Frugal Foodie: Muneihiro Yonemoto

Lighting up the grill doesn’t also have to burn up your budget. Kushi chef Muneihiro Yonemoto shows us how to put together a six-person barbecue for less than $25.

What $14.76 buys. Photograph by Kelly DiNardo

Lighting up the grill doesn’t also have to burn up your budget. Kushi chef Muneihiro Yonemoto shows us how to put together a six-person barbecue for less than $25.

Chef Yonemoto brought miso, wasabi paste, soy sauce, rice, and plum sauce with him. Photograph by Kelly DiNardo

Lighting up the grill doesn’t also have to burn up your budget. Kushi chef Muneihiro Yonemoto shows us how to put together a six-person barbecue for less than $25.

Cutting cucumbers into matchsticks. Photograph by Kelly DiNardo

Lighting up the grill doesn’t also have to burn up your budget. Kushi chef Muneihiro Yonemoto shows us how to put together a six-person barbecue for less than $25.

Chef Yonemoto cooks the rice in a stove-top rice cooker from Japan, but says the electric ones are fine. Photograph by Kelly DiNardo

Lighting up the grill doesn’t also have to burn up your budget. Kushi chef Muneihiro Yonemoto shows us how to put together a six-person barbecue for less than $25.

After the rice cooks it is molded into triangles. Photograph by Kelly DiNardo

Lighting up the grill doesn’t also have to burn up your budget. Kushi chef Muneihiro Yonemoto shows us how to put together a six-person barbecue for less than $25.

After boiling the corn, Yonemoto skewers them so he can finish them on the grill. Photograph by Kelly DiNardo

Lighting up the grill doesn’t also have to burn up your budget. Kushi chef Muneihiro Yonemoto shows us how to put together a six-person barbecue for less than $25.

Shaping the chicken mixture around the skewers. Photograph by Kelly DiNardo

Lighting up the grill doesn’t also have to burn up your budget. Kushi chef Muneihiro Yonemoto shows us how to put together a six-person barbecue for less than $25.

Arranging the grill. Photograph by Kelly DiNardo

Lighting up the grill doesn’t also have to burn up your budget. Kushi chef Muneihiro Yonemoto shows us how to put together a six-person barbecue for less than $25.

Grilled corn, chicken meatball, and grilled rice. Photograph by Kelly DiNardo

Lighting up the grill doesn’t also have to burn up your budget. Kushi chef Muneihiro Yonemoto shows us how to put together a six-person barbecue for less than $25.

Cucumbers with wasabi mayonnaise for dipping. Photograph by Kelly DiNardo