Japanese Recipes, Traditional Hawaiian Treats and Japanese Fusion
Japanese carrot salad: Carrots and corn come together with a sesame mayo dressing to make a delicious, tangy carrot and sesame salad. The dressing is customizable to your tastes, and is delicious on salads and great for dipping. Asian Carrot Salad With A Japanese Mayo Twist The best dressings are sesame dressings. It’s just a fact. …
Tonkatsu sauce is popular in Japan for tonkatsu and other fried foods. This tonkatsu sauce recipe is easy to make and is tangy and rich. It makes a great Japanese style katsu chicken sauce and is perfect for dipping all your favorite deep fried food! Growing up, whenever we had chicken katsu, tonkatsu, or korokke, …
This kabocha squash soup is naturally sweet, and uses just a few simple ingredients to make a comforting and delicious winter soup. When fall comes, it’s time for everyone to go pumpkin crazy. Except for me, because I think pumpkin is just okay. That’s probably because I grew up spoiled, eating kabocha squash. It’s also …
Learn how to make onigiri, a popular Japanese rice ball snack. This tuna onigiri recipe is easy to follow and will help you create perfect onigiri every time. The combination of savory tuna and spicy Japanese mayo create a prefect onigiri filling! Tuna Onigiri Japanese Rice Ball Tuna is one of my favorite proteins to …
Tuna takikomi rice, or takikomi gohan, is a Japanese seasoned rice dish with veggies and tuna. Easy, filling, and nutritious, all you need to do is prep the ingredients, throw them in the rice cooker, and press start! Here’s a scenario: you don’t feel like making dinner. But you have people in the house you …
Sliced tomatoes topped with a chopped cucumbers and onion in a tangy marinade. This sliced tomato salad is so fresh and comes together in a snap. Perfect for a warm summer day! Summer is coming. Yesterday I was outside and it was already HOT! When I was living in Utah, the summer was hot hot hot but at …
These soy sauce sticky wings are baked, but SO crispy, with a sweet and salty glaze. I didn’t eat my first wings until college. I’m not even kidding! I grew up in America and I never ever had wings! My mom is anti having bones in chicken, so I just never had the opportunity to …
Full of umami packed ingredients (mushrooms, caramelized onions, bacon, cheese), these will make the perfect puff pastry appetizer! Umami- different from savory… not exactly “salty”, but a flavor profile that brings a depth and deliciousness to foods. You’ll find it in soy sauce, anchovies, tomatoes, parmesan, and these umami puffs. The puff pastry appetizer is topped …
Kabocha squash is simmered in a delicious Japanese flavored stock until soft. Kabocha no nimono is an easy, savory, and healthy side dish. So I’ve been on a bit of a kabocha kick lately, and I think a part of the reason is because I keep seeing pumpkin recipes all over, and every time I …
