This Onigiri rice ball is made with steamed white rice mixed with scrambled eggs, chopped green onion, and sesame seeds. It is a simple dish you can make anytime, and it’s perfect for breakfast or lunch. Salt is the only seasoning used in this recipe, but you can also add a bit of soy sauce or mayonnaise in the mix to add more flavors if you like.
If you ever wonder where you can get the kind of salad dressings that are served at every Japanese steakhouse or restaurant, these recipes are perfect for you to try. While there are some bottled Japanese dressings available at grocery stores, they are not exactly the same as restaurant-style dressings. You may be surprised that these dressings are so easy to make at home with simple and fresh ingredients. Hope you try them soon!
Vegetable Korokke (野菜コロッケ) is a deep-fried dish consisting of mashed potato and vegetables with a crispy outer layer of Panko bread crumbs. While our regular Korokke typically include meat such as ground beef or pork, this version is vegetarian-friendly. By substituting butter in the recipe with vegetable oil, it can also be transformed into a vegan dish.
Salmon and Shimeji mushroom spaghetti is a pasta dish flavored with Japanese seasonings. People in Japan love Italian spaghetti and other pasta dishes, but for everyday meals, they often make pasta in a Japanese style like this. While boiling water and cooking spaghetti, prepare all the ingredients and start cooking salmon and vegetables. That way, it’ll be done fast. If you like a little more punch to the taste, cook with garlic and/or squeeze lemon juice before eating. Hope you like it!
Today’s miso soup is made with ground chicken and Daikon radish. Because ground chicken imparts a rich savory chicken flavor, we skipped the Dashi and used just water. Daikon is a versatile vegetable to have in the pantry; it can be used in miso soup, salads, and can keep well for at least a couple of weeks in the fridge if wrapped properly. It’s crunchy when raw but becomes tender and melts in your mouth when cooked for a long time. You can enjoy different textures depending on how long you cook it. Nowadays, many US markets sell daikon radish, so the ingredients for this miso soup can be easily sourced locally. Like many of our miso soups, miso soup with ground chicken and Daikon is easy to make, healthy, and delicious! We hope you give it a try!
Yakiudon (焼きうどん) is a dish of stir-fried Udon noodles with meat and vegetables. It’s so easy and quick to make that it’s more akin to home cooking than restaurant fare. Typically, Yakiudon is seasoned with soy sauce or salt, but in this recipe, it’s flavored mainly with savory Tonkatsu sauce, giving it a taste similar to Yakisoba. It’s perfect for lunch or as a great alternative to a fast-food dinner.
Miso Walnut (くるみ味噌) is a healthy and tasty side dish that is so easy to make with only three ingredients. Walnut pieces are coated with miso paste mixed with honey. This sweet and savory walnut is great for topping on rice, toast, and vegetable. You can also use this as a dip.
These are 6 delicious homemade ramen recipes you can try at home. Scroll down to see the links to all of the recipes including video instructions.
Ramen (ラーメン) is one of the most popular Japanese foods. Chinese style noodles are served in a savory broth and topped with sliced meat and vegetables. Common flavors of the soup are soy sauce, miso, and Tonkotsu (pork bone broth). While there are many ramen specialty restaurants in Japan and around the world where you can have delicious bowls of ramen noodles, making good ramen at home is not that hard as long as you have the right ingredients.
There are roughly three types of ramen noodles you can get at Japanese or Asian markets: semi-dried noodles, dried Chukamen, and instant ramen. If you have a Japanese market nearby, you can probably find semi-fresh ramen noodles in the refrigerator section. They normally come with packets of concentrated soup. Semi-fresh noodles have great texture, and they taste closer to restaurant-style ramen. Another good choice for noodles is chukamen or dried Chinese style wheat noodles. They are similar to dried spaghetti noodles. You can just follow the instructions in the package and boil the chukamen noodles separately before serving with the broth.
Get Chukamen noodles on Amazon. (commission earned)Last but not least, the easiest of all ramen is an instant ramen that you can find at any grocery stores at reasonable price. Instant ramen noodles have evolved over the years, and there are some great choices that are worth keeping in the pantry. You can add some vegetables, eggs, meat, or seafood, and make it a hearty meal.
We hope you try making a delicious bowl of ramen noodle at home following our recipe!
An-doughnut, or Sweet Red Bean Doughnut, is a type of Japanese-style doughnut. It is a deep-fried confectionery and a variant of traditional doughnuts with a Japanese twist, containing Anko sweet red bean paste as a filling. Variations of this old-fashioned doughnut have been cherished in Japanese food culture for centuries, and it remains one of the favorite items in bakeries there.
Chocolate truffles (トリュフチョコレート)are a French confection and are very popular in Japan too, especially around Valentine’s Day, which is deeply connected with the custom of giving chocolate gifts. Many people there create homemade concoctions in their own kitchens. Chocolate truffles usually consist of a soft filling (ganache) and a coating of chocolate (couverture) around the filling. It’s very easy to make if you’re not tempering chocolate to coat the ganache. Our recipe simply involves rolling the ganache into balls and coating them with cocoa powder, without any intricate skills needed. Mix two ingredients and chill them long enough, and most of your job is done! If you want to flavor them with some liqueur, go ahead. We used Grand Marnier, but rum or bourbon will work well too. If the chocolate feels too soft when you’re handling it, chill it in the fridge at any point, and that should help. Try making these easy but delicious Chocolate Truffles for your Valentine this year!