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Japanese-style Char Siu Chicken

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, Japanese cuisine adopted the Chinese Char Siu, but the cooking method was completely changed. Instead of roasting marinated meat, the surface is browned first, then the meat is braised in a sweet soy-based sauce….

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,…

My Matcha Roll Cake is a matcha-flavoured fluffy Swiss roll filled with a swirl of fresh cream. The contrast between green and white is striking, and the combination of fluffy sponge cake (almost like a chiffon cake!) and its elegant sweetness is characteristic of Japanese cakes. Although I don’t usually eat dessert after meals or…

Top-down hero shot of Spicy Tuna Tatare with Pickled Daikon.

Spicy Tuna Tartare with Pickled Daikon (Tuna Tataki) is very simple to make, as most tataki dishes are. My tuna tartare has a kick of spiciness from the Korean chilli paste, gochujang. The crunchy texture of the pickled daikon contrasts beautifully with the soft flesh of the finely chopped sashimi tuna. As mentioned in my…

These Steamed Gyoza Dumplings are a variation of the RecipeTin Eats Gyoza recipe. Instead of pan-frying the dumplings, they are steamed. The shape of my gyoza is different, but the filling is very similar to that of pan-fried gyoza. This recipe contains higher ratio of garlic chives than the standard gyoza, giving it a slightly…

Hero shot of Cream Cheese Dip with Spicy Pollock Roe.

Cream Cheese Dips are not Japanese dishes, but I am posting Cream Cheese Dip with Spicy Pollock Roe (Mentai Cheese Dip) because the flavour comes from spicy pollock roe, which is a popular Japanese ingredient. Like most dips, Cream Cheese Dip with Spicy Pollock Roe is very easy to make and is full of flavour…

Japanese-style Char Siu Chicken

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Shiso Pesto Pasta (Japanese Perilla Pesto Pasta)

Shiso Pesto! (Japanese Perilla Pesto)

Matcha Roll Cake (Swiss Roll)

Spicy Tuna Tartare with Pickled Daikon (Tuna Tataki)

Steamed Gyoza Dumplings

Cream Cheese Dip with Spicy Pollock Roe (Mentai Cheese Dip)