Content tagged with “Japanese”

Deconstructed Spicy Crab Roll
Top rice crackers with pickled ginger and crabmeat for a sushi-bar-inspired appetizer. For the best flavor, use...

Japanese Chicken Meatballs (Tsukune)
Chicken meatballs called tsukune are a Japanese-restaurant favorite—they’re essentially a chicken sausage mixture...

Miso Soup with Clams & Spinach
The round, rich taste (also known as umami) of miso soup perfectly complements plump, briny clams. For the base of the...

Salmon Sandwiches with Japanese Flavors
Most canned salmon is wild, making it a sustainable and convenient choice. The Japanese flavors in the spread are the...

Miso Chicken Stir-Fry
There's sour, sweet, salty and bitter... and then there's “umami.” That's the Japanese term for the “...

Miso Vegetable Soup
Tofu, rice and plenty of vegetables transform miso soup from a light accompaniment into a dish that's substantial...

Soba Noodles with Roasted Eggplant
Roasted eggplant makes a creamy sauce that coats pasta quite nicely. Soba (Japanese buckwheat noodles) add a lovely...

Japanese Noodle & Shiitake Soup
This Asian soup is fragrant with fresh ginger; shiitake mushrooms, spinach and soba noodles make it satisfying.

Rice-Wine Vinegar Sauce
Japanese rice-wine vinegar is preferred for its delicate flavor. Serve with spring rolls or tossed in a grain and...

Broiled Halibut with Miso Glaze
Miso, mirin and sake—three standard ingredients used in Japanese cooking—enhance the mild sweetness of halibut....

Miso-Ginger Marinade
Asian flavors unite in perfect harmony in this tangy marinade.

Beef Tataki
Tataki is a typical Japanese preparation in which beef or fish is seared on the outside, left very rare inside, thinly...

Smoked Salmon Bites
Wasabi mayonnaise really sets off the smoked salmon in these rice-cracker treats. If desired, you can set out the...

Halibut with Japanese Flavors
Sweet miso, rice wine and soy sauce infuse halibut with a rich Asian flavor. Thin slices of nori and scallions are a...

Brown Rice & Tofu Maki
Maki is the Japanese name for the “sushi rolls” favored by many. Short-grain rice is full of amylopectin, a sticky...

Spinach Salad with Japanese Ginger Dressing
This spinach salad tossed with spunky ginger dressing was inspired by the iceberg salads served at Japanese steakhouses...

Broiled Salmon with Miso Glaze for Two
Combine miso, mirin, soy sauce and ginger, and you get a rich and delectable Japanese-style glaze for salmon (or...

Scallops Yakitori
“Yakitori” is a Japanese word that literally means “grilled bird,” a reference to chicken bits on skewers in a sticky/...

Shrimp-Filled Spring Rolls
For a pretty touch, tie a strip of blanched scallion green around each packet.

Japanese-Inspired Beef & Noodle Salad
Sirloin steak, soba noodles (Japanese buckwheat noodles) and shredded carrots make this healthful, aromatic salad a...

Pork Cutlets with Maple-Spiced Apples & Red Cabbage
Pork and apples and red cabbage are meant for each other. Here all three appear in a mélange that brings together the...

Cold Soba Noodles
In Japan, cooked buckwheat noodles are often served with a soy-based dipping sauce; here the sauce is combined with the...

Broiled Salmon with Miso Glaze
Versatile miso (fermented soybean paste) keeps for months in the refrigerator and adds instant flavor to soups, sauces...

Miso-Glazed Scallops with Soba Noodles
This Japanese-inspired dish uses one sauce--a sweet/salt combination of mirin and miso--to make both the marinade for...

Japanese Chicken-Scallion Rice Bowl
Here's the quintessence of Japanese home cooking: an aromatic, protein-rich broth served over rice. Admittedly,...