Category: COOKING

June 26, 2019

HEALTHY TOFU GRATIN RECIPE

Gratin is like a creamy version of mac and cheese. You can taste great combination of macaroni covered with rich white sauce and melting cheese. You can of course use macaroni for Japanese style gratin, but I would like to…

Appetizer

June 25, 2019

Best Japanese Dry Curry Recipe

Have you known that there is a different kind of curry other than normal curry made out of curry roux in Japan?That is today’s recipe “DRY CURRY”!! The word “DRY” comes from the characteristic of this curry that it doesn’t…

Main Dish

June 22, 2019

PORK RIBS STEWED IN MISO (DOTENI) RECIPE

Let’s cook fantastic dish that uses soybean miso for tonight. It’s called DOTENI in Japanese: meat stewed in miso and mirin.The special feature of this dish is simmering ingredients so well with sweet soybean miso sauce. The color of DOTENI…

Main Dish

June 21, 2019

BEST CHOPPED SALAD WITH MISO DRESSING RECIPE

Do you make homemade dressing for salad? Most of the time, I buy dressing at grocery store actually. They have so many kinds of dressings and every one of them looks attractive for me haha… But sometimes it’s great thing…

Salad

June 20, 2019

MISO KATSU (CUTLET WITH ORIGINAL SWEET MISO SAUCE) RECIPE

MISO KATSU is deep-fried pork cutlet (Ton-katsu) with sweet miso sauce, and it’s famous as a local food in Chukyo area (mainly Aichi prefecture) in Japan. I think many of you’ve already know about Japanese style of cutlet (Ton-katsu). Generally,…

Main Dish

June 19, 2019

STUFFED PEPPERS WITH MISO RECIPE

Have you tried Japanese bell peppers? Japanese green peppers are actually representative food that many kids hate to eat. A lot of those kids think it tastes too bitter or something… so their mothers sometimes think out the way to…

Appetizer

June 16, 2019

BEST STIR-FRIED UDON NOODLES (YAKI-UDON) RECIPE

Eating udon noodles with mentsuyu (noodle soup base) is the most popular way in Japan. The flavor of bonito soup stock and sweet soy sauce matches perfectly with udon noodles. On the other hand, stir-fried udon noodles makes you enjoy…

Main Dish

June 13, 2019

MISO BUTTER SALMON IN FOIL RECIPE

Do you cook foil packet dishes at your home…? I think it’s the best cooking method for salmon and mushrooms! (Delicious and easy for cleaning right?) In this way, salmon gets nicely moist. The flavor and great stock of mushrooms…

Main Dish

June 12, 2019

[Yodare Dori] Cold Chicken with Addictive Spicy Sauce Recipe

The best spicy chicken dish at Chinese restaurant is this, “Yodare-Dori”!! (We call like this in Japan). Boiled chicken breast is nice and soft, and spicy and rich sauce definitely stimulate your appetite. The style (the looking and taste) of…

Appetizer

June 11, 2019

Fluffy Tofu & Hanpen Balls Recipe

Iv’e wanted to make delicious fritters again just like SHRIMP FRITTERS miso soup recipe. However, getting shrimp is kind of expensive and I feel lazy… Also, I rather want to make healthier food not using much oil. Then I came…

Appetizer