{"id":140,"date":"2022-10-05T10:00:51","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T01:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/?p=140"},"modified":"2025-07-21T18:45:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T09:45:28","slug":"22006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/22006\/","title":{"rendered":"How to eat negitan-shio<\/em> | Only cook these thin slices of spring onion \u2013 smothered tongue on one side!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grill the tongue on one side only!<\/h2>\r\n
\"Grill<\/div>\r\n

First, use the tongs to transfer a slice of tongue onto the grill. The trick to prevent the spring onion from falling off is to move the plate close to the grill, and angle it so that you can transfer the tongue in a sliding motion.<\/p>\r\n

\"Grill<\/div>\r\n

After sliding the meat onto the grill, listen for the sizzling sound as you wait for the tongue to cook. Only cook the meat from one side. Flipping the meat will cause the spring onions to fall off, so subdue the urge to touch it. Indeed, the waiting is the hardest part!<\/p>\r\n

Use a spatula for even cooking<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n
\"Use\"Use<\/div>\r\n

You can tell the cooking progress by observing the surface of the tongue. You\u2019ll see some parts start to turn brown, while other parts remain red. Carefully reposition the meat with a spatula for even cooking.<\/p>\r\n

Roll up and enjoy<\/h2>\r\n
\"Roll<\/div>\r\n

Once the entire top surface of the tongue has changed color, it\u2019s time to eat! Again, use the spatula to carefully transfer to a serving plate.<\/p>\r\n

\"Roll<\/div>\r\n

Stave off your hunger for a few more seconds as you complete one last essential step \u2013 fold the meat in half, as pictured here. Enclosing the negi<\/em> (spring onions) in the fat from the tan<\/em> (tongue) creates a perfectly balanced bite.<\/p>\r\n

\"Roll<\/div>\r\n

When you pick up the tongue with chopsticks, try to pinch the edges closed. Together, the texture of the spring onions combined with the luscious fat from the tongue create a mouthful of bliss. If you\u2019ve ever been intimidated by negitan-shio<\/em> before, please try out these tips the next time you go for yakiniku<\/em>!<\/p>\r\n

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Negitan-shio is a yakiniku (Japanese barbecue) classic consisting of thin slices of tan (tongue meat) smothered in negi (spring onion), and simply seasoned in shio (salt-forward flavor) style. When your server brings your order, you might have difficulty spotting the slices of meat under all of the spring onion! A common pitfall is for the spring onion to fall off during cooking, leaving nothing but naked meat left on the grill. Not to worry \u2013 we\u2019ve got some expert advice on how to enjoy this tricky dish the smart way!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[55,60,61,105],"class_list":["post-140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slug_articles","tag-how","tag-bbq","tag-beef","tag-pickup"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147,"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions\/147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}