This mixture of Seafood & Tomato cooked with Garlic and Chilli is, of course, perfect with Pasta, but it is perfect with Rice, too. I always season it with Soy Sauce. If you have tried stir-fried Tomato & Garlic seasoned with Soy Sauce before, you already know this rice bowl is delicious. With Seafood, it …
‘Doria’ is a very popular rice dish in Japan. Butter Rice or Pilaf is covered with White Sauce (Béchamel Sauce) and grated Cheese, then baked in the oven. I often cook ‘Doria’ when I want to use up leftover Cooked Rice, but I cooked Rice just for this dish today and made Carrot Rice. You …
This is another variation of Japan’s popular rice bowl dish ‘Oyako Don’. What you have to do is to cook ingredients in Dashi Stock seasoned with Mirin and Soy Sauce, sometimes with Sugar for extra sweetness, then bind the ingredients with Egg. Today I used Seafood Mix, that included Prawns, Squid and White Fish. It’s …
‘Champon’ is a Japanese word that means ‘a mixture of various items’. ‘Champon’ Noodle Soup is often made with Pork, Seafood and a variety of Vegetables. Milk is often added to the soup. It is truely a mix of many different ingredients, and it is absolutely delicious. This recipe is for 1 serving. You can …
Rice cooker is an essential item in my kitchen. Just place Rice and Other Ingredients with the right amount of Water and Seasoning. Then you can create a variety of rice dishes so easily. When you use Seafood, you need to reduce the amount of Water as a lot of liquid comes out from the …
The basic method to make a miso soup is you cook ingredients in Dashi Stock, then season with Miso. Oil is not used. This Seafood Miso Soup is cooked in that way. I added a small amount of Asian Curry Powder as Curry and Miso are a good match. You can pour this yummy soup …
You may not know its name, but you have seen it. It’s a type of Sushi called ‘Gunkan Maki’. Small oblong shaped sushi rice balls are wrapped with Nori, and covered with various toppings. It is a big fun to make them at home. By the way, ‘Gunkan’ means ‘Battleship’. The Sushi rice wrapped with …
‘Champon’ is a Japanese word that means ‘a mixture of various items’, but most commonly it means a dish of Chinese Style Noodles served in hot soup with stir-fried Pork, Seafood and a variety of Vegetables. I believe the most famous one is ‘Nagasaki Champon’, that originated in Nagasaki. You can cook this delicious dish …
Curry is super easy if you use Japanese Curry Roux (Sauce Mix). In Melbourne where I live, we can find S&B Golden Curry Sauce Mix, from Mild to Super Hot, at any supermarket stores and Asian grocery stores. Using those Curry Sauce Mix, this amazingly delicious ‘Seafood Curry’ is super easy to make. Makes 4 …
Rice dishes such as this one, similar to ‘Paella’, are easy to cook in the oven because you can forget about it. For this ‘Seafood Baked Rice’, I always use Marinara (Seafood) Mix. I could have arranged the seafood pieces more artistic way. You can use better quality seafood and make it look beautiful! Makes …
‘Seafood Mix’ is often called ‘Marinara Mix’ in Australia, and some people believe ‘Marinara’ means ‘Seafood’. That’s not true. Marinara is actually a tomato sauce and it doesn’t mean ‘Seafood’. There is a very popular dish called ‘Spaghetti Marinara’ in Australia, and it is a dish of Spaghetti and Seafood mixed with tomato-based sauce. That’s …
In Japan, shucked Oysters are sold in plastic containers in the same way as meat. They are often quite large and not particularly expensive. Here in Melbourne, Oysters are fancy food. Shucked Oysters are always sold on the half-shell and they are often rather small and quite expensive. This is very disappointing because I like …