Tori Seiro
Seiro is the name of the boxed dish and bamboo mat traditionally used for chilled soba noodles. It is common to serve cold soba with …
Kuwayaki Chicken
Kuwa is the Japanese word for hoe. Legend has it that Japanese farmers would cook this dish directly on the flat part of their hoes! No …
Crispy Chicken with Tomato Ponzu
Ponzu is a citrus-based sauce made by mixing vinegar and lemon, lime, or other Japanese citrus fruits such as daidai, yuzu, or sudachi. Ponzu shoyu contains both ponzu and …
Oyakodon
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Oyakodon is a classic donburi (rice bowl), and it translates to “parent and child bowl”. The name comes from …
Teriyaki Chicken
Teriyaki is a cooking technique in which the main ingredient is glazed in a soy-based, sweetened sauce while cooking. The name itself refers to the shine …
Umeboshi Shiso Tsukune
Tsukune is what we call meatballs made of minced chicken. The name comes from the verb tsukuneru, which means to knead and shape. That should give …
Chicken and Daikon Nimono
Nimono means simmered (niru) thing (mono). In this nimono dish, the chicken is first cooked skin-side down, generating a lot of oil. You can remove …