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Chicken Teriyaki

Chicken Teriyaki

Homemade Japanese teriyaki sauce with soy sauce, sake, mirin, and sugar. Try using the same teriyaki sauce for chicken, salmon, and even tofu.

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Rock Fish in Butter Ponzu Sauce

Rock Fish in Butter Ponzu Sauce

Homemade Japanese ponzu sauce with soy sauce, dashi, yuzu/lemon juice, rice vinegar, and mirin. Paired with simple pan-fried fish fillet.

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Sautéed Kale and Shirasu

Sautéed Kale and Shirasu

Kale is one of the vegetables that I have been trying to eat more since it has a higher vitamin and mineral content compared to spinach, which has always been …

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Kyoto Style Tofu and Shimeji in Ankake Sauce

Kyoto Style Tofu and Shimeji in Ankake Sauce

Discover how to prepare this elegant and sophisticated Kyoto dish featuring tofu and shimeji mushrooms served in a thick sauce made using dashi stock, soy sauce, and katakuriko.

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Fried Tofu in Spicy Shimeji Sauce

Fried Tofu in Spicy Shimeji Sauce

The spicy shimeji sauce in this recipe is made with a simple mixture of soy sauce, rice vinegar, oyster sauce, sugar, chili sauce (you can use any of your …

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Butternut Nikuman

Butternut Nikuman

Asian steam buns with ground pork/meat filling come with many names. It is called rou bao (肉包) in Chinese, nikuman (肉まん) in Japanese, and in Indonesia where I …

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Matcha Muffins with Buttermilk Pancake Mix

Matcha Muffins with Buttermilk Pancake Mix

Do you know you can bake a batch of delicious Japanese matcha muffins with Krusteaz buttermilk pancake mix? Now you don't need to buy Morinaga hotcake mix!

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Homemade Ponzu Sauce

Homemade Ponzu Sauce

Learn how to can make your own ponzu sauce using common Japanese pantry ingredients (soy sauce, mirin, and dashi), plus one yuzu (or one meyer lemon).

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Goya Chanpuru (ゴーヤーチャンプルー) - Bitter Melon and Egg Stirfry

Goya Chanpuru (ゴーヤーチャンプルー) - Bitter Melon and Egg Stirfry

Chanpuru (チャンプルー) is an Okinawan dish, meaning mixed. Surprisingly the term comes from Indonesian word campur, which of course means mixed! Among the many …

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Chocolate Mochi Cake

Chocolate Mochi Cake

This slightly chewy and chocolatey mochi cake is just the perfect munching snack with some brewed hot tea/coffee, and I love that they are not too sweet.

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Braised Pork with Sweet Potatoes and Mushrooms in Soy Sauce

Braised Pork with Sweet Potatoes and Mushrooms in Soy Sauce

Braising in soy sauce, sake, mirin, sugar, and dashi stock is a pretty basic Japanese cooking style. You can use any combination of meat and vegetables of your …

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Sake Pound Cake

Sake Pound Cake

A sake pound cake is an unusual but delicious way to enjoy a good Japanese sake/rice wine. The sake syrup makes the already tasty pound cake even better.

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