The name of this dish sounds a little confusing, but this is not a Ramen dish. This is a Udon dish, but the Udon noodles are in Ramen soup. Udon can go well with any flavoured soups and sauces. If you have Instant Ramen Soup powder, why don’t you use it? This is a super …
There is a Chinese stir-fry dish of Beef, Capsicum and Bamboo Shoot. This is my Chicken version of it. Thinly sliced Chicken Breast is best suitable for this stir-fry. Bamboo Shoot is essential. Canned Bamboo Shoot is available from Asian Grocery stores and many supermarket stores. It doesn’t take long to cook thinly sliced Chicken …
You won’t add Noodles to a soup if you want to make the soup low in calories. However, you can add Konjac Noodles, which are called ‘Shirataki’ OR ‘Ito-Konnyaku’ in Japanese, because they are mostly water and dietary fibre, and extremely low in calories. This soup is packed with a variety of nutrients, low in …
Until recently, I didn’t know Chicken Piccata in the western countries is served in a sauce made with Lemon Juice, Butter, and Capers. ‘Piccata’ in Japan means a method to cook Chicken, Meat OR other ingredients, that are coated with Egg, then pan-fried. In the Japanese style, ‘Chicken Piccata’ can be served with any sauces …
My family loves Sweet & Sour Chicken and we always eat it with freshly cooked Rice. So, today I made it into a rice bowl dish. If you have a bottle of Ponzu, you can use it replacing Soy Sauce and Vinegar. You may wish to add Chilli, Sriracha (Chilli Sauce), Toban Djan (Chilli Bean …
Have you bought ‘Aonori’ (Dried Green Laver Flakes) to make ‘Okonomiyaki’ and have some leftover? You can add it to Tempura batter. Tempura made with the batter with a flavour of sea is called ‘Isobe-age’. Most commonly ‘Aonori’ is added to the batter. Finely crumbled Nori, Hijiki, Wakame, or other Seaweed can be used. Today …
These oven-baked patties are almost identical to the patties of Asa’s ‘Golubtsi’, which is described by Asa, a person who gave me the recipe, as a ‘lazy’ form of Cabbage Rolls. I named these patties ‘Golubtsi’ Burgers and I added Instant Oats instead of Cooked Rice and Breadcrumbs because my husband is currently trying not …
Recently I have been cooking low-calorie soups for my husband every day. I am good at making low-calorie soups because Japanese soups are basically low-calorie as we don’t use Oil and Butter. We simply boil a variety of ingredients in stock. I cooked this ‘Chicken Creamy Soup’ in the same way and thickened it using …
Konnyaku is most commonly seasoned with Soy Sauce, but Miso is also good. Sweet Miso Sauce is particularly good. Today I cooked Konnyaku with Chicken with Sweet Miso Sauce. If you are vegetarian, I recommend to use ‘Atsu-age’ (fried firm Tofu) instead of Chicken. Makes 4 Servings Ingredients 1 block (250g) Konnyaku (Konjac)300 to 400g …
When you have a little bit of leftover Roast Chicken, what do you do? Do you make a Sandwich? Do you use it for Salad? Do you just eat it? Here is a suggestion. Super quick & easy ‘Oyako’ Don. It’s a rice bowl dish. There is freshly cooked Rice under the mixture, though you …
The best way to cook ‘Healthy Tofu & Chicken Balls’ is cooking them in the boiling stock. Today I cooked them in Chicken Stock with Bok Choy and Enoki, and added Harusame Noodles. It was a nutritious and very filling meal but extremely low in calories. Makes 2 Servings Ingredients 10 Healthy Tofu & Chicken …
You can make healthy Chicken Balls even healthier by mixing Tofu with Chicken Mince. ‘Chicken & Tofu Burgers’ is an example and it is very popular in Japan. These ‘Tofu & Chicken Balls’ are best cooked in the boiling Stock, so that you would need no Oil at all. I often cook them in a …