Who doesn’t love barbecue? That aroma can knock people off their feet and have anyone drooling over their plate like a baby.
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Even vegetarians barbecue, only they use different foods, such as potatoes, Vidalia onions, red bell peppers, mushrooms and the likes.
Barbecue is a beloved cooking method used all around the world, although differently.
- In India, they call it tandoori.
Tandoori chicken is chicken marinated in yogurt and spices, then cooked over intense wood or charcoal fire or in a tandoor, which is a clay oven originating in Persia according to some evidence and widely used in India and throughout the Middle East and Central Asia today in different forms.
So while tandoori does refer to a recipe, it is also a style of cooking used to make other foods, such as naan bread, tandoori roti – another type of bread, chicken tikka and so much more of the Indian cuisine.
Meats are left to marinate for several hours before being grilled to perfection in the hot pit of the oven.
The method is exposing the meat to hit immediately so that the juices can seal within.
- In the Caribbean, they call it barbacoa.
Barbacoa is a centuries old style of cooking that historians believe originated in the island country of Barbados, in the Caribbean.
Centuries ago, native tribes cooked foods in a fire pit using fire-resistant succulent leaves. They cooked anything from meat to fish, beans and other foods that they flavored with herbs and spices.
Although Barbacoa comes from the Caribbean, people are most acquainted with Mexican barbacoa, because from the Caribbean, people brought barbacoa to Mexico and people here still cook various meats and foods in the traditional style.
- In Greece, they call it kleftiko.
Kleftiko or Greek arni kleftiko is a rustic, traditional Easter food in Greece made with lamb and slow cooked in the oven.
This style of cooking makes succulent, fall off the bone meat, which in America, particularly in the southern states is what people refer to as barbecuing.
There is an interesting story to the history of lamb kleftiko. According to Greek legend, the outlaws, who stole goats and took them to their hideaways, would cook at nighttime to avoid being caught.
They would light a fire during the day when people couldn’t spot it, let it burn out just enough, then cook the whole animal on top until the early hours of the morning.
In Greek language, kleftiko – meaning slow cooked lamb is derived from klephti – meaning to steal. In literal translation, kleftiko means stolen meat.
- In Japan, they call it yakiniku.
Japanese yakiniku is considered one of the most delectable delicacies in the world. The term yakiniku literally means grilled meat and this isn’t only a particular dish in Japan but actually represents a kind of restaurant.
Yakiniku restaurants in Japan are restaurants that serve grilled meat. Some restaurants even have built-in grills on the table.
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The dish itself is believed to have originated in Korea and is cooked over a flaming charcoal grill from a wide range of meats, such as beef, pork, chicken and seafood.