Description: Simple but delicious shiitake mushrooms. This can be canape, finger foods or appetiser. Serves: 10 piecesCooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Shiitake mushrooms (alternatively chestnut mushrooms) - 10 pieces or 200g Garlic - chopped in fine pieces, 2 cloves Olive oil - 1 tablespoon Dried chili - chopped, 1 piece Salt - 1 dash Black pepper … Continue reading Aglio e olio peperoncino shitake mushroom
Izakaya
Aubergine and green pepper in miso flavour
Description: A lot of seasonings, but heating only 10 minutes. Extremely soft aubergine has such a nice flavour of miso.Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Green pepper - chopped, 1 small pieces or 80g Aubergine - chopped, 1 piece or 200g Pork belly - chopped, 60g Soy sauce - 2 teaspoons Mirin cooking wine - … Continue reading Aubergine and green pepper in miso flavour
Beef, lotus roots, chikuwa, and green beans kinpira
Description: One of the Japanese traditional dishes, “kinpira”.You can add your favourite vegetables and meat, and make your own style.Serves: 2Cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients Lotus roots- cut into half moon slices 2-3 mm width, 100g Chikuwa fish cake - chopped diagonally, 160g Green Beans - 80g Thinly sliced beef (rib eye) - 50g Mirin … Continue reading Beef, lotus roots, chikuwa, and green beans kinpira
Hearty Stewed Meat & Potatoes (色々肉じゃが)
Description: Japanese slow cook food. Can be cooked in large portions and kept for the following days.Serves: 4Cooking time: 30+ minutes Ingredients Beef (sirloin, alternatively rib-eye or any other part) - cut in bite size, 150g Onion - chopped, 2 or 300g Baby potatoes - 10 pieces or 250g Green Beans - 80g Carrots - … Continue reading Hearty Stewed Meat & Potatoes (色々肉じゃが)
Simmered chicken and mushroom in Japanese style (鶏ときのこの煮物)
Description: Soft and juicy chicken and mushrooms perfectly matched. You can use any type of mushroom.Serves: 2Cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients Chicken breast (alternatively, thigh) - 160g Mushroom (any type) - 160g Sake cooking wine - 1/2 tablespoon Mirin cooking wine - 1/2 tablespoon Soy sauce - 1/2 tablespoon Ground black pepper - 1 dash … Continue reading Simmered chicken and mushroom in Japanese style (鶏ときのこの煮物)
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
Grilled aubergine and green pepper dipped in sauce (ピーマンと茄子の焼き浸し)
Description: You may call it “Japanese ratatouille”. We do not use tomato sauce, but we use soy sauce and soak vegetables in it. You can chill it and serve. It has a smooth and cold texture on the tongue. Wonderful dish in summer or hot weather.Serves: 2Cooking time: 20 minutes + (depending on chilling time) … Continue reading Grilled aubergine and green pepper dipped in sauce (ピーマンと茄子の焼き浸し)
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)