Pizza Toast is literally toast with pizza toppings, and it is a popular snack or meal in Japan. It’s a super easy dish with almost no cooking involved, so absolutely anybody can make this.
Ninjin Shirishiri (人参しりしり) is pan-fried julienned carrot with scrambled egg. It is originally a popular local dish from Okinawa, a very southern island in…
Hire Katsu is a kind of Tonkatsu pork cutlet using a different cut of pork, tenderloin. Hire (“hee-ray”) means Fillet in Japanese, and smaller…
Inari Sushi or Inarizushi (いなり寿司) is a kind of sushi or rice ball. Sushi rice is stuffed in seasoned Aburaage tofu pouches. This recipe…
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,…
Tamago Zosui (卵雑炊) is rice porridge or risotto cooked with eggs. This mild tasting simple food is great at any time, but especially good…
Tanuki Soba (たぬき蕎麦) is hot Soba noodles in soup with Tenkasu fried Tempura batter bits. It is a Soba dish with a pretty simple…
Shiitake Nimono (椎茸の煮物) is dried Shiitake mushrooms, rehydrated, cooked, and seasoned with a sweet and salty flavor. Shiitake Nimono can be eaten as is…
Nikudango Amazuan (肉団子甘酢餡) are meatballs coated with sweet and sour sauce. Nikudango literally means meatball and Amazuan means sweet and sour sauce in Japanese.…