Authentic Japanese Home Cooking
Tantanmen (担々麺) is a Japanese version of Chinese Sichuan Dan Dan Noodles. Chinese Dan Dan Noodles has a very small amount of soup, but the Japanese version, Tantanmen comes with a plenty of soup just like ramen.
Like the original Dan Dan Noodles, Tantanmen is a spicy dish. The spice comes from the large amount of chilli oil added to the sesame-flavoured broth. The sweet miso-flavoured meat sauce topping is so tasty….
Chinese Chicken Broth is quite different from Western-style chicken stock. Apart from the main ingredient, chicken, you only need green onions and a piece of ginger. My Easiest Chinese Chicken Stock uses a whole chicken. Put everything together in a pot with a plenty of water and boil it for 3-4 hours. That’s all there…
Nobu’s Miso Marinated Black Cod Recipe is very similar to the Saikyo Yaki Miso Marinade and Saikyo Yaki Fish recipes that I posted some time ago. Nobu’s marinade is a Westernised version with a stronger flavour – particularly the sweetness. Nobu called this miso marinade ‘Nobu-style Saikyo Miso’ and it is a bit different from…
If you want to make tasty and easy nibbles for a casual party, why don’t you make Crispy Baked Spring Roll Sticks? Simply smear spring roll skins with flavoursome filling, roll them, then bake. They are crunchy and tasty. You won’t be able to stop munching them. I sometimes make spring rolls for special occasions…
My Sake Lees Soup with Salmon (Salmon Kasujiru) is a kind of miso soup mixed with sake lees. The soup contains plenty of vegetables and salmon fillet. Sake Lees Soup is usually eaten in winter as it warms you up from the core of your body. Although the origin of Sake Lees Soup is uncertain,…
Oven Baked Tonkatsu is a healthy version of my Tonkatsu recipe. The amount of oil consumed in Oven Baked Tonkatsu is less than ⅓ (close to ¼), compared to the conventional method of deep-frying a piece of crumbed pork. Even with such a small amount of oil, the crumbs are crunchy and the meat is…
Pork and Cabbage Omelette (Tonpeiyaki) is a popular dish in the Kansai region. Plenty of shredded cabbage and thinly sliced pork are sautéed, then wrapped in an omelette. Sweet fruity tonkatsu sauce and mayonnaise are a must. Tonpeiyaki (とん平焼き) originated in Umeda, Osaka. The owner of the restaurant called ‘hontonpei’ (本とん平) invented this dish after…
