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Soba Salad with Fried Tofu Croutons

Soba Salad with Fried Tofu Croutons

Cold Soba buckwheat noodles are the best food in summer when it’s too hot and you have no appetite. They are cold, delicious, and nutritious. In this recipe, we add green vegetables, so it’s even healthier! Fried Tofu croutons are crunchy, packed with protein, and a good alternative to bready croutons. This also uses all plant-based ingredients, so safe to eat for vegetarians. If you want to make it ahead, prepare greens and soba separately, and don’t mix with the dressing until just before you eat. That way the dish stays fresh, not soggy. Hope you like it!

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Garlic Edamame

Garlic Edamame

Garlic Edamame are stir-fried and seasoned whole Edamame pods with garlic sauce. It is not the traditional Japanese Edamame appetizer, which is usually simply pods boiled with salt, but a rather Americanized Japanese dish. Garlic Edamame may be new, but it is a very flavorful tasty little appetizer that goes with Japanese beer and Chuhai.

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Miso Soup with Tofu and Onion

Miso Soup with Tofu and Onion

Today’s miso soup is made with tofu, brown and green onions. Tofu is probably the most commonly used ingredients for miso soup. Tofu with wakame seaweed and/or green onion are served at many Japanese restaurants. We added sliced brown onion to a typical tofu miso soup in this recipe. Thinly sliced brown onion adds sweetness to the broth. If you are tired of a typical tofu miso soup, try adding brown onion for a change!

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6 Summer Japanese Recipes

Hiyashi Chuka / Cold Ramen

With summer so hot everywhere these days, you feel like eating more cold food than ever. Japanese people know how to deal with brutal summer climate and therefore know how to cool down with food. These are some of the best summer Japanese dishes that are nice and cold, and you can eat them when you don’t have much appetite from the draining heat.

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Curry Yakisoba

Curry Yakisoba

Curry Yakisoba is stir-fried noodles flavored with curry powder. The spicy curry aroma stimulates the appetite at any moment. Here, beef is used as protein in the dish, but it can be easily replaced with chicken or pork. And that’s the same for the vegetables. Cabbage, broccoli, and onions work very well too. Curry Yakisoba is a great simple lunch perfect for one or two people. Or multiply the recipe, and make this as dinner to serve the entire family!

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Tenkasu Tempura Bits Recipe

Tenkasu

Tenkasu is Tempura batter that has been deep-fried to become crispy bits and pieces. It is also called Agedama in the Tokyo area. Tenkasu or Agedama is used in various Japanese dishes and a useful ingredient to know when it comes to Japanese cooking. It can be bought in bags at stores, but it is very easy to make at home with simple ingredients.

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