Description: Carb free canapé. Can be served as canapé or finger food for parties, appetizers, and side dishes. You can prepare it in advance and chill it in the fridge before serving.Serves: 16 piecesCooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Cucumber - chopped in about 5 mm thick, 200g (I had 32 slices to make 16 pieces … Continue reading Tuna Mayo Cucumber Burger
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Aubergine roll
Description: Fancy eating aubergine and want to try something special? Not complicated, just slice it, roll it, grill it!Serves: 4Cooking time: 35 minutes Ingredients Aubergine - sliced, 1 piece or 200g Thinly sliced pork (loin), 200g Ground black pepper - ½ dash Soy sauce - 1 tablespoon Sake cooking wine - 1 tablespoon Sesame seeds … Continue reading Aubergine roll
Maguro Tatsuta-yaki
Description: No deep fry, simple, and delicious. Nostalgic Japanese dish. Serves: 2 Cooking time: 30 minutes Ingredients Tuna - cut into bite-size, 160g Potato flour - 2 tablespoons Soy sauce - 1 tablespoon Sake cooking wine - 1 tablespoon Lemon juice - ½ teaspoon or squeeze from ½ wedge of lemon Sunflower oil - 2 tablespoons Method … Continue reading Maguro Tatsuta-yaki
Spicy garlicky chicken and cabbage
Description: Simple home made dish when you want to use a large portion of cabbage. Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Cabbage - cut 1 in bite-size, 160g Chicken - cut 1 in bite-size, 160g Garlic - chopped, 2 cloves Olive oil - 1 tablespoon Sake cooking wine - 1 tablespoon Ground black pepper - 2 … Continue reading Spicy garlicky chicken and cabbage
Pork Ginger & courgette Sauté
Description: The fresh lemon flavour with a little ginger punch matches with the fatty pork and courgette.Serves: 2Cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients Sliced pork belly- chopped, 80g Courgette - chopped, 1 piece or 200g Ginger - chopped into small pieces, 5g Lemon juice - 1 teaspoon or squeeze from 1 wedge of lemon Olive oil … Continue reading Pork Ginger & courgette Sauté
Beef and daikon radish (牛大根)
Description: Nothing special but somewhat tastes like a Japanese izakaya dish. Convenient for cooking a large amount and keeping for the following days.Serves: 2Cooking time: 40 minutes Ingredients Thinly sliced beef - 150g Daikon radish - chopped into quarter slice (1cm width), 200g Konnyaku - 1 piece/pack or 250g Soy sauce - 1 tablespoon Mirin … Continue reading Beef and daikon radish (牛大根)
Grilled cheese with pork roll
Description: Combination of the devil … it’s such a treat. Cheese and pork belly. It goesreally well. If this was served with beer in izakaya, it would be enjoyable à la carte.Serves: 10Cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients Thinly sliced pork belly - 10 slices or 200g Edam Cheese stick - 10g x 10 pieces or … Continue reading Grilled cheese with pork roll
Lotus Root and beef kinpira (牛肉とレンコンのきんぴら)
Description: It is nutritious, delicious and simple to cook. Frozen vegetables can be used. You can cook a large amount and eat it the next day. Serves: 2Cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients Lotus roots- cut into half moon slices 2-3 mm width, 100g Carrot - chopped into thin strips, 50g (You may use more carrot according … Continue reading Lotus Root and beef kinpira (牛肉とレンコンのきんぴら)
Stuffed Okra (オクラの肉詰め)
Description: Okra filled with minced meat. One of the izakaya-style dishes. For those who are not big fans of vegetables, this may be a way to eat them.Serves: 3Cooking time: 25 minutes Ingredients Okra - 240g or 24 pieces Garlic - chopped, 2 cloves Onion - chopped into fine pieces, 100g or 1 small piece … Continue reading Stuffed Okra (オクラの肉詰め)
Stuffed mushroom
Description: Just a little bit of twist can make mushrooms special. This can be a canape, finger food or an appetiser. This is also one of the common ippin-ryori (一品料理) which is Japanese à la carte.Serves: 2Cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients Mushrooms (shitake, chestnut or portobello) - 200g or 10 pieces Minced meat (chicken or … Continue reading Stuffed mushroom