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Crispy Shokupan Crusts

Crispy Shokupan Crusts

Crispy Shokupan Crusts are fried bread crusts coated with sugar. They are not the healthiest, but they’re a cheap and delicious homemade snack. Many of us make sandwiches at home and cut off the crusts from the bread and throw them away. Next time you make sandwiches, save those crusts! Simply deep-fry the bread until nice and crispy, coat with sugar, and that is it. If you want flavor twists, add some cinnamon or Kinako (soybean flour) to the sugar. To avoid the bread becoming greasy, deep-fry at a higher temperature. But be careful not to burn it at the same time. Fry the crusts, stirring constantly until they’re nicely browned and light. Eat them while still warm; they are absolutely delightful! Hope you give it a try!

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9 Most Popular Japanese Bread Recipes

An Pan

Bread may not be a traditional Japanese food like rice, but it has been an important part of the Japanese food culture for decades. More people eat bread than rice for breakfast, and there are many bakeries that specialize in Japanese-style fluffy bread or European-style artisan bread everywhere in Japan. Bakeries are usually inside or in front of major train stations so that people can pick up some freshly baked bread for the next day’s breakfast after work. If you have traveled to Japan, you may have noticed the irresistible smell of freshly baked bread when you get off a train or walk on a neighborhood street. For those of us who do not live near Japanese bakeries, we have some easy-to-follow bread recipes here.

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Melon Pan Toast

Melon Pan Toast

Melon Pan Toast tastes just like Melon Pan, but it’s so much easier to make it with only 5 simple ingredients. Melon Pan (メロンパン) is a popular Japanese sweet bread, and it’s found everywhere in Japan from bakeries to convenience stores. Soft white Japanese milk bread is covered with a thin cookie crust on top, and the signature grid lines on the surface resembles a melon even though the flavor is nothing like melon. Homemade melon pan is very tasty of course, but it’s quite time consuming to make it from scratch. If you have a sudden craving for a melonpan, try this much simpler version! You will have a scrumptious melonpan-like toast ready in 10 minutes!

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Ham Roll Recipe

Ham Roll (Japanese bread roll)

Ham Roll is a typical Japanese savory bread roll that can be found at many local bakeries in Japan. Thinly sliced ham is interestingly rolled into bread dough and baked, and it shows a nice swirl pattern in the end product.  Ham Rolls may look a little complicated but they are actually quite simple to make once you know how to do it.  We used the bread dough from our Japanese Basic Bread recipe which is light and fluffy, and perfect for these yummy rolls.  If you are not familiar with Japanese Basic Bread, please check out that video first before tackling this dish to avoid an unsuccessful result.

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Japanese Basic Bread Recipe

Japanese basic bread

Typical Japanese Bread is a soft white bread used to make many kinds of Kashi Pan (sweet bread) such as An Pan and Melon Pan.   Japanese people love the softness in bread so much that it’s almost fanatical.  There are more rustic crusty breads around and they like those kinds too, however, they always go back to sweet soft bread that people are familiar with.  Japanese Basic Bread has a hint of sweetness but not overly, so you can make it into either sweet or savory bread.  Once you master this versatile bread, you will be able to enjoy all sorts of arrangements of Japanese bread.

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