Spicy Burdock and Konnyaku (牛蒡とこんにゃくのピリ辛煮) Description: Quick, easy, healthy and filling side dish. It goes well with rice and beer. You can cook a large portion and eat it the next day too. It can be served hot or cold.Serves: 3Cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients Burdock - chopped diagonally, 200g Konnyaku - chopped and make … Continue reading Spicy Burdock and Konnyaku (牛蒡とこんにゃくのピリ辛煮)
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Grilled yam potato with bacon and raclette cheese
Description: Crunchy yam potatoes go really well with bacon and melted cheese. If you do not finish your raclette cheese in your previous meal, this is one of the best ways to use leftover cheese the next day.Serves: 2Cooking time: 20 minutes Ingredients Yam potatoes - sliced in 5 mm width, 200g Bacon - sliced … Continue reading Grilled yam potato with bacon and raclette cheese
Spicy chikuwa fish cakes and burdock (竹輪と牛蒡のピリ辛煮)
Description: Nice combination of burdock and chikuwa fish cake. It really goes well with rice and beer. You may eat them as a Japanese izakaya dish (similar to Spanish tapas).Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Chikuwa fish cake - chopped diagonally, 160g Burdock - chopped diagonally, 100g Dry chilli - chopped, 1 piece Sesame oil … Continue reading Spicy chikuwa fish cakes and burdock (竹輪と牛蒡のピリ辛煮)
Padrón Peppers spanish style – Pimientos de Padrón
Description: This is not a hot crazy dish. Nicely soft and some part could be still crunchy. It is one of popular and famous Spanish tapas dishes. You can cook at home easily 🙂 This goes well with white wine too!Serves: 2Cooking time: 3 minutes Ingredients Padrón peppers - 100g Olive oil - 1 tablespoon … Continue reading Padrón Peppers spanish style – Pimientos de Padrón
Fried lotus root with aonori seaweed powder (蓮根の磯辺揚げ)
Description: A nice and crunchy side dish or even a starter. It is easy and fast to cook, but it is also fast to go inside our stomach. This can be also a good canapé.Serves: 2Cooking time: 25 minutes Ingredients Lotus roots - slices 3 to 5mm width, 120g Potato flour (Alternatively, wheat flour) - … Continue reading Fried lotus root with aonori seaweed powder (蓮根の磯辺揚げ)
Tuna & bean sprouts salad
Description: Easy and fast to prepare. This can be a small appetiser or a side dish. It is crunchy and very refreshing.Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Beansprout - 200g Tuna tin - half tin, 55g Ponzu - 1 tablespoon Sesame oil - 1 teaspoon Chive - chopped, 1 teaspoon Method 1. Steam the bean … Continue reading Tuna & bean sprouts salad
Spicy Konnyaku Japanese style (こんにゃくのピリ辛炒め)
Description: A low-calorie Japanese dish. Amazingly, konnyaku has only 5 kcal on its own per 100g. The best ingredient to control weight and aim for a healthy diet.Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Konnyaku - chopped and made incision, 1 piece (250g) Soy sauce - 1 tablespoon Sesame oil - 1/2 tablespoon Mirin cooking wine … Continue reading Spicy Konnyaku Japanese style (こんにゃくのピリ辛炒め)
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Kinpira Burdock – Sautéed burdock Japanese style (きんぴら牛蒡)
Description: One of the Japanese traditional dishes. It is nutritious, delicious, and easy to cook. In addition, you can cook a large amount and eat it the next day, or adding it to a bento box would be nice too. You can eat it hot or cold and it goes really well with a pint … Continue reading Kinpira Burdock – Sautéed burdock Japanese style (きんぴら牛蒡)
Grilled celery cheese
Description: Very easy and quick-to-cook yet healthy recipe. This helps to achieve one of 5 A Day. Serving celery with cheese and garlic, it actually gives a nice taste with a punch of black pepper flavour for both celery lovers and haters.Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Celery - cut into a bite-size, 3 stalks … Continue reading Grilled celery cheese
Daikon radish and mince meat sauté
Description: One of the nice Japanese flavour side dishes. This dish really goes well with steamed rice and miso soup which are traditional in a Japanese meal. Dashi and meat tastes are well infused in daikon radish.Serves: 2Cooking time: 20 minutes Ingredients Daikon radish - cut into a quarter slice, 200g Beef mince (10%) - … Continue reading Daikon radish and mince meat sauté
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