4th February 2019 / Last updated : 8th May 2019 Mog 02 : Main Dishes

Taro Potatoes with Starchy Soy Sauce (Satoimo Ankake, 里芋のあんかけ)

Ankake is a starchy sauce, basically soy flavoured. It’s the best sauce for a cold winter day. You can use this sauce for simmered daikon radish, too. Ingredients 400 g taro potatoes 150 g ground meat (chicken or pork) 2 tbsp soy sauce : (A) 3 tbsp sake : (A) 2 tsp sugar : (A) 400 mL dashi broth oil for panfrying 1 tbsp starch dissolving in 1 tbsp water Instructions Peel the taro and cut into bite-size chunks. Panfry the minced meat in a greased pan until the texture of the meat become separated. Add the taro pieces and keep panfrying. Add the condiments (A) and the Dashi broth. […]
3rd January 2019 / Last updated : 3rd January 2019 Mog 07 : Other

Zoni Tokyo Style (東京風雑煮)

Zoni is Traditional Japanese soup with rice cakes and vegetables, which we eat for New Year’s breakfast. Each region has each Zoni. My recipe is Tokyo style as Tokyo is my mum’s hometown. Ingredients (for 4 servings) 1.2 L Dashi broth (See this page to prepare Dashi broth.) 120 g chicken thigh (without skin) with 1 tsp soy sauce and 1 tsp cooking Sake 50 g carrot 50 g Daikon radish 4 small taros 4 Shiitake mushrooms 5 cm kamaboko 2 bunches Japanese mustard spinach Edible clovers for topping (optional) Yuzu peel for topping (optional) 2 tbsp soy sauce : (A) 1 tbsp mirin : (A) Salt for taste 4 […]
8th May 2018 / Last updated : 9th May 2018 Mog 02 : Main Dishes

Stuffed Eggplant (なすの肉詰め)

Eggplants don’t have strong tastes themselves. But once cooked with meat, they soak its broth well and become very tasty. They are excellent supporting actors! Ingredients (for 3 servings) Eggplant: 3 Minced meat (pork or chicken): 150 g Onion (chopped): 50 g Tofu: 25 g Grated garlic: 1 tsp Dashi powder (if any, otherwise chicken soup powder): 1.5 tsp Black pepper: adjust to taste All-purpose flour: for dusting Oil: for frying Soy sauce: adjust for taste (Optional) Instruction Cut tips off of eggplants and hollow out them with a spoon. Shift all-purpose flour inside the eggplants. Chop the eggplant pulp into small pieces. Add 2 dashes of salt and rub […]
21st April 2018 / Last updated : 21st April 2018 Mog 02 : Main Dishes

Japanese Style Meatballs with Sweet and Sour Sauce(肉団子和風甘酢あん)

Do you know thick fried Tofu goes well with tomato? I can eat freshly cooked rice forever with this dish. Ingredients (3~4 servings) Thick fried Tofu: 1 tub Onion: 1/2 Green bell pepper: 1(approximately 40 g) Mushroom (any kinds): proper amount Canned tomato: 1 [meatballs] Minced meat (pork or chicken): 300 g Salt: 2 pinches (A) Chopped onion: 1/4 (A) Black pepper: proper amount (A) Grated ginger: 1 tbsp (A) Sake (or white wine): 1 tbsp [Sweet and sour sauce] (B)  Vinegar: 2 tbsp (B)  Soy sauce: 1 tbsp (B)  Sugar: 1 tbsp (B)  Sake (or white wine): 1 tbsp Starch: 1.5 tbsp Water: 2 tbsp Instructions Put minced meat […]
14th April 2018 / Last updated : 14th April 2018 Mog 02 : Main Dishes

Avocado Chicken Donburi (アボカドチキン丼)

This dish goes well with donburi ingredients, but also with an appetiser, a good friend of wine. A super easy recipe, less than 20 minutes to cook! Ingredients (2 servings) Chicken breast fillets: 180 g Avocado: 1 Cucumber: 1 (Approximately 70 g) (A) Soy sauce: 3 tbsp (A) Wasabi (grated): 1 tbsp (A) White roasted sesame seeds: 2 tbsp White wine: 1 tbsp Freshly cooked rice: 400 g Nori seaweeds: 1 sheet Instructions Prepare water with 1 tbsp of white wine in a saucepan and heat until they come to a boil. Boil chicken breast fillets. After they cool down, split them into small pieces. Cut an avocado a cucumber […]
6th April 2018 / Last updated : 6th April 2018 Mog 02 : Main Dishes

Chicken Curry (チキンカレー)

This recipe is 120 % my original. I’ve hesitated to post this recipe here because this blog is about Japanese cuisine. My friend encouraged me. Thank you so much! (*´ω｀*) Ingredients (4 servings) Chicken wing sticks: 8 Plain yoghurt: 1 cup Onions: 3 ~ 4 Garlic: 2 cloves (chopped) Ginger: 1 thumb-size piece (chopped) Whole cumin seeds: 1 tablespoon Olive oil: 1 tablespoon Curry powder: 3 tablespoons Whole black peppers: 1 tablespoon Red chilli pepper: 1 piece Bay leaf: 1 leaf Canned tomatoes: 1 White wine: 3 tablespoons Milk: 1 cup Honey: 2 tablespoons Soy sauce: 2 teaspoons Salt: to taste Butter: 2 tablespoons [Toppings] Anything you like: For example […]
20th February 2018 / Last updated : 8th May 2019 Mog 02 : Main Dishes

Tori-Soboro Donburi (Scrambled Chicken Bowl, 鶏そぼろ丼)

Less than 20 minutes to prepare! Strongly recommended for Japanese cuisine beginners. All you need is chicken and eggs. Perfect Sunday’s colourful lunch and a Bento’s good friend! Looks so pretty and yummy. Ingredients (3 servings) [Tori-Soboro (scrambled chicken)] 300 g of ground chicken 2 tablespoons of soy sauce 2 tablespoons of cooking sake (if any, otherwise white wine) 1 tablespoon of sugar 1 teaspoon of fresh ginger juice 2 tablespoons of mirin (if any, otherwise 2 tablespoons of sake and 2 teaspoons of sugar.) [Tamago-Soboro (scrambled egg)] 6 beaten eggs 1 tablespoon of sugar 1 teaspoon of salt 100 g of Green beans (If any, otherwise boiled green peas) […]
12th February 2018 / Last updated : 30th November 2018 Mog 02 : Main Dishes

Oyako Don (親子丼, Chicken and Eggs Bowl)

“Oyako” means “a parent and a kid” in Japanese. Not to mention, Oya = Chicken, Ko = Eggs. Ingredients (2 servings) 1 piece of chicken thigh 4 eggs 1/2 of onion consomme bouillon: 1 cube consume broth 2 tablespoons of soy sauce cooking sake : 3 tablespoons ( white wine is also okay) 2 tablespoons of sugar 160 cc of water 400 g of cooked rice Instructions Cut the onion into wedges. Cut chicken into bite-size chunks. Put some water, consommé bouillon, soy sauce, cooking sake and sugar in a pan, then boil over medium heat. Add the onion and cook over medium heat for 2 minutes. Then, add the […]