Today’s miso soup is made with baby bok choy and pork. There is a little twist using a vegetable from traditional Chinese cuisine. Add some Ra-Yu red chili oil in the end for some spiciness, and hopefully you will enjoy the combination.
Tofu and Egg Donburi is similar to Oyakodon, but instead of chicken, tofu is used. Tofu does not have too much flavor by itself, but when it’s cooked in seasoned broth with sliced onion, it soaks up sweet and savory flavor, which makes it a wonderful topping over rice. The kind of tofu to use can be soft or hard, and the eggs can be cooked to your liking. It takes no time to make this simple, healthy, and delicious rice bowl for lunch.
Today’s miso soup is made with corn and green onions. Fresh sweet corn is used often in soup, and it tastes wonderful in miso soup, too. Canned or frozen corn can be used when the corn is not in season, but freshly cut corn off the cob has great texture and sweetness. You only need the corn, dashi, and miso, but add some green onions for added flavor and color.
Matcha Chiffon Cake is soft sponge cake flavored with Matcha green tea powder. This light and fluffy and not overly sweet cake is great by itself, but it also goes very well with sweet whipped cream and berries, like we made here. Matcha Chiffon Cake is perfect for afternoon tea time, and it is also a very nice light dessert after a full dinner.
Today’s miso soup is made with Naganegi – white long onion – and Aburaage – fried thin Tofu. White long onion can be cooked for a short time or longer depending on what kind of texture you like, crisp or soft. Fried Tofu deepens the flavor of the soup from its oil, and it’s delicious!
This is a super easy one-dish-meal done within 15 minutes. Eggplant and ground chicken are cooked in sweet and salty sauce, and then poured over cooked Udon noodles. You can use frozen or dried Udon, whichever you have. Don’t have ground chicken? No problem. Use beef or pork, or even Tofu. It’s easy to multiply this recipe for the whole family. Try this one for a busy night dinner!
Tan Tan Ramen is a Ramen noodle dish with a rich and deep sesame-flavored soup topped with red Miso-flavored minced pork. This Ramen is packed with strong umami tastes from pork, sesame paste, and miso. The thick soup coats every string of the noodles, and you can enjoy the wonderful flavors in every bite. It may be hard to recreate the restaurant-quality taste since that is something skilled chefs have achieved taking years of experimenting and experience. But here we can show you an easier way to make Tan Tan Ramen with simple ingredients right in your home kitchen.
Tamagoyaki is a popular Japanese rolled omelette that is commonly eaten for breakfast or packed in bento lunch. You can make a plain Tamagoyaki or mix in many different ingredients for flavor variation. Today, we added a canned tuna and chopped green onions. An entire can of tuna (in water) can be added directly in the egg mixture, which will make it almost like Dashi. It’s packed with umami and quite satisfying with added protein. If you do not have a Tamagoyaki pan, you can simply make this into a regular omelette in a frying pan. It’s so simple to make with easy to find ingredients.
Today’s miso soup is made with daikon radish and fried tofu (Atsuage). Thickly cut fried tofu called Atsuage is easily found at markets in Japan, and it adds both texture and richness to the soup. If it’s not possible to find it, you can also use regular tofu.
Instant dashi powder is used as a shortcut to make the Dashi in no time. You can certainly use any types of dashi. Please check Back to Basics: How to Make Dashi to learn more about different types of dashi.
Crab and Cucumber Sunomono is a salad with fake crab meat and sliced cucumber marinated in a rice vinegar sauce. This salad is so easy to make with simple ingredients, in a matter of 10 minutes. It is also healthy, with no fat, delicious, and a wonderful side dish for Bento lunches and dinner.