Kushiage is skewered shrimp and vegetables that are breaded with Panko and deep-fried, served with Tonkatsu sauce as a savory dipping sauce. The variety of ingredients is virtually endless — from meat and seafood to seasonal vegetables — making it one of the most versatile and fun dishes in Japanese cuisine. Kushiage is closely related…
Stick Harumaki are deep-fried spring rolls filled with shrimp, edamame, and cheese. Long and skinny, they’re perfect finger food for party appetizers. Unlike traditional Japanese spring rolls where fillings are tightly wrapped, these Harumaki have a more relaxed wrapping style, making them easier to prepare. The filling doesn’t require pre-cooking – just cut and stuff….
Shrimp Karaage is a delightful dish consisting of raw shrimp coated with seasoned flour and deep-fried to perfection. This boldly spiced dish serves as an excellent appetizer to accompany chilled drinks or as a delicious dinner entrée when paired with steamed rice and miso soup.
Rice Cooker Rice Pilaf is a rice dish that takes little time to prepare and no effort to cook. All you need to do is to cut up some vegetables and put everything in a rice cooker. In this recipe, frozen, peeled, deveined, and tail-off shrimp was used without being defrosted. Onion and carrot are…
Happosai (八宝菜) is another Japanese Chinese dish similar to Yasaiitame stir-fry vegetables. Various vegetables, seafood, and pork are braised in a gooey savory sauce. It is a wonderful entree for dinner or a hearty lunch over rice.
Shrimp Avocado Asparagus Salad is all the ingredients mixed with Wasabi Mayo dressing. This Japanese deli style salad is good as a side dish for your sandwich or Onigiri lunch. It is very nutritious, rich, and tasty, and a little spiciness from Wasabi is appetizing for a lot of people.
You like Okonomiyaki with pork? Then try this variation with shrimp and cheese. Seafood Umami flavor from shrimp goes very well with the cabbage pancake, and melted cheese gives an interesting taste and texture to the dish. Never tasted Okonomiyaki before? Then you really must try this! I promise it’s delicious!
Stir-Fry Shrimp and Green Peas is Japanese home-cooking Chinese dish. It is literally shrimp and green peas are stir fried in salt based sauce. This colorful dish is perfect in spring season.
Shrimp in Chili Sauce, often called “Ebi Chili” in Japanese, is stir-fried shrimp in a flavorful ginger-garlic chili sauce. This is not a traditional Japanese dish, but it is one of the most popular kinds of Chinese food for Japanese home cooking, like Gyoza and Mabo Tofu.
Ebi Pilaf is a seasoned rice dish with shrimp, and it is a popular “western-style” (Yoshoku) rice dish in Japan. It is said that pilaf originally came from Turkey, but there are similar kinds of dishes all over the world. Since rice is a Japanese staple, Ebi Pilaf was gladly accepted in Japanese cuisine.