Authentic Japanese Home Cooking
Pork Meatball and Vermicelli Soup does not use soup stock or dashi stock. The broth is made by cooking pork meatballs that are full of flavours. The addition of vermicelli and bok choy completes the soup, making it suitable not only as a soup but also as a light main dish.
Pork Meatball and Vermicelli Soup is surprisingly tasty even if it does not use soup stock. Despite a good amount of meat in the soup, it feels very light, perhaps because it is a clear soup and the meatballs are soft. …
Okinawa Style Coral Trout Recipe is one of the simplest ways of cooking fish. The flavouring is the simplest and the cooking method is the simplest. The fish is cooked in salted water with sake and a few slices of ginger – no soy sauce, no dashi stock, and no sugar – unlike typical Japanese…
Curry Pork Stir-Fry with Capsicum is not a dish with a thick curry gravy, but it has a very good curry flavour. Although the name of the dish starts with Curry Pork Stir-Fry, the capsicum is actually the star of this dish. I think this is one of the best ways to eat a lot…
Surprisingly juicy and tasty, Simmered Stuffed Aburaage is a perfect dish to go with rice. It looks like Inarizushi, but the aburaage pouches are stuffed with pork mince. Thinly sliced lotus roots and shiitake mushrooms beneath the aburaage pouches add different textures to the dish. I found a Simmered Stuffed Aburaage recipe in my old…
Spicy Sesame Soy Milk Hot Pot is not a very traditional Japanese hot pot, but it has become increasingly popular in Japan. The basis of the broth is dashi stock and soy milk, but a few ingredients such as tobanjan, rāyu (chilli oil), and white sesame paste are added to make the broth richer and…
My Tomato and Egg Drop Soup is based on Chinese Tomato and Egg Drop Soup, except that I used dashi stock for the soup base. It has a clean and refreshing taste, with a gentle flavouring. The sourness from the tomato goes so well with egg in the simple broth. The Chinese version of the…
Unlike my Chawanmushi (Savoury Egg Custard) recipe, Plain Chawanmushi with Starchy Clear Sauce contains nothing inside the savoury egg custard. It is a comforting dish, and you can have it just like a soup. A starchy sauce over the chawanmushi and a little garnish on top make the dish more appetising. Compared to my standard Chawanmushi…
