Mapo Tofu with Spinach and Mushroom is a healthy one-dish meal. Mapo Tofu (麻婆豆腐, more commonly known as Mabo Tofu in Japan) is originally from China, but it’s been well adapted in Japan. This is a variation of our home cooked Mabo Tofu with added spinach and mushroom. You can serve it over rice, and…
Fried Wontons are a popular Chinese dish made from wonton wrappers which are filled with a mixture of ingredients like ground meat (such as pork or shrimp), vegetables, and seasonings. The filling is then folded and sealed in various shapes, but often resembling triangles. Fried Wontons are known in Japan and can be found in…
Loco Moco is a Hawaiian rice bowl dish with Hamburger Steak. Loco Moco hamburger is similar to Japanese Hamburger or Salisbury steak. The steak is served over Steamed Rice, with a thick gravy sauce and a fried egg placed on top. This Hawaiian soul food has got just the right taste and many people have…
No-Fold Gyoza are Gyoza dumplings with pork filling but without complicated folding. Usually, you seal the Gyoza skin to keep the filling neatly inside by making kind of troublesome pleats. But here, the filling is merely wrapped in the skin by rolling. Super easy! It may not look as pretty as the regular one, but…
Nikumiso is ground meat cooked with aromatic miso based sauce. While ground pork is more commonly used for this dish, ground beef is just as good. In this recipe, in addition to regular miso paste, gochujang (Korean red chili paste) is added to make it a little bit spicy. The strong flavored meat goes really…
Cheese Hamburger Steak (チーズハンバーグ) is Japanese Hamburger Steak (or Hamburg Steak) with sweet and tangy sauce and cheese on top. Melted cheese adds another layer of flavor and texture to the sauce, and a lot of people enjoy it whether they are eating at restaurants or at home.
Dry Curry is a kind of curry dish that is made of ground meat and minced vegetables. It has been a popular home cooked meal in Japan for a number of years, although it’s not as widely known as the Japanese Curry and Rice outside of Japan. As the name indicates, the curry is “drier”…
Piman Nikuzume (ピーマン肉詰め) is Japanese green pepper stuffed with a ground meat mixture and pan-fried. The meat stuffing is just like hamburger meat, and the sauce is also similar to what we use for hamburger steak. Piman Nikuzume is very much a home cooking meal, but you can sometimes get it at diners and Izakaya…
Stuffed Shiitake Mushroom (椎茸の肉詰め), Shiitake Nikuzume, is Shiitake mushrooms stuffed with ground meat and cooked with Teriyaki sauce. It is just like Renkon Hasamiyaki, and the harmony of vegetable and meat is enjoyed with a tasty sweet and salty sauce. Stuffed Shiitake Mushroom is great as a dinner entree and also good for a Bento…
Curry Korokke is just like Japanese Potato Korokke (croquette) but the filling is flavored with curry powder. The process and ingredients of making Curry Korokke are very similar to regular Korokke, but a little change of the spice makes this ordinary entree taste like a completely different food.