All posts by Hiroko

  • Beans & Peas Chicken

    Chicken & White Beans Chilli Con Carne

    One day I wanted eat Chilli Con Carne but I had only Chicken. I always use Beef for Chilli Con Carne. Anyway, I tried to make Chilli Con Carne with Chicken, and the result was great! Here is a new recipe ‘Chicken & White Beans Chilli Con Carne’. Enjoy with or without freshly cooked rice. …

  • Vegetables

    Pickled Ginger, Tomato & Radish ‘Sunomono’

    Pickled Ginger, that is sometimes called ‘Sushi Ginger’, is totally underrated, in my opinion. I love fresh Ginger and I love the sweet and sour Pickled Ginger, too. It can be used for salad, stir-fry, sauces, and many more. Find my ‘Pickled Ginger’ recipes on this website. This is an elegant flavoured ‘Sunomono’ (‘Vinegared Dish’ …

  • Baked & Fried Sweets Dough

    Doughnuts

    My Doughnuts recipe is based on my ‘Sweet Bread Dough’. Firmer dough is easier to manage, so you may wish to add extra Flour to make the dough firmer. I use a round scone cutter to cut out discs and a small vegetable cutter’s other end to cut out centres. Some people do not cut …

  • Beans & Peas

    Crunchy Roasted Chickpeas

    Roasted peas and beans, sometimes fried, are popular snack in Japan. But here in Melbourne where I live, I don’t see them. Nuts are popular, though. I wonder why Australian don’t eat roasted peas and beans. You can find my ‘Healthy Soy Bean Nibbles’ recipe on this website. This is another healthy and inexpensive recipe. …

  • Baked & Fried Sweets Bread

    Carrot Bread

    This Carrot Bread is not very sweet. Because I stared baking it for my then very young children as a substitute for bread, and I didn’t want it sweet at all. Today I added Sugar, and you may wish to add even more Sugar to make it properly sweet cake, but I like to eat …

  • Beef Potato

    Jacket Potato With Bulgogi Beef

    My family enjoyed ‘Jacket Potato With Spicy Miso Pork’ very much, and I have been inspired to create another Asian topping for baked potatoes. This is Korean inspired ‘Bulgogi Beef’. Using Beef Mince, it’s easy to cook! Makes 4 Servings Ingredients 4 Large Potatoes500g Beef Mince1 Onion *finely sliced1 teaspoon Sesame Oil1 Spring Onion *finely …

  • Baked & Fried Sweets

    ‘Hot Cross Bun’ Flavour Soft Cookies

    Did you make Hot Cross Buns during Easter holidays? If you have some leftover ingredients, this is a good recipe to use them up. I made these soft cookies using the leftover Mixed Peels. The amount of Sultanas (Raisins) and Mixed Peels is just a suggestion. You can add more or less. Makes 12 Cookies …

  • Vegetables

    Shungiku (Edible Chrysanthemum) Ponzu Salad

    It is very hard to believe now that I used to hate this vegetable. I hated Shungiku (Edible Chrysanthemum) and never tried to eat it. An Asian grocer next to the supermarket where I usually do my grocery shopping sells Shungiku and they are inexpensive. Today I bought very fresh one, so I made a …

  • Baked & Fried Sweets

    Macadamia & White Choco Chip Cookies

    Macadamia Nuts are native to Australia. They are quite pricey nuts but they are getting more pricey these days. They say that the macadamia nuts growers are struggling to keep up with demand as they are getting more popular. It’s a bit sad news for consumers. But the texture of Macadamia Nuts cannot compare to …

  • Chicken

    Cheesy Baked Chicken With Tomato Sauce

    When I was terribly busy and couldn’t think about dinner, I just cooked Chicken Fillets and combined everything in the pan, then left in the oven. That is how I invented this dish. Using an oven-safe pan, this dish can be prepared easily. If you use already seasoned Tomato Pasta Sauce, it would be even …

  • Chicken

    Tom Yum Fried Chicken

    Tom Yum Paste is a versatile seasoning. I use it for fried rice and pasta dishes such as ‘Fiery Tom Yum Kung Spaghetti’. It can be an instant marinade for fried chicken. Tom Yum Paste is already salted, depending on the amount of the paste that you use, you have to reduce the amount of …

  • Baked & Fried Rice Mazegohan Takikomigohan

    Carrot Rice

    My son was a very fussy eater when he was young. He hated most vegetables. Luckily he loved curry and if vegetables were in curry, he ate anything. But I couldn’t cook curry every day, so I needed to be creative. This ‘Carrot Rice’ was one of my creations to make him eat vegetables. I …

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