Chazuke or ochazuke is a simple Japanese dish made by pouring green tea, dashi, or hot water over cooked rice. Common toppings include Japanese pickles, umeboshi, nori, furikake, sesame seeds, tarako and mentaiko, salted salmon, shiokara, scallions and wasabi. For ours we used the instant packets over fresh rice. For a quick fix it's decent … Continue reading ochazuke ~ お茶漬け

IngredientsButter to be for the molds3 tablespoons warm water6 tablespoons sugar2 cups milk2/3 cup granulated sugar1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract4 large eggs Lightly rub the molds with room temperature butter. Just a thin coating to keep from sticking.To make caramel for the top of the purin: Heat 2 tablespoons of water in a saucepan … Continue reading Purin (Japanese custard)

Front of packageHeating instructions & ingredients2 package cookedNeeds more onions Not the best and not the worst in the world. Definitely very heavy on both the salt and sake, had that sharp after taste you get when the sake hasn't fully cooked out of something. I would have liked to have had more onions in … Continue reading Review: Yoshinoya microwave Gyoku don (Beef with onion)

Tonkatsu Ingredients4 SERVINGSTONKATSU Sauce1 pound boneless pork loin with ¼-inch-thick fat cap2 large eggs, beaten to blend3 cups panko (Japanese breadcrumbs) 1 cup katikuro (potato starch/flour) Kosher saltvegetable oilPreparationStep 1Freeze pork loin until firm around edges, about 1 hour. Slice pork 1/4" thick (or as thinly as you can). Alternative is to buy boneless thin … Continue reading Tonkatsu