Ingredients
4 cups long grain brown rice or long-grain white rice
4 cups chicken broth or water
1/4 cup onion, chopped
1/4 cup shiitake mushroom, chopped
1/4 cup asparagus, sliced or carrot, chopped
1/4 cup peas
2 boneless chicken thighs (1/3 lb)
Sauce
1-2 1/2 tablespoon shoyu
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1/4-1 3/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
1-2 tablespoon sake
1 tablespoon mirin
Ingredients
12 ounces extra-soft tofu, waterpacked drained
2 cups water
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons plum wine or other fruit liqueur
4 cups fruit, see note
4 tablespoons sweet red bean paste
Ingredients
1/3 cup sake (Japanese rice wine)
1/3 cup mirin (sweet Japanese rice wine)
1/3 cup miso (fermented soybean paste)
3 tablespoons brown sugar, packed
2 tablespoons soy sauce
4-6 ounces sea bass fillets (may substitue salmon or tuna)
2 tablespoons green onions, chopped
2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped
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Dressing
40 g sesame seeds, toasted
2 1/2 tablespoons Japanese soy sauce
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon fresh ginger, grated
1/2 teaspoon dashi, granules
125 ml water
Salad
125 g dried somen noodles
100 g snow peas, finely sliced on diagonal
100 g daikon radishes, julienned
100 g carrots, julienned
1 green onion, sliced on the diagonal
50 g baby english spinach leaves, trimmed
2 teaspoons [...]
Ingredients
80 ml mirin (1/3 cup)
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon wasabi paste
2 fresh red Thai chile, seeded and finely chopped
32 oysters, on the half shell
sea salt, for serving
Ingredients
200 g dried green tea soba noodles
2 1/2 teaspoons sesame oil
2 (200 g) chicken breast fillets
3 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
1/3 cup Japanese soy sauce
1/4 cup mirin
1 1/2 tablespoons sake
3/4 teaspoon dashi, granules
3/4 teaspoon sugar
3 teaspoons rice vinegar
1 small lebanese cucumber, cut in half lenghway and thinly sliced on the diagonal
1 tablespoon pickled ginger, shredded
2 [...]
Ingredients
1 cup burdock root, scraped, cut into 1/2-inch diagonal pieces & soaked until ready to use to prevent discoloration (gobo)
1 strip dried kelp, soaked in water until soft & then rinsed (kombu)
3-3 1/2 cups chicken stock or dashi
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 lb boneless chicken thighs, cut into bite-sized pieces
1/2 cup mushroom
2 carrots, peeled & cut [...]
Ingredients
2 large gingerroot
1 cup rice wine vinegar
5-7 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
Ingredients
3 lbs broiler-fryer chickens
chicken stock or water, to cover
salt
Dinner table floor show
6 scallions, cut into 1-inch lengths
1 medium onion, peeled and sliced thin
1 bunch watercress, trimmed
Sauce
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup light soy sauce
1/4 cup japanese wine (sake)
Ingredients
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, pressed
2 cups vegetable stock or mushroom stock
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried mustard
2 cups quinoa
1 red bell pepper, finely diced
2 stalks celery, finely sliced
1 cup finely sliced matsutake mushroom
sea salt or Mrs. Dash seasoning mix, see note
fresh ground pepper