“J-Simple Recipes” is the abbreviation for “Japanese Simple Recipes.”
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Soy Sauce

Soy sauce (shōyu) is made from soy beans, wheat and salt. Soy sauce is used a lot in Japanese dishes.

Sweet Sake for Seasoning

Sweet sake for seasoning (mirin) is a sweet yellow liquid composed of about 40–50% sugar and about 14% alcohol. It is used for cooking meat, fish or vegetables in broth.

Recipe – Broiled Tofu Bites …

Recipe – Braised Meat …

Recipe – Pork Ginger Saute

Recipe – Bubbling Tofu

Recipe – Cold Buckwheat …

Recipe – Deep-Fried Eggplant …

Recipe – Parent & Child Rice …

Rice Vinegar

Rice vinegar (kome-zu) is used in preparing rice for sushi and in other vinegared dishes.

Recipe – Squid & Celery Salad

Recipe – Sushi Rice

Recipe – Vinegared …

Recipe – Pickled Japanese …

Typical Meals – Sushi

Potato Starch

The best katakuriko is made from dogtooth violet starch. However, because so little is produced this way and it is very expensive, katakuriko is almost always made from potato starch now.

Recipe – Dipping Sauce …

Recipe – Sauteed Vegetable …

Soup Stock Powder

Soup stock powder (dashi-no-moto) is generally a bonito flavor. It is used for miso soup. It is easier to use than bonito flakes.

Recipe – Pork Cutlets Bowl

Recipe – Tofu & Wakame …

Recipe – … Abura-Age Miso Soup

Recipe – Parent & Child Rice …

Recipe – Onion & Potato …

Prior to Cooking – … Soup Stock

Wasabi

Wasabi (Japanese horseradish) is one of the representative spices of Japan. It has a very strong taste. It is eaten with sashimi, sushi and soba. Wasabi paste, which comes in a tube, is very easy to use, so it is almost always used for dishes at home. Grated fresh wasabi is more expensive and usually found only in upscale markets and served in expensive restaurants.

Recipe – Cold Buckwheat …

Recipe – Dipping Sauce …

Recipe – … with Wasabi

Typical Meals – Sushi

Shichimi

Shichimi (seven-spice seasoning) is one of the representative spices of Japan. It is a blend of seven ingredients which include red pepper, sesame, ginger, etc. It is sprinkled over the recipes and typical meals listed below:

Recipe – Cold Buckwheat …

Recipe – Bubbling Tofu

Recipe – Beef Bowl

Recipe – Braised Meat …

Recipe – Pork Cutlets Bowl

Recipe – Parent & Child Rice …

Typical Meals – Thick White …

Sanshou

Sanshou (Japanese pepper) is one of the representative spices of Japan. It comes from the sanshou plant which grows in spring season. It can be eaten in either leaf form or powder form. Sanshou leaves are used in Chirashi Zushi, Broiled Tofu, etc. Sanshou powder is made from dried sanshou berries and is sprinkled over Broiled Tofu, Unagi-no-Kabayaki, etc.

Recipe – Broiled Tofu …

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foodstuffs

Foodstuffs for Japanese dishes appear in this category and are divided into the following sections.