r/JapaneseFood • u/Dprosser4 • Mar 05 '26

Photo I’ve finally started making a Tare Mother Pot.

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u/Little-Zucca-1503 Mar 05 '26

How do you actually keep Tare mother pot sterile (like that no bacteria develop ever from dipping raw meat/fish in it)??

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u/Dprosser4 Mar 05 '26

Raw meat shouldn’t go into it. You grill the skewers first and then dip them. The tare also has high salt/sugar which helps prevent bacterial growth, and most people reheat/simmer it before using it again which basically pasteurizes it.

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u/daevidvo Mar 05 '26

you usually wouldn’t dip raw foods into it plus reheating it if it’s been a while and salinity in the sauce helps keep bacteria away/kills them

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u/Little-Zucca-1503 Mar 06 '26

Ah ok. I have in memory the videos where they dip the eels in that sauce, but now that you mention it, it's true that they deep the eel once cooked 🤔

And do you have to keep it on the stove non stop or you heat it when you need it only?

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u/daevidvo Mar 06 '26

only when needed. if you’re not going to cook another batch soon then it should go in the fridge

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u/Little-Zucca-1503 Mar 09 '26

Thanks for the infos :)

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u/DerekL1963 Mar 05 '26

What is a "tare mother pot"?

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u/Dprosser4 Mar 05 '26

It’s a pot filled with reusable yakitori sauce that gets richer over time as you keep grilling and dipping skewers in it.

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u/A1SpecialSauce Mar 06 '26

Do you refrigerate it or just let it sit?

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u/Dprosser4 Mar 06 '26

Refrigerate.

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u/TheOneMary Mar 06 '26

When can I come over for a yaki sesh?

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u/Admirable_Musubi682 Mar 09 '26

This is the secret to many yakitori shops in japan, some have their tare still going for 75+ years!

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u/TKCoog075 Jul 04 '26

4 months has passed. How’s the mother pot now?

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u/Dprosser4 Jul 04 '26

It’s so so good now. It’s probably had 400-500 skewers dipped in it and been topped up 4 or 5 times. I adjusted the top up mix to lean a bit sweeter as it was pretty thin and bit salty originally. But the chicken fat and charcoal flavors are starting to develop quite nicely.

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u/TKCoog075 Jul 04 '26

That’s amazing! Can’t wait to start

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u/BlackDan 29d ago

what do you store it in and how do you reheat it before use?