noun
sandwich-grilled dish; grilled stuffed slices
A cooking method where two slices of vegetable (often lotus root or eggplant) are sandwiched with a filling, typically minced meat, and then grilled or pan-fried.
今夜のおかずは、れんこんのはさみ焼きにしよう。
Let's make lotus root sandwich-grilled dish for dinner tonight.
なすのはさみ焼きは、ひき肉を挟んで焼く料理です。
Eggplant hasami-yaki is a dish where you sandwich minced meat between slices and grill them.
The verb meaning 'to sandwich' or 'to insert between'; 挟み焼き derives from this action.
The verb meaning 'to grill' or 'to fry'; 挟み焼き is a compound of 挟み (sandwiching) and 焼き (grilling).
Compound of 挟み (hasami, 'sandwiching', the continuative form of 挟む) and 焼き (yaki, 'grilling', the continuative form of 焼く).