02.May.2013 Japanese Rice Porridge – Okayu
Super simple comfort food While it’s still autumn, Okayu – or Japanese rice porridge – is a good recipe to have up your sleeve before the onset of flu-season and it’s much simpler than other ramen soups. You might be familiar with Congee – Chinese rice porridge – and variations of this dish are popular [...]
05.Nov.2012 White miso soup recipe with a difference
Potato and onion – Japanese style I’ve had some great comments about my miso soup recipe posts that I thought I’d share another simple favourite of mine. Using white miso paste, this is a slightly sweeter broth than those using brown or red miso paste. Like all miso soup recipes this one rates highly on [...]
25.Oct.2012 Japanese recipe: Mackerel cooked in miso soup
It’s been ages since I posted a video from that YouTube sensation Cooking with Dog and it is time to change that! The Japanese recipe featured in this video is Saba Misoni – mackerel fish fillets simmered in a miso broth. The word misoni is used to describe the method of cooking in miso and [...]
16.Jun.2012 Japanese recipe: Miso steak
Don’t knock it ‘til you’ve tried it! I think a lot of people in Australia still regard steak as very Western but it’s also a very popular Japanese food. In fact, in Japan we have loads of restaurant steakhouses dedicated to serving this cut if meat using Japanese recipes and it is an easy meal [...]
05.May.2012 Miso, greens and eggplant recipe
The other white meat You have might have gleaned from previous posts that I love a good eggplant recipe. Their spongey flesh is perfect for absorbing sauces and strong flavours and they make a great, filling meal when you don’t feel so much like meat – or even if you do! This eggplant recipe has [...]
14.Apr.2012 Vegetables and Miso Soup
Miso as a meal You know the expression chicken soup cures almost anything – that’s how I feel about today’s vegetables and miso soup recipe. This comforting, healthy and delicious miso soup is one I turn to whenever I feel run down, need to detox a little from eating less healthy foods and want something [...]
22.Feb.2012 Simple Pork Ramen Recipe
The reason I love this ramen recipe is that it makes a lovely, stocky and filling soup without the time commitment of making an authentic ramen recipe. To make ramen properly, you should simmer the pork bones for at least 5, but more like 10 hours. Like most people I don’t usually have the time, [...]
20.Jan.2012 Japanese recipe: Green beans with white miso sauce
Summer bean salad Green beans are one of my favourite vegetables. No matter if they are in European dishes or Japanese recipes, the flavour and texture of green beans is always fresh and crisp and works wonderfully with all sorts of sauces. Recently I have been making an easy Japanese recipe of green beans with [...]
12.Nov.2011 Japanese Recipe: Grilled Chicken with Miso
Miso Matters Miso paste has so many uses in addition to the well-known broth most people associate it with. There are a variety of miso pastes from mild to those more robust in flavour depending on what they are made from. One of my Top 10 Japanese ingredients, miso paste is a common seasoning used [...]
12.Oct.2011 Grilled eggplant with miso recipe
A new way to cook with miso paste Today I’m posting a video of a really delicious eggplant dish with miso recipe you can enjoy with sashimi and a range of other meats and seafood cooked in a Japanese style. I stumbled across this video showing well known Japanese food chef Nick Watt breaking down [...]
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