“J-Simple Recipes” is the abbreviation for “Japanese Simple Recipes.”
We explain Japanese recipes you can easily cook, as well as typical meals, foodstuffs & table manners.

home japanese/int'l. recipes traditional foodstuffs typical meals table manners j-food plaza  

J-Simple Recipes title

home > typical meals dinner
Meal type title
Meal type dinner
Dinner
Deep-Fried Breaded Pork Cutlets

Tonkatsu is deep-fried pork cutlets which have been coated with breading. There are specialty tonkatsu restaurants in Japan, and Tonkatsu is cooked at home, too. Tonkatsu sauce can be bought at Japanese food stores.

Recipe – … Pork Cutlets

Deep-Fried Chicken Nuggets

Torikara is deep-fried chicken which has been rolled in batter. Torikara powder can be bought at Japanese food stores.

Recipe – … Chicken Nuggets

Potatoes Boiled with Meat

Braised meat and potatoes is the representative dish of home cooking. It is cooked by boiling potatoes, onions and meat.

Recipe – Potatoes Boiled …

Fried Bitter Gourd

Fried bitter gourd is one of the traditional dishes of Okinawa. Though this dish has a peculiar bitter taste, the gourd has a lot of vitamin C, so it is very healthy.

Recipe – Fried Bitter Gourd

Foodstuffs – Bitter Gourd

Simmered Vegetables and Fish Paste Balls

Oden is a pot of simmered fish paste balls, vegetables and boiled eggs. It is a traditional dish served in fall and winter.

Japanese Curry and Rice

Japanese curry and rice is a milder and creamier version of Indian curry. It is a very popular dish in Japan. Curry stock cubes can be bought at Japanese food stores.

Recipe – Japanese Curry & Rice

Recipe – Pork Cutlets Curry & Rice

Recipe – Vegetables Curry & Rice

Recipe – Seafood Curry & Rice

Seasoned Rice

Seasoned rice can be prepared two ways. The ingredients, such as chicken, vegetables, mushroom, etc. are either steamed or boiled with rice.

Salt-Grilled Fish Teriyaki Fish Fish Cooked In Broth

Salt-grilled fish is prepared by putting a bit of salt on the fish. Teriyaki fish is grilled after being marinated in soy sauce and mirin. Fish cooked in broth is prepared by boiling with water, soy sauce and sugar or mirin. Gas or electric stoves in Japan always come with a fish grill.

Recipe – Salt-Grilled Salmon

Recipe – Simmered Flatfish

Foodstuffs – …(Mirin)

One-Pot Dishes Shabu-Shabu Dishes Hakata-Style Chicken One-Pot Oyster with Miso Soup One-Pot

One-pot dishes are cooked at the table in winter and everybody eats from the dish. Meat, seafood, vegetables and soup stock are put in the pot and heated. There are many kinds of One-pot Dishes such as All-in-One pot, Chicken One-pot, Shabu-shabu, Oyster with Miso Soup One-Pot, etc.

Recipe – Shabu-Shabu

Recipe – All-in-One Pot Dish

Recipe – Hakata-Style Chicken…

Recipe – Oyster with Miso…

Table Manners – … Shabu- …

Foodstuffs – Konnyaku

«breakfast «lunch «dinner page 1

typical meals

line

We describe typical meals eaten at breakfast, lunch and dinner.