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Atsushi "ATS" Kono, an NYC chef and break-dancer, shares his healthy, high-protein meal of meatball and vegetable stew that's great for post-workout recovery. Watch how to make it and get the recipe in this episode of #WeightsandPlates.

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00:00 Basically, my life routine is simple --

00:03 cooking and dancing.

00:06 I don't like cooking slow.

00:08 I like, like, boom, boom, boom, boom, cha-ta-ta.

00:10 It's like rhythm.

00:12 So that is my style.

00:15 I love cooking healthy food.

00:17 So today, I prepare soup, chicken meatballs.

00:20 This is -- I cook very often because very healthy,

00:24 also simple and easy cook.

00:26 ♪♪

00:36 We are here in Chinatown at Kono.

00:39 Yakitori Omakase restaurant.

00:42 We just opened years ago, 2022, April.

00:47 I try to elevate it, like, the chicken things,

00:49 also yakitori things.

00:51 So I make beautiful, I make perfect way to serving,

00:54 and people make fun.

00:56 So that's my story.

00:57 I'm from Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

01:00 My father is a chef.

01:02 And then I went to culinary school in Tokyo,

01:05 came New York 2005,

01:07 and I opening another yakitori restaurant.

01:10 And I was fortunate as a head chef

01:13 and general manager up there.

01:15 So I want to show you yakitori demonstration.

01:18 So I use, actually, Japanese yakitori grill.

01:22 And also I use charcoal from Japan.

01:25 We call Kishu Binchotan, which is a white oak.

01:27 And I can cook.

01:29 It's almost two, three hours.

01:30 Keep heat up and grilling.

01:32 High temperature is about 1,000 degrees.

01:34 So I grill it at super high temperature,

01:37 make smoky and juicy and crispy chicken.

01:41 My fitness is the, I think,

01:43 so beginning of my B-boy life, breakdance life.

01:47 So basically, I need muscle.

01:49 I have to make stamina, get energy.

01:52 And my morning routine, biking, and stop the park,

01:56 and make sure my steps is all right,

01:58 and footwork's all right,

02:00 and a quick breakdancing practice.

02:02 And that's my daily training.

02:05 Maybe I can show you my breakdance.

02:07 So let's go to the park.

02:09 I have been since 12 years old, breakdancing.

02:19 At that time, I inspired from New York hip-hop movie,

02:23 "Wild Style" featuring at the Rocksteady Crew.

02:28 It's a legendary hip-hop crew.

02:30 Since 1977, this is our, like,

02:35 legendary hip-hop official crew in Bronx.

02:39 We made a history, not only breakdance,

02:42 DJ, rap, and graffiti.

02:45 [ Cheers and applause ]

02:49 I love fitness.

02:50 I love cooking healthy food.

02:53 So today, I prepare soup, chicken meatballs.

02:57 This is -- I cook very often

02:59 because very healthy, also simple and easy cook.

03:03 First of all, I want to cut ingredients.

03:06 So I have today's napa cabbage.

03:10 We call it hakusai, and daikon radish.

03:14 So we have scallion already prepared,

03:16 chopped scallion, ginger, potato starch,

03:20 and soy sauce and egg for the meatballs.

03:23 Let's cut.

03:25 Basically, my life routine is simple ingredients,

03:29 simple flavor, not too salty, spicy, sweet.

03:33 It's simple food.

03:35 It's my life.

03:37 Also, this is napa cabbage, Chinese cabbage.

03:41 Nice texture.

03:43 And also good moist for the soup.

03:46 Simply cut in half.

03:48 ♪♪

03:52 Okay. So now, hot gloves.

03:55 ♪♪

03:58 I don't like cooking slow and no tempo.

04:01 I like, like, boom, boom, boom, boom, cha-ta-ta.

04:04 It's like a rhythm.

04:06 So that is my style.

04:08 Okay, so this is ground chicken thigh meat.

04:14 I have mix scallion,

04:18 soy sauce,

04:22 a little bit of ginger,

04:27 starch,

04:29 one whole egg.

04:34 Simply mix very nice.

04:39 Make sure mix very nicely.

04:41 Make sure until sticky.

04:46 Make sure make sticky.

04:49 Okay, so let's heat up.

04:54 Here is chicken broth.

04:58 This is leftover service.

05:00 If cook at home, you can use bone and water

05:04 and some leftover vegetable and boil it.

05:07 So then first, vegetable put in the soup.

05:12 And then this point is I don't want to cook too much.

05:16 I want to save the texture.

05:19 So it's still crunchy, still fresh.

05:22 Yeah, always my mom and my grandma

05:24 make something similar soup for the soup time.

05:28 You see the start to boil and fire is going down.

05:32 And now it's meatball's time.

05:35 So I grab the left hand to meatball,

05:39 mix meatball like that.

05:42 And then use a spoon, scoop it and drop.

05:47 Just keep doing this.

05:54 I know this works, it's not easy.

06:03 Give massage.

06:06 Okay, this last one.

06:10 And then this point, don't cook harder.

06:15 Like just slow cook.

06:18 Because if cook harder, it's too much boil it.

06:21 So meatball makes so hard.

06:24 Cook slowly, heat up, it's going to be very tender.

06:30 And then just salt.

06:38 If you like pepper, you can put it.

06:40 But this time I want to just simple do only salt.

06:45 And then almost cooking like five to 10 minutes.

06:49 And perfect already heat up inside the meatballs

06:52 and vegetable cooking perfect.

06:58 Yes, very good.

07:03 Smell very good.

07:07 Fresh scallion, it's different texture.

07:10 So I want to put on top.

07:15 I like a little bit of ponzu.

07:18 And this is we call yuzu kosho.

07:21 Which is yuzu and pepper and salt.

07:24 That's it.

07:27 Okay, so my end of the day.

07:29 So I want to get relaxed a little bit.

07:31 I want to show you my secret spot.

07:38 Okay, come in.

07:42 So almost every day, I'm working four days.

07:46 And after the work, I come here.

07:48 I grab a little whiskey and listen to my favorite music.

07:54 And my favorite things like '90s hip hop.

07:58 All my selection in the case.

08:02 Here's my favorite Nas album, Illumatic.

08:06 So let's play this.

08:19 [Laughter]

08:20 [Music]

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