Description: Soft and juicy chicken and daikon perfectly matched. It is simple, yet nice when you feel sick or when it is cold. It helps to warm you up.Serves: 2Cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients Chicken breast - chopped into bite-size, 150g Daikon radish - chopped into thin strips, 150g Spring onions - chopped, 20g Chicken … Continue reading Simmered chicken and daikon radish (鶏肉と大根の煮物)
Small dishes
Aubergine and pork ginger sauté (茄子と豚肉の生姜炒め)
Description: Japanese dish. It goes really well with rice. The mixture of sweet onions and a bit of spicy taste of ginger make a wonderful dish.Serves: 2Cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients Aubergine - 1 piece or 200g, chopped into small pieces Sliced Pork belly- chopped, 100g Onion - chopped, ½ piece or 75g Ginger - … Continue reading Aubergine and pork ginger sauté (茄子と豚肉の生姜炒め)
Spicy Burdock and Konnyaku (牛蒡とこんにゃくのピリ辛煮)
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)
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)
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)