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About beef sushi salad Beef sushi salad is a refreshing, salad-like sushi. It is a rice dish topped with beef, scrambled eggs, and baby leaves over vinegared rice. The crispy texture of green vegetables goes well with the sweet and spicy stir-fried beef. Also, the color is beautiful …
About Japanese pork and eggplant “Japanese pork and eggplant” is a dish of fried pork and eggplant, seasoned with miso. It is a very common dish made at home in Japan. I think it’s popular because it’s easy to make with ingredients that you can buy anywhere …
What is meat miso rice bowl – “Niku miso don” ? “Niku” is meat and “Don” is a bowl in Japanese. As the name suggests, meat miso rice bowl – “Niku Miso Don” is rice bowl topped with minced meat seasoned with miso. Meat miso is easy to …
About chicken and egg rice bowl – “Oyakodon” Oyakodon is “chicken and egg rice bowl” in Japanese. This is a traditional Japanese one bowl meal. It is consisting of chicken and vegetable cooked in broth and finished with egg, then served over rice. It’s easy and quick …
About Japanese soup with mochi dumplings This is a kind of soup commonly made at home in Japan. Therefore in many cases, you can combine the ingredients freely with root vegetables and those left in the refrigerator or cupboard. For root vegetables, Japanese often use Daikon radishes, carrots, burdock …
About Japanese cream croquette Japanese cream croquette is one of the popular Yoshoku dishes in Japan. (Yoshoku refers to western style Japanese food.) Actually there are two main types of croquettes. One is potato croquette and the other is cream croquette, which is the recipe of …
About Japanese chicken and leek recipe Japanese chicken with leek is a recipe for Japanese home cooking. It’s not a famous Japanese dish like sushi or yakitori which you eat at a restaurant. But this is the kind of dish that moms usually cook at …
What is Ebi katsu – shrimp cutlet? Ebi katsu – shrimp cutlet is a Japanese cutlet dish with minced shrimp. It is made from roughly chopped shrimp paste which is coated with panko (flaky breadcrumbs) and deep-fried. Outside is crispy and inside is juicy shrimp, you can …
What is omurice – Japanese rice omelet? Omurice is fried rice seasoned with ketchup and wrapped by thin omelet. Omurice – Japanese rice omelet is one of the most popular yoshoku dishes in Japan. Yoshoku means “Western food” in Japanese, but it is adapted to Japanese way. So …
What is chawanmushi – savory egg custard ? If you like Japanese food, you may have already eaten chawanmushi at sushi / Japanese restaurant. Chawanmushi is a savory egg custard and has a silky smooth texture. The egg and dashi stock mixture and some ingredients are steamed …