Kitsune udon no o-age
Kitsune udon no o-age is fried (age) tofu most commonly enjoyed as a topping for udon noodle soup. And kitsune means fox. Random? No! In …
Tentsuyu
Tentsuyu is a dipping sauce for tempura. Tsuyu actually means soup, but usually refers to dipping sauce – mentsuyu for noodles and tentsuyu for tempura. …
Usuyaki Tamago and Kinshi Tamago
Usuyaki tamago, or “thin cooked egg”, is a very thin egg crepe. You can use usuyaki tamago to wrap sushi rice, like hamaguri zushi or chakin …
Kuwayaki Chicken
Kuwa is the Japanese word for hoe. Legend has it that Japanese farmers would cook this dish directly on the flat part of their hoes! No …
Nori-Wrapped Scallops
This dish is called hotate no isobeyaki in Japanese. Breaking it down, hotate is the word for scallops, yaki means ‘cooked’, and isobe refers to the seaweed wrapping. Actually, isobe …
Carrot Shirishiri
In Japanese, this dish is called ninjin no shirishiri, or shredded carrot. Japanese is full of onomatopoeic words, and shirishiri happens to be one of them. It indicates the noise …
Dashi Shoyu
Dashi shoyu is a versatile, umami-rich and slightly sweeter version of soy sauce. It’s a great umami enhancer for Japanese recipes that don’t already include dashi. …
Chrysanthemum Greens With Walnut Dressing
Chrysanthemum greens are a common ingredient in East Asian cuisine, but it’s not always easy to find them outside of Asia. Look for an Asian …
Quick Spinach Ohitashi
Spinach ohitashi is a standard side dish that fits beautifully in the traditional ichiju sansai (i.e. one soup, three side dishes) meal format. Ohitashi comes …
Eggplant Agebitashi
Agebitashi means fried (ageh) and soaked (hitashi). This is a Japanese cooking technique in which vegetables are deep-fried and then soaked in a flavourful broth. Frying evaporates …
Tosazu
Tosazu means Tosa-style vinegar (su). Tosa is the old name for what is known today as Kochi prefecture, on the island of Shikoku, Japan. The …
Sanbaizu
Sanbaizu is a standard sunomono dressing. Sunomono translates as things (mono) of vinegar (su), and is the umbrella term for a range of vinegar-based dishes. Sanbaizu gets …