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Noodles and Rice

December 31st, 2007

Kimchi Onigiri

Choosing onigiri for me is a bit of a lottery.  I can’t read a lot of the wrappers so I just take a random selection.
This time I came up with quite a surprise.  Chicken Kimchi inside.  Since when does a Korean dish belong inside a Japanese rice ball.  Unusual but very good.

By Tom -- 1 comment

December 22nd, 2007

Chicken nabe hotpot

Here is another nabe recipe for you.  This one was cooked for us by our good friend Kazuyo.  She made it look easy, but she always does.
The big ingredients are chrysanthemum leaves, chicken legs, tofu, enoki mushrooms, shiitaki mushrooms, naga negi onions and noodles.  These are all cooked in a stock of sake, water and […]

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October 5th, 2007

Japanese Fried Chicken

This is the last post I will be writing in my loose series on Matsuri food (but I am heading to another Matsuri this weekend so I reserve the right to go back on my word).  I have left this to last, because I wasn’t sure that I should let the world see the bad […]

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July 23rd, 2007

Sake-Steamed Chicken with Soy-Yuzu Dip

No picture for this one, sorry. But it’s the easiest chicken dish ever, so you’ll want to add it to your summer repertoire. We had some green salad with ginger-miso dressing for starters, plus rice and steamed eggplant.
1 whole chicken fryer, 3-4 pounds
2 cups water in a large pot
1/4 cup sake
1/2 cup shoyu […]

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June 19th, 2007

Omu-Raisu - Omelet Rice

It seems that every country has a tradition of something like an omelet.  The Japanese have refined this to a cultural staple with their instantly recognisable Omu-raisu. 
The simplest description is to call this a rice combination, wrapped in an omelet.  The main distinctive points are the characteristic elliptical shape and the mass of tomato sauce/ketchup […]

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May 31st, 2007

Chicken Inasal

Another Filipino dish, this time one for the grill, just in time for summer barbecuing! Chicken Inasal is an Ilonggo dish, or more specifically a Bacolod dish. The chicken pieces, imbued with a reddish hue from achuete or annatto seeds, is nothing but appealing to your sight, but it’s the smell of inasal […]

By Stef -- 20 comments

May 1st, 2007

Indonesian Fried Chicken

This was made from a recipe in James Oseland’s excellent book
The seasonings are simple: vinegar, salt and garlic; the same basic components that make up Filipino adobo. In fact, my mother used to do a similar fried chicken dish when I was little, varying at times with some kalamansi juice instead of […]

By Stef -- 4 comments

March 25th, 2007

Qorma-E-Samaruq (Chicken and Mushroom Stew)

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1 1/2 cups chopped onion
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 3 to 3 1/2 pound chicken, cut into serving pieces
1 28-oz can chopped tomatoes
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or 1 hot green chili
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
1/2 teaspoon ground fennel seeds
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
salt to taste
1 16-oz package mushrooms, trimmed, wiped clean and sliced
Heat the oil in […]

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November 9th, 2006

Ma Paw Dau Fu

1 pound ground pork or turkey
4 tablespoons dark soy sauce
4 tablespoons Chinese rice wine
2 teaspoons sugar
1 16-oz tofu block, diced
3 tablespoons garlic
1 tablespoon ginger
1/2 to 1 teaspoon hot pepper flakes in oil
1/2 to 1 teaspoon hot broad bean paste
1/3 cup dried tree ears, soaked in hot water, then rinsed, drained and chopped finely
2 tablespoons rice […]

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