Miso Soup (味噌汁) is a traditional Japanese soup, and it’s served with any Japanese meal at any time of the day. Tofu and wakame seaweed miso soup is probably the most well known and popular, but the possibilities of ingredients are endless. You can use all sorts of meat, seafood, eggs, and vegetables that you…
Simmered Daikon with Ground Chicken is a common winter dinner dish in Japan. Thick daikon rounds are cooked until soft and gently seasoned in Dashi soup, then thickened with potato starch. The resulting silky sauce/soup keeps the dish warm while eating, making it a healthy and delightful entrée for cold nights.
Miso Glazed Eggplant (Nasu Dengaku, 茄子田楽) is grilled eggplant rounds topped with a sweet miso sauce. It makes for a great appetizer alongside your favorite drinks such as sake and beer. Additionally, it serves as a delicious main dish that pairs well with steamed rice. The robust flavor of the miso sauce complements the freshness…
Today’s miso soup is made with carrot and egg. This miso soup is definitely an everyday dish with simple ingredients that are already in your fridge. The sweetness from the carrot makes the taste of the soup nice and mild, and the fluffy egg is irresistibly tempting. You can make this miso soup at a…
Cabbage Roll, also known as stuffed cabbage, is a popular western-style Japanese dish that involves stuffing ground meat into cabbage leaves and cooking them in tomato or consommé soup. It has become a favorite home-cooked entree for everyday dinners in Japan. While Cabbage Roll is a more directly European-inspired dish, Stuffed Nappa Cabbage incorporates more…
Mapo Tofu with Spinach and Mushroom is a healthy one-dish meal. Mapo Tofu (麻婆豆腐, more commonly known as Mabo Tofu in Japan) is originally from China, but it’s been well adapted in Japan. This is a variation of our home cooked Mabo Tofu with added spinach and mushroom. You can serve it over rice, and…
Today’s miso soup is made with white miso, sliced onion, and grape tomatoes. White miso is sweeter and milder than regular miso, and it tastes almost creamy. The flavor of the miso balances well with the tartness and umami from tomatoes.
Beef Rolled Mochi is a dish where Mochi rice cake is wrapped and rolled with thinly sliced beef, then cooked in a sweet and salty Sukiyaki-style sauce. This is an excellent way to repurpose extra Mochi left over from the New Year’s feast.
Pork Chop with Onion Soy Sauce is a sautéed pork chop served with a sauce made from grated onion, seasoned with soy sauce and honey. Pork sauté is a dish where pork is cooked using the sauté method—a short-duration and high-heat cooking technique—widely accepted in Japanese cuisine, influenced by Western-inspired dishes. It is commonly found…
Today’s miso soup is made with potato dumplings. Dumpling soups, known as Suiton, are found in many regions in Japan, and the dumplings are usually made from flour and water. Suiton is a simple and hearty dish, loved as comfort food. Here, Suiton dumplings are made with grated raw potatoes. The texture of the dumplings…