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August 4, 2020

Shio Koji Karaage (Japanese Fried Chicken Flavored with Salted Rice Malt) Recipe

Shio koji (塩麹), salted rice malt is made by aging and fermenting a mixture of koji rice, salt, and water.Koji rice is made from steamed rice and koji mold, and because of this, shio koji can bring out flavor (umami)…

Main Dish

September 13, 2019

GRILLED EGGPLANT SANDWICHES WITH GROUND MEAT RECIPE

“Sandwiches” in today’s recipe does’t mean the one using bread, but it uses eggplants instead. The style is putting seasoned ground meat between two slices of eggplant. Then they are coated with salty-sweet sauce after being grilled. Using lotus root…

Appetizer

September 11, 2019

DRY SOMEN NOODLES WITH MEAT MISO RECIPE

Eating somen noodle with dipping sauce is very tasty and easy to prepare for quick lunch! You can enjoy your favorite dipping sauce, for example soy sauce base sauce and sesame-miso sauce.Putting the noodles in warm soup is also good…

Main Dish

September 4, 2019

Best Shiso Miso Recipe

Sweet miso sauce which made from miso paste, sugar, and sake (or mirin) is very tasty and useful. I love to make it for quick appetizer, you can check my recipes using the sauce below…MISO KONJAC RECIPEGRILLED CORN WITH MISO…

Side Dish

August 20, 2019

YAMAGATA DASHI (PICKLED VEGETABLES) WITH MISO RECIPE

I will introduce “DASHI” which is local dish in Yamagata prefecture today. When we say “DASHI” in Japanese, it means stock or broth most of the time.But today’s “DASHI” is totally different! “YAMAGATA DASHI” is actually pickled vegetables that is…

Side Dish

August 15, 2019

STIR-FRIED TOFU & GROUND MEAT WITH SPICY MISO SAUCE (MABO-TOFU) RECIPE

In Japan, stir-fried tofu and ground meat with spicy sauce is called “mabo-tofu”, and it is recognized as Chinese cuisine. When we go to Chinese restaurant here in Tokyo, we often order mabo-tofu. Although it is kind of difficult to…

Main Dish

August 13, 2019

TAIWANESE CHICKEN RICE RECIPE

Have you been to Taiwan or tasted Taiwanese cuisine? I have been there several times, and tried great foods at some local restaurants. For me, the best unique part about the food there is the flavor of spices. I thought…

Main Dish

July 24, 2019

SWEET & SOUR PORK RECIPE

Let’s make delicious SWEET & SOUR PORK using miso paste! I guess most of SWEET & SOUR PORK recipes in the world don’t use miso paste, but a little bit of miso paste is actually giving great flavor to it….

Main Dish

July 2, 2019

HONEY MISO BAKED CHICKEN RECIPE

Whenever I think about chicken recipes, I came up with the idea of stew or deep-frying recipe. But today I feel like “Oh, I should make the simple baking chicken with delicious miso sauce” to tell people the admirability of…

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