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Dashi Butter Chicken | Food Wishes

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Learning Stats

B1

CEFR Level

1,537

Total Words

507

Unique Words

4/10

Difficulty

Vocabulary Diversity 33%

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Hello, this is Chef John from

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foodwishes.com with dashi butter

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chicken. That's right, one of my many

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hobbies is collecting rare and exotic

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pan sauces. And this one, inspired by a

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chicken wing recipe and a pork belly

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recipe, is my newest prize possession.

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And I'm beyond excited to show you just

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how simple it is to make. And the first

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thing we'll do is mix up a little bit of

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a marinade for our chicken breasts,

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which will include some finely minced

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garlic, plus some finely minced ginger.

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And we usually use fresh, but this time

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I went with pickled ginger, and it was

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really nice. And then to those, we will

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add some soy sauce, as well as some

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saki, which is Japanese rice wine. We'll

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also do a touch of mirin, which is a

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Key Vocabulary (9)

you A1 pronoun

Used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing. It is the second-person pronoun used for both singular and plural subjects and objects.

little A1 adjective

small

"Little dog."

bit B2 adjective

In this specific context, it describes something that is minor, secondary, or small in scale, often referring to roles or components within a larger system. It is frequently used attributively to indicate that a part or person has limited importance or duration.

butter B2 noun

Butter is a solid dairy product produced by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk to separate the fat from the liquid. It is widely used as a spread, a cooking medium, and a key ingredient in baking due to its high fat content and rich flavor profile.

chicken A1 noun

A chicken is a type of domestic bird kept on farms for its eggs and meat. In a culinary context, it refers to the flesh of this bird used as food.

"The chicken is important."

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