Authentic Japanese Home Cooking
Braised Lotus Roots and Beef (Shigureni) is the ultimate sweet-and-savoury topping to enjoy with cooked rice. The refreshing ginger flavour makes it even more appetising.
It is very similar to my other Shigureni recipe, Braised Beef and Burdock with Genger. Instead of shaved burdock, I used thinly sliced lotus roots. The flavouring ingredients are the same, but the proportion of each ingredient is slightly different….
Of the four variations of gyoza that I mentioned in my post Steamed Gyoza, Boiled Gyoza Recipe (Sui Gyoza) is probably the easiest to cook. Boiling the gyoza dumpling makes the wrappers softer and the filling juicier. The slightly garlicky soy-vinegar sauce adds another layer of flavour to the dish. Boiled Gyoza is called ‘sui…
I am excited to show you how to make a copycat version of the Japanese 7-Eleven Egg Sandwich. The filling is simply egg mixed with Kewpie mayonnaise and seasonings, but the combination of soft Japanese bread and the creamy filling is unforgettable. Nagi told me that the 7-Eleven Egg Sandwich is all the rage at…
Sardine kabayaki is made in a similar way to eel kabayaki (grilled eel), which is perhaps the best-known kabayaki dish. But Sardine Kabayaki can be just as good as eel kabayaki at a fraction of the cost. Sardine Kabayaki is an excellent alternative dish to eel, offering rich seasonal flavours along with high nutritional value…
My Char Siu Chicken is made by cooking rolled chicken in a Japanese way. It is very tender, with a mild sweet soy flavour. The browned patches on the surface of the chicken give it a similar appearance to roasted Char Siu. As I mentioned in my Yakibuta (Braised Pork – Japanese Char Siu) recipe,…
Quick and easy Shiso Pesto Pasta is a perfect dish for a weeknight dinner. I decided to post this recipe at the same time as my Shiso Pesto recipe, because pesto on its own doesn’t really feed you unless you use it with something substantial. Today’s dish takes no time to make. Once the pasta…
Shiso Pesto is a pesto made with perilla instead of basil. It has a slightly pungent, minty flavour compared to pesto made with basil. It can be used as a complete substitute for regular pesto. I referenced Nagi’s Pesto! recipe (I even copied the exclamation mark for the recipe title😅) to create my Shiso Pesto,…
