How to pronounce Gyūtan

Gyūtan is written 牛タン焼き where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ɡjɯːtaɴ/. In plain English letters that is GYOO-tahn, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Gyūtan?

Gyūtan is a main dish of Japan. Where it comes from: Sendai, Miyagi. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are beef, offal and rice. It tastes savory and smoky.

Where Gyūtan comes from

Gyūtan is one of 65 signature dishes of Japan on this map.

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  Zunda mochi is rice cake coated in zunda, a bright green paste of mashed edamame, the young green soybeans.

• Sushi 寿司 · Main dish · Edo (Tokyo)

  Sushi began as a way to keep fish, not as a fresh delicacy.

• Ramen ラーメン · Noodles & pasta · Tokyo and Yokohama

  Ramen arrived with Chinese cooks.

• Okonomiyaki お好み焼き · Street food · Osaka and Hiroshima

  The name means "grilled as you like it", and that is the whole idea: a batter of wheat flour and shredded cabbage cooked on a hot iron plate with whatever the cook has, then brushed with a thick sweet-savoury sauce, mayonnaise, seaweed flakes and bonito.

• Tempura 天ぷら · Main dish · Edo (Tokyo)

  Deep-frying in batter came to Japan with Portuguese traders and missionaries who reached Nagasaki in the 16th century.

• Jingisukan ジンギスカン · Main dish · Hokkaido

  Jingisukan, named after Genghis Khan, is grilled mutton or lamb cooked on a dome-shaped iron pan.

Food of Japan

Dishes like Gyūtan in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Gyūtan:

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  Kuaitiao ruea, boat noodles, were first sold from small boats paddled along the canals.

• Feijoada à transmontana · Main dish · Vinhais, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal

  Feijoada à transmontana is the bean stew of Trás-os-Montes, said to come from Candedo, a village in the municipality of Vinhais.

• Or lam ເອາະຫຼາມ · Main dish · Luang Prabang, Laos

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