Shioyaki
/ɕi.o ja̠kʲi/noun
A Japanese cooking method in which food, especially fish, is grilled with salt.
Did you know?In Japanese cuisine, shioyaki commonly uses whole fish salted before grilling, allowing the salt to season the flesh while drawing out surface moisture and intensifying flavor.
Etymological Timeline
Old Japanese
Japanese
sipo
“Salt; the form ancestral to modern Japanese shio.”
Old Japanese
Japanese
yaku
“To burn, roast, bake, or grill.”
Classical Japanese
Japanese
shio
“Salt.”
Classical Japanese
Japanese
yaki
“Grilling, roasting, or a grilled preparation; derived from yaku.”
Modern Japanese
Japanese
塩焼き (shioyaki)
“Food grilled with salt, especially salted fish.”
Modern English
English
shioyaki
“A Japanese salt-grilling technique or dish, used chiefly in culinary writing.”