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April 23, 2021

The 10 Best Ways To Use Ponzu Sauce

What Is Ponzu Sauce? Ponzu sauce is an amazing Japanese seasoning that you can enjoy the refreshing citrus flavor and umami taste of soy sauce at the same time. What Is Ponzu Sauce and How Is It Used? The 6…

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April 21, 2021

What Is Ponzu Sauce and How Is It Used?

What Is Ponzu Sauce? Ponzu sauce is Japanese seasoning made from citrus juice. Strictly speaking, the Japanese term “ponzu” refers to the seasoning that adjusts the taste and enhances storage stability by adding acetic acid to citrus juice. Citrus juice…

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April 20, 2021

The 6 Different Types of Ponzu Sauce

What Is Ponzu Sauce? Ponzu sauce is a Japanese seasoning made from citrus juice and vinegar. Generally, soy sauce is also added to that, and used as a dipping sauce for hot pot dish, sashimi, and various other dishes. Please…

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April 17, 2021

The 8 Best Mitsuba Substitutes

What Is Mitsuba (Japanese Parsley)? Mitsuba, also known as Japanese parsley is often used as topping for various Japanese dishes such as oyakodon and katsudon. The beautiful green of mitsuba can add great color to the dishes and it wraps…

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April 17, 2021

What Is Mitsuba and How Is It Used?

What Is Mitsuba? Mitsuba is a perennial plant native to Japan, and also called Japanese parsley. The Japanese term “mitsuba” literally means “3 leaves” in Japanese. It is called like this because mitsuba actually has 3 leaves on each stem….

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April 16, 2021

The 4 Best Mentsuyu Substitutes

What Is Mentsuyu? Mentsuyu is very common seasoning in Japan. Raw materials of it are dashi stock, soy sauce, mirin, sake, and sugar. Basically, mentsuyu is used as a soup for Japanese noodle dishes, for example, soba, udon, and somen…

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April 15, 2021

[Eggless] How To Make Tempura Flour from Scratch

Tempura flour (tempura-ko) is very useful material that you can make high quality tempura so easy. What Is Tempura Flour and Why Should You Use It? But, it’s not always at home, right? At that time, you can easily make…

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April 14, 2021

What Is Tempura Flour and Why Should You Use It?

How does Japanese make tempura at home? When you try to make tempura at home, the first thing you worry about is maybe tempura batter. In fact, there is a special powder for making tempura called tempura flour (tempura-ko). Although…

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April 13, 2021

[Super EASY & FAST] Best Chashu Pork Recipe

Have you thought that cooking ramen pork chashu is a lot of work? Although I’ve already made seriously delicious chashu using a rice cooker, I thought some of you are looking for the recipe that doesn’t even need a rice…

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April 11, 2021

3 Ingredient Mentsuyu Recipe – How to Make Best Homemade Mentsuyu

How To Make Mentsuyu from Scratch Mentsuyu is one of the most important seasoning for Japanese. It has great flavor of dashi, and sweet-salty taste of the sauce matches perfect with various noodle dishes. What Is Mentsuyu and How Is…

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