Teppanyaki - wikipedia Teppanyaki This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( July 2009 ) Misono in Kobe -- the first restaurant to offer teppanyaki A teppanyaki chef cooking at a gas powered teppan in a Japanese steakhouse Chef preparing a flaming onion volcano Teppanyaki ( 鉄板焼 き, teppan - yaki ) is a style of Japanese cuisine that uses an iron griddle to cook food. The word teppanyaki is derived from teppan ( 鉄板 ), which means iron plate, and yaki ( 焼き ), which means grilled, broiled, or pan-fried. In Japan, teppanyaki refers to dishes cooked using an iron plate, including steak, shrimp, okonomiyaki, yakisoba, and monjayaki. Modern teppanyaki grills are typically propane - heated flat surface grills and are widely used to cook food in front of guests at restaurants. Teppanyaki grills are commonly confused with the hibachi barbecue grill, which has a charcoal or gas flame and is made with an open grate design. With a solid griddle type cook surface, the teppanyaki is more suitable for smaller ingredients, such as rice, egg, and finely chopped vegetables. Contents 1 Origin 2 Ingredients 3 In the US 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Origin The originator of the teppanyaki - style steakhouse is believed to be Shigeji Fujioka of the Japanese restaurant chain Misono. The restaurant claims to be the first to introduce the concept of cooking Western - influenced food on a teppan in Japan, in 1945. They soon found the cuisine was less popular with the Japanese than it was with foreigners, who enjoyed both watching the skilled maneuvers of the chefs preparing the food as well as the cuisine itself, which is somewhat more familiar than more traditional Japanese dishes. As the restaurants became more popular with tourists, the chain increased the performance aspect of the chef 's preparation, such as stacking onion slices to produce a flaming onion volcano. Another piece of equipment in the same family is a flattop grill, consisting of a flat piece of steel over circular burners and typically smaller and round, like a Mongolian barbecue. Ingredients Typical ingredients used for Western - style teppanyaki are beef, shrimp, scallops, lobster, chicken, and assorted vegetables. Soybean oil is typically used to cook the ingredients. Japanese - style teppanyaki may also use noodles ( yakisoba ) or cabbage with sliced meat or seafood ( okonomiyaki ), which are cooked using vegetable oil, animal fat, or a mixture. In Japan, many teppanyaki restaurants feature Kobe beef. Side dishes of mung bean sprouts, zucchini ( courgettes ) ( even though this is not a popular vegetable in Japan and rarely found in that market ), garlic chips ( crisps ), or fried rice usually accompany the meal. Some restaurants provide sauces in which to dip the food. In Japan, only soy sauce is typically offered. In the us Restaurants serving teppanyaki cuisine are often known as hibachi grills or `` Japanese steakhouses ''. In the United States, teppanyaki was made famous by the Benihana restaurant chain, which opened its first restaurant in New York in 1964. Benihana and other chains of teppanyaki steakhouses continue to place an emphasis on the chef performing a show for the diners, continuing to introduce new variations and tricks. The chef might juggle utensils, flip a shrimp tail into his shirt pocket, catch an egg in his hat, toss an egg up in the air and split it with a spatula, flip flattened shrimp pieces into diners ' mouths, or arrange onion rings into fire - shooting volcanoes. See also Jingisukan Yakiniku Teriyaki References Jump up ^ Teppanyaki Grills. Accessed July 5, 2010. Jump up ^ Rick Morris ( 1987 ). The Economist Business Traveller 's Guides : Japan. Prentice Hall Press. ISBN 978 - 0 - 13 - 234907 - 9. Jump up ^ Beth Reiber ( 1 January 1987 ). Frommer 's dollarwise guide to Japan & Hong Kong. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978 - 0 - 671 - 55776 - 8. Jump up ^ San Diego Magazine. San Diego Magazine Publishing Company. March 1981. Jump up ^ How Benihana Started Accessed September 12, 2007 External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Teppanyaki. Hibachi chef demonstrates `` onion volcano '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Teppanyaki&oldid=828641668 '' Categories : Japanese cuisine Japanese cuisine terms Japanese restaurants Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from July 2009 All articles needing additional references Articles containing Japanese - language text Talk Contents About Wikipedia Dansk Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Bahasa Indonesia Italiano Basa Jawa Bahasa Melayu Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Русский Svenska ไทย Türkçe Українська 粵語 中文 12 more Edit links This page was last edited on 3 March 2018, at 21 : 16. About Wikipedia

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