Category: dinner
Nanban

Recipe Summary Prep Time: 20 minutes (plus marinade overnight) Cook Time: 20 minutes Yield: serves 4 For the chicken: 4 chicken legs (or breasts) 1-2 eggs Flour to cover the chicken For the western vinegar sauce: 4 Tbsp soy sauce 6 Tbsp sugar 5 Tbsp vinegar Pepper to taste (for adults) 1 tsp ketchup (for children) For the tartar sauce: [...]

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Niratama

Although a very simple dish, the taste is amazing. The garlic chives flavor the eggs wonderfully. I’m always happy when this is what’s on the menu for dinner! Recipe Summary Prep Time: ˜15 minutes Cook Time: 15-20 minutes Yield: serves 2 1 bunch garlic chives 3 eggs 3 Tbsp Chinese soup stock Salt, pepper, & soy sauce to taste Chop [...]

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Pumpkin Soup

I always used to think I didn’t really like soup. While I still think that’s partially true, a better statement is I don’t really like watery soups. With that said, I made pumpkin soup yesterday (and again for breakfast this morning) and it was yummy! The hardest part of the whole recipe was the cutting and peeling of the pumpkin. [...]

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Ginger Pork

This was ginger pork with a twist. It’s somehow ginger pork, but somehow tastes like homestyle cooking. It was really good and I really liked how all the flavors worked together. Recipe Summary Prep Time: ˜15 minutes Cook Time: 15-20 minutes Yield: serves 3 300 g pork belly (Bara) 2 Tbsp sake 1 Tbsp soy sauce 1 onion * 2 [...]

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Pot-au-feu

This is usually a simple, slow-cooked meal with your choice of meat and various vegetables (leftovers from the fridge). It’s very similar to the Japanese oden, and can probably be adapted to any culture by substituting the meat and vegetables for local favorites. This dish normally takes several hours to cook, however with a pressure cooker, the cook time is [...]

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Bam!

Normally during the week, I don’t cook. It’s probably a good thing, because I seem to be rather slow when I cook, plus I really like not having to cook when I get home at night. Weekends are the time when I try to cook. This weekend I made a seafood casserole that was super yummy and chicken cordon bleu [...]

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