How to pronounce Toriten

Toriten is written とり天 where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /toɾiteɴ/. In plain English letters that is toh-ree-TEN, 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 Toriten?

Toriten is a main dish of Japan. Where it comes from: Oita. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are chicken and wheat & flour. It tastes savory.

Where Toriten comes from

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

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Food of Japan

Dishes like Toriten in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Toriten:

• Dapanji (big plate chicken) 大盘鸡 · Main dish · Shawan (Xinjiang), China

  Dapanji, big plate chicken, is a spicy stew of chicken, potatoes and chilli peppers served on a large platter.

• Harissa հարիսա · Main dish · Armenian highlands, Armenia

  Harissa, in Armenia, is a thick porridge of wheat and chicken or lamb, cooked slowly for many hours and beaten until smooth.

• Pozharsky cutlet пожарская котлета · Main dish · Torzhok (Tver Oblast), Russia

  The Pozharsky cutlet is a breaded patty of minced chicken, or sometimes veal, made especially juicy by working butter into the meat; in Russia it is coated in crumbs of white bread and fried until crisp.

• Banduma · Main dish · Kastamonu, Türkiye

  Banduma is a dish from Kastamonu, in the western Black Sea region: thin sheets of dough are layered, soaked with the broth of boiled chicken and topped with shredded chicken and walnuts.