Aglio e olio peperoncino shitake mushroom

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

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)

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)