Main Dishes

Japanese meat and potato stew (“nikujaga” (肉じゃが) in Japanese) is one of my ultimate comfort foods. There is something about that gentle sweetness and softness of the potatoes and the meat in this dish that relaxes me and calms me down as if somebody is wrapping me around with a blanket and telling me that […]

This is one of my favorite dishes because it uses simple ingredients, is easy to prepare, and is crazily delicious! It’s visually fantastic too.

I’m going to show you how to cook this simple and delicious dish. It’s stir-fried chicken and veggies. I know, I know, you all know how to stir fry chicken and veggies. But this one is not quite like others. There are a few twists and tricks involved to make it extra delicious. Sakura YubiHi!

I’m going to show you how to make Japanese stir fried udon noodles, or what we call “yaki udon” in Japanese. “Yaki” means fried or burned. So we are going to fry udon noodles until they are a bit burned. I make this all the time because it’s very easy and quick to make and

I’m going to show you how to make a tofu hamburger steak using shio koji. We Japanese call a hamburger steak, “hambagu”. We are going to mix in some tofu to make it unbelievably soft and juicy. This dish is light and refreshing but satisfying at the same time. And shio koji will do some

I’m going to show you how to make delicious spare ribs using shio koji. This dish is special for me because this was the very first dish I made using shio koji. When I made this the first time, I was blown away by the way shio koji made the meat not only super flavorful