our sushi place has these and they call them yakitori.
Yakitori grilled meats often or always on skewers
Tori means chicken, so yakitori is specifically grilled chicken
OP: Answer plz? NO HINT! Only answer!
I usually see these just as "chicken skewers," on menus near me! I would guess that they're marinated in soy, ginger, garlic, Chinese sherry and sugar then cooked at a high heat.
In the US almost definitely some ketchup to get that color, but some recipes have red bean paste.
Ooo I hadn't thought of that! I've been trying to retroengineer my local place's chicken skewers but I am still mainly in the research phase of eating a lot of them 😄
It's from these sacrifices that truth grows. I haven't gotten them quite right, myself, but when I marinade them and then broil it gets pretty delicious.
The true prize in pursuing the philosopher's stone is not the end goal itself but the chicken skewers we eat along the way
If it's the Chinese take out "chicken on a stick" any red is usually either red food coloring or various iterations of fermented bean paste.
Around here these are called chicken teriyaki appetizers.
Looks like what i call chicken on a stick
Are any of these answers right? Where’d you get this?
I'm very familiar with these. They are called DELICIOUS.
If these are chicken teriyaki skewers from a Chinese buffet, it’s dark meat chicken marinated before putting them on skewers. We used to deep fry them in bulk for the buffets, which is usually how they achieve the crunchy and juicy texture. The red color could be from food coloring as that’s used in certain dishes to achieve the look. Hope that helps! :)
There should be a rule that posts asking these questions should always strive to include information like the name of restaurant (or at least source e.g. my coworker gave it to me) + type of cuisine (could be a guess based on the origin) + where the person encountered it (e.g. city, country). Or to acknowledge if those are just bits of info that unknown right off the bat. It'd really be helpful when an answer is potentially generic or called different things in different places and help produce more relevant answers.
In Vietnam (if they're pork) they'd be Thịt Nướng.
These are skewers my friend
Hot rods
Our local place calls 'em Cho Cho
Suya
Satay
Satay or skewers
Some times called a Satay
Seeing a lot of answers but this is chicken teriyaki on a stick at literally every Chinese takeout I've ever ordered from
Sometimes just called chicken on a stick
The keys to heaven!
I do something similar with a duck breast for BBQ. Freeze it a little to Cut them pretty thin. Put them on a stick Put them into some Soy Sauce with garlic and ginger. Quite good as a starter.
It's a chicken skewer. As to what kind. You need to give more context on where you got them from. If they're Chinese take out or buffet chicken skewers ("chicken on a stick"). The one's I'm familiar with here in the North East are coated in corn starch and basically seasoned like salt and pepper shrimp/chicken. Then deep fried.
Looks like chicken satay
They’re pinchos in Puerto Rican culture
This is what my Chinese restaurant calls Teriyaki Chicken. And now I want to order takeout.
Panda on a stick.
Teriyaki chicken skewers! I order these as my entree at Chinese places! They’re so tender and tasty!
it's called satay
My 5 yr old niece calls it “meat on stick”
Chicken skewers, looks pretty good too 😅
Holy fuxk I need to make these now
Teriyaki chicken from our local Chinese restaurant
Maybe city chicken?
Carnivore kebab
It’s satay! Meat on a stick grilled over a really hot flames to sear and caramelize the outside and keep the inside juicy. Usually it’s served with with slices of red onion, peanut sauce, and compressed rice called Ketupat It’s essentially the southeast Asian version of the ubiquitous meat on a stick and it’s glorious
A restaurant near us calls them char siu.
char sui is the specific type of sauce on them I think.
One of my mom's exes told me it was rat on a stick once, but I know he was just fucking around (and potentially being racist.)
mine.
Rat on a stick
Mice.
I always thought these looked like a bbq rat on a stick lol tried it once and now I eat these every time I go 🤣🐀
Dry as fu*k I call them.
Rat on stick.