Ingredients: 2 scallions, chopped ¼ pound tofu 1¼ cups dashi (Japanese fish stock) or 1 chicken bouillon cube, dissolved in 1 cup boiling water 2 tbsp red miso Cooking Procedure: 1. Wash the scallions and cut the green parts into 1½-inch lengths. 2. Cut the tofu into small cubes and place the scallions and tofu [...]
Ingredients: ½ cup soy sauce 2-4 tbsp honey (depends on your taste) ½ cup dashi or beef broth 2 tbsp vegetable oil 1 pound beef tenderloin, sliced into thin strips 10 scallions, cut into 2-inch pieces (both and green and white parts) 4 stalks celery, sliced on an angle, in ½-inch pieces 12 mushroom caps, [...]
Ingredients: 3 inches dried kombu (kelp) 1 lb. hakusai (Chinese cabbage), chopped 1/4 lb. negi, diagonally and thinly sliced 1 block cotton tofu, cut into bite-size pieces 1/4 lb. carrot, cut into thin round slices 8 shiitake mushrooms 1/2 lb enoki mushrooms 1/2 lb shimeji mushrooms 1/2 lb shirataki 1 1/2 lb. sirloin beef, very [...]
Ingredients: 3 medium-size shiitake mushrooms 8 ounces fresh ramen or 6 ounces dried noodles 3 tbsp vegetable oil 1 small to medium-size onion, chopped 2 tsp gingerroot, minced 2 cups green cabbage leaves, coarsely chopped 1 Tbsp mirin (sweet rice wine) 3 tsp soy sauce ground black pepper and salt, to taste Cooking Procedure: 1. [...]
Ingredients: 1 2/3 cups flour 2 1/2 cups dashi soup 2 eggs 1/2 lb. boiled octopus, cut into bite-size pieces 1/4 cup chopped green onion 1/4 cup dried sakura ebi (red shrimp) 1/4 cup chopped pickled red ginger For Toppings: fried bonito flakes aonori (green dried seaweed) Worcestershire sauce or takoyaki sauce mayonnaise Cooking Procedure: [...]
Ingredients: 4 pieces tonkatsu or breaded-deep fried pork, sliced about 1 inch-wide 1 onion cut into slices 200ml dashi soup stock 3 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp mirin 1 tbsp honey 2 eggs Steamed Japanese rice Cooking Procedure: 1. Put dashi soup stock in a pan together with onion slices. 2. Add in mirin, soy [...]
Ingredients: 5 1/2 ounces (150g) burdock root 4 dried shiitake mushrooms 2 1/2 cups (600ml) water 1 block konnyaku, about 10 1/2 ounces (300g), cut into bite-size pieces 3 tablespoons sesame oil 10 1/2 ounces (300g) daikon radish, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces 7 ounces (200g) carrots, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces 3 [...]
Ingredients: Tuna 1 1/2 cups hot water 1 1/2 tsp green tea 1 bowl warm cooked rice 1 tbsp croutons or any crunchy cereal Preserved seaweeds cut into strips Japanese horseradish (wasabi), optional Salt to taste Cooking Procedure: 1. Season the tuna with salt and leave for 10 minutes. Broil or grill 5-6 minutes, until [...]
Ingredients: Tempura batter mixture Tempura sauce Prawn: raw and large Any seafoods will do For vegetables I prefer pumpkin, carrot, sweet potato, eggplant, mushroom, broccoli, but you can use any vegies as long as it is edible Cooking Procedure: 1. Remove the head and the shell of the prawn. 2. Make little cuts on [...]
Ingredients: Chicken thighs, deboned, skin removed Japanese leek / leek / green onion 4 tbsp soy sauce mix a bit of sake (rice wine), water and honey or maple syrup 3 tbsp sugar Small wooden spears Cooking Procedure: 1. Mix together 4 tablespoons of soya sauce, 3 tablespoons of sugar and the sake mixture, then heat it [...]
