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Rice & Noodles
Rice

Rice (kome) is the staple food of Japan. It is classified into long-grain and short-grain, but only the latter is used in Japan.

Recipe – Rice

Typical Meals – Steamed Rice

Prior to Cooking – … Wash Rice

Buckwheat Noodles

Buckwheat noodles (soba) are noodles made of buckwheat flour and water, kneaded and cut fine.

Recipe – Cold Buckwheat …

Typical Meals – Buckwheat …

Thick White Noodles

Thick white noodles (udon) are made of wheat flour, water and a little salt, kneaded and cut.

Recipe – Shabu-Shabu

Recipe – Thick White Noodles …

Recipe – Nagoya-Style …

Prior to Cooking – How to Boil …

Typical Meals – Thick White …

Table Manners – …Shabu-Shabu

Thin White Noodles

Thin white noodles (sōmen) are made of wheat flour, water and salt, kneaded and then stretched into thin strips with oil.

Recipe – Cold Thin White …

Recipe – Okinawa-Style Fried …

Typical Meals – Thin White …

Rice Cakes

Rice cakes (mochi) are steamed glutinous rice which, in the traditional method, are pounded in a special wooden mortar called “Usu” in Japanese. The ceremony for making this at New Years is called mochitsuki. A more modern method for making mochi is a special electric cooker. However, most Japanese buy mochi in packages. Rice cake shapes are circular or square and are most famous for their use in ozōni, which is eaten the first three days of the New Year holidays. It is said that god dwells in rice cakes, so rice cakes are lucky.

Recipe – Kansai-Style Ozōni

Recipe – Kantō-Style Ozōni

Recipe – Nagoya-Style Ozōni

Recipe – Grilled Rice Cakes …

Fried Noodles

Fried noodles (yaki-soba) are made from processed Chinese noodles which have been boiled and steamed. Fried noodles can be easily cooked. They can be bought at Japanese food stores.

Recipe – Fried Noodles

Typical Meals – Fried noodles

Instant Noodles

Instant noodles (insutanto-rāmen) were first made by Japanese. The most common in Japan is ramen. Other types include buckwheat noodles and thick white noodles. Instant noodles are very easy recipes.

Recipe – Chicken Noodles

Recipe – Shabu-Shabu

Typical Meals – Ramen

Table Manners – …Shabu-Shabu

Flour is classified into three types – hakurikiko, chūrikiko  and kyōrikiko. The amount of protein contained in each is different. Hakurikiko has the smallest amount of protein, and is the most commonly used in Japan. Kyōrikiko has the most protein, and is used in Chinese noodles and bread. The amount of protein in chūrikiko  is in between that of hakurikiko and kyōrikiko. This flour is used in thick white noodles, okonomiyaki and takoyaki.

Recipe – Okonomi-Yaki

Recipe – Negi-Yaki

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