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Oden -Japanese fish cake stew
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ochazuke ~ お茶漬け
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…
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Purin (Japanese custard)
IngredientsButter 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 then…
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Review: Yoshinoya microwave Gyoku don (Beef with onion)
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 it. The few that there was, were so over cooked…
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Nom nom! Family dinner.
No Recipe today.. just sharing some of our meals from this past week.
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Tonkatsu
Tonkatsu Ingredients4 SERVINGSTONKATSU Sauce 1 pound boneless pork loin with ¼-inch-thick fat cap 2 large eggs, beaten to blend 3 cups panko (Japanese breadcrumbs) 1 cup katikuro (potato starch/flour) Kosher salt vegetable oil Preparation Step 1Freeze pork loin until firm around edges, about 1 hour. Slice pork 1/4″ thick (or as thinly as you can).…
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Edamame & Tomato Salad (Side dish or bento box filler)
Serving size 1-2 people: Ingredients: 1 cup of Edamame fresh or frozen Aprox 6 grape or cherry Tomatoes 1-2 tablespoons of Japanese Mayonnaise 1 Negi or green Onion stalk (1/2 inch of the whites and 1/2 of the top for garnish) Salt and pepper to taste In a small sauce pan add 1 teaspoon of…
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nikujaga (Simmered Potato & ground beef) version 1
Ingredients for 4 1 lb. ground beef 3 thin slices ginger 4 medium size potatoes 1 carrot 1/2 onion (or 1 whole small onion) 1 tbsp. vegtable oil Ingredients for broth 3 cups water/ dashi 1 tbsp. sugar 4 tbsp. mirin 3 tbsp. soy sauce 2 tbsp. Sake (this is my personal add in and can be left out if you want it…
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Simmered daikon
Daikon Water *enough to cover Daikon in pan 1/4 teaspoon Dashi added to the water Powder (if using fresh made dasi substitute for the water & dashi powder) 1/2-1 tablespoon Sugar 2 tablespoons Soy Sauce 1 tablespoon Mirin 1 tablespoon Sake InstructionsSlice Daikon about 1/2 inch thickness. Remove skin and cut them in half if…