Authentic Japanese Home Cooking
I’ve tried so many different hot pot dishes and Salmon Hot Pot (Ishikari Nabe) is one of my favourites. It is quite simple to make and flavoursome. The miso-based broth goes so well with salmon, keeping you warm on a cold day. It’s almost like a big miso soup with lots of ingredients!
Winter appears to be fast approaching in Sydney and the temperature in the morning and at night time can get very low. When this happens, I always think of having a hot pot for dinner….
Layered Chicken and Chinese Cabbage is a visually attractive dish. Chinese cabbage/Nappa cabbage, chicken mince (ground chicken) and aburaage are layered alternatively to make a stripy pattern, then simmered in flavoured broth. When a few ingredients are layered alternatively and cooked, the dish is often called Hakata (博多)-something in Japan. If it is a steamed dish,…
Green Beans with Tofu Dressing (Shira-ae) is a simple vegetarian side dish. The tofu-based dressing has a very gentle flavour and goes well with blanched green beans with some carrot to give a bright colour to the dish. Tofu is a versatile ingredient. It can be eaten fresh, boiled, in miso soup or clear soup, simmered…
Whiting is often served in clear soup at special occasions because of its elegant taste and white meat. Make a knot from a fillet and serve with a green leaf in a dashi-based clear soup. Japanese Clear Soup with Whiting is a very quick and easy soup and is visually quite attractive. Japanese Clear Soup…
Seasoned minced prawns are put between lotus root slices, then deep fried. Deep Fried Lotus Root and Prawn Sandwiches can be an appetiser, a side or a main. It all depends on how much you want to make and serve. Deep Fried Lotus Root and Prawn Sandwiches (Renkon no Hasami Age) is a curious looking…
Simmered in a thick soy based broth, this Kanazawa-style Simmered Chicken and Tofu (Jibuni) is a comfort food that is an iconic dish in Ishikawa prefecture. Cooked together with shiitake mushrooms and carrots, and garnished with green leaves, it is a good looking, flavoursome dish. Kanazawa is a capital of Ishikawa Prefecture, which is located…
Grilled Snapper is often served on special occasions in Japan. Grilling is the simplest way of cooking a whole fish in Japanese cuisine. Sprinkle salt over the fish and grill the whole fish on the BBQ, grill pan or broiler. You may not be accustomed to eating a grilled fish with bones and head intact but this…
