Spinach and Chicken Salad with Sesame Sauce is a variation of Spinach Salad with Sesame Sauce. It’s also called Gomaae. By adding chicken, the dish becomes more nutritious and fulfilling as a side dish or even a main dish for lighter meal. This can be made ahead as a part of your meal prep, and…
Today’s Miso soup is with soy milk. Unsweetened soy milk is the base for this soup, and it gives the soup a mild creamy flavor. Miso paste and soy milk are both made from soy beans, and of course they blend in perfect harmony. Together with Abuuraage thin fried Tofu, this is a triple soy-licious…
Fried Wontons are a popular Chinese dish made from wonton wrappers which are filled with a mixture of ingredients like ground meat (such as pork or shrimp), vegetables, and seasonings. The filling is then folded and sealed in various shapes, but often resembling triangles. Fried Wontons are known in Japan and can be found in…
Rice Cooker Rice Pilaf is a rice dish that takes little time to prepare and no effort to cook. All you need to do is to cut up some vegetables and put everything in a rice cooker. In this recipe, frozen, peeled, deveined, and tail-off shrimp was used without being defrosted. Onion and carrot are…
Today’s miso soup is made with salmon and daikon. Fresh salmon fillet is cut into bite size pieces and cooked with daikon radish in savory dashi broth and seasoned with miso paste. Daikon is a long white Japanese radish, and it’s used in a variety of Japanese dishes such as pickles, salad, stew, and soup….
Cream Stew with Mushrooms is a stew made with chicken broth and “white sauce” with several kinds of mushrooms. Various mushrooms are found all year around at supermarkets in Japan today, but it is still the taste of autumn and winter.
Honey Sesame Chicken Wings are deep-fried wings coated with honey sesame sauce. These are very easy to make and a great appetizer for holiday and game day gatherings. Honey sesame sauce is a little bit sweet and a little bit tangy, and the smell of sesame is so appetizing. 16 chicken wings in the recipe…
Today’s miso soup is with Somen Noodles. Somen are dried thin vermicelli noodles made mainly from wheat flour. They are most often eaten cold in summer, but are nice in hot soup too. Because Somen are so thin, the cooking time is very fast. And that means they will get soft if left sitting in…
Teriyaki Salmon is pan-fried salmon in a sweet and salty Teriyaki sauce. It is a popular item at Japanese restaurants in the US, and it’s almost always on the menu. Teriyaki salmon is so easy to make with simple ingredients and steps, so why not try it at home too?
Simmered Sweet Potato and Apple is a perfect fall side dish when Satsumaimo (Japanese sweet potato) is in season. Japanese sweet potato and apple are simmered in a simple syrup with a bit of lemon juice. It is easy to make with only 4 ingredients.