About.com Japanese Food

Poll: What is Your Favorite Japanese Sweet?

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:57:16 +0000

Here is a list of popular Japanese sweets from the About.com Japanese Food site. What's your favorite?

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Green Tea Cheesecake

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:46:42 +0000

Rare cheesecakes are no-bake cheesecakes popular in Japan. This is a variation of Japanese rare cheesecakes and is slightly flavored with matcha green tea powder. Here are step-by-step instructions on how to make a green tea cheesecake at home.

Green Tea Rare Cheesecake Recipe

Plain Rare Cheesecake Recipe

Japanese Cake Recipes
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Japanese Recipe of the Week: Chirashi-zushi

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:03:17 +0000

Chirashizushi is known as scattered sushi and is served on plates or bowls with colorful toppings. It's often cooked for celebrating special occations, such as festivals, holidays, and birthdays in Japan. I think chirashizushi is easier to make than other kinds of sushi. Use your favorite sushi toppings and have fun making your own chirashizushi.

Chirashizushi Recipe

Hinachirashi Recipe

Pickled Ginger Recipe
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Cold Somen Noodles

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:07:06 +0000

Somen are thin Japanese noodles made from wheat flour. Boiled somen noodles are usually chilled and served with dipping sauce and various toppings. It's a refreshing meal to have on a hot day.

Cold Somen Noodle Recipe

Japanese Noodles
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Japanese Clear Soup with Chicken and Snow Peas

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:42:48 +0000

Traditional Japanese clear soup is called sumashijiru or suimono. It's usually lightly seasoned to emphasize the flavor of dashi. Sumashijiru is good soup to serve with sushi dishes.

Chicken and Snow Peas Sumashijiru Recipe

How to Make Katsuo Dashi

Japanese Soup Recipes
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Japanese Recipe of the Week: Chicken Stuffed Squid

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:19:49 +0000

When fresh squid is available, I like simmering it in soy sauce based soup. If I have a little extra time to cook, I make some filling and stuff prepared squid with it. Stuffed squid is a great addition to a Japanese-style meal. This recipe uses chicken for the filling.

Chicken Stuffed Squid Recipe

Squid Preparation

Simmered Squid Recipe
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What to Do with Leftover Rice in Japanese Cooking

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:37:51 +0000

What do you make with leftover rice? You can make a variety of Japanese dishes with leftover steamed rice. Here are some Japanese dishes I often make with leftover rice.

Japanese Leftover Rice Recipes

Japanese Rice

New Forum Topic: Traditional Kyoto-style Food

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:28:11 +0000

Have you had Japanese Kyoto-style dishes? A user of our forum writes, "I frequent this Japanese restaurant where they serve mainly traditional Kyoto style food. There is one dish in particular that I love, but I am not sure of the name or what is in it. All I know that it is like a mash potato or taro ball submerged in a clear broth. I love it and I just was wondering it's name so that I can get a recipe for it."
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Japanese Regional Food

Japanese Recipe of the Week: Dorayaki

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:51:44 +0000

Dorayaki is a traditional Japanese cake with anko filling. It's said that dorayaki is named after its shape which resembles dora (gong). If you ever heard the Japanese animation, Doraemon, dorayaki is known as Doraemon's favorite food.

Japanese Dorayaki Recipe

How to Make Dorayaki Cakes

Let's Make Pickled Ginger

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:07:27 +0000

Do you like pickled ginger accompanies sushi? Shin-shoga (young ginger) is suitable for making pickled ginger. It changes its color to light pink when pickled. Here are instructions on how to make pickled ginger at home.

How to Make Pickled Ginger