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Grilled Japanese Corn or Yaki Tomorokoshi on a white plate

Japanese Grilled Corn (Yaki Tōmorokoshi)

Made with simple ingredients, Japanese street food style grilled corn is just the perfect and an easy addition to your grilled corn recipes!
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Course Grilling, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 4 ears corn
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce low sodium
  • 2 tablespoons mirin
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • Shichimi (Nanami) togarashi, Japanese 7-chili pepper optional

Instructions
 

  • Mix soy sauce, mirin and sugar together in a small bowl, and set it aside.
  • Husk and clean corn.
  • Grill corn over medium-high heat for 12-14 minutes turning and moving around every 2 minutes or so, until some kernels are starting to char.
  • Brush the soy sauce mixture liberally to one side of the corn and turn it over to grill the soy sauce coated side for 2 minutes. Brush the soy sauce mix on the other side of corn and turn it over to grill for another 2 minutes.
  • Garnish with shichimi togarashi (optional). Serve immediately.
Keyword corn, grilled