Quick esy Japanese recipes

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Hi everybody!
Well I was in forum discussions on a few different forums and one topic that was raised quite often was the whole fast food bit.
two side were mainly present, those who said it should just never be eaten, and then those who said with their busy life style, restricted budget it was a viable option.
This got me thinking and I have decided to start writting up recipes for simple healthy and quick Japanese food, the stuff that only takes 30mins to make, doesnt cost a bunch and will even appeal to the kids! no fish head soup recipes! hehe I have lived in Japan for 9 years and though I am not a chief these are things I have made at home a whole bunch of times, and are very common in the usual Japanese daily house hold.
I have added them to my home page, under the diet tab, to be honest the visual aids I have put there really help explain how to make them, so I decided not to spend the next hour typing them up here (is a old school 1 finger typist).
But I just thought I would let you know they are up if you are looking for those kinds of alternative ideas.
I plan on adding more each week as I get the time, site is more of a hobby so alas I have to do the daily work grind first.

Cheers to tasty healthy livin'!:jump:
 
Japanese recipes really are quick and generally easy to make. You should add a recipe for oyakodon, it is super quick to make and you can use it as bento too.

Zousui is easy too, I just cut and pasted this from my journal.
Zousui

4 cups water
1 pack dashi for seasoning
1/2 a teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon sake
2 teaspoon mirin
1 tablespoon Soy sauce
2 eggs (mix them together)
Chopped mushrooms (As much as you like)
Japanese Rice: For the rice I use 6 oz uncooked rice with 1 cup water in the rice cooker.

So you boil the 4 cups of water with dashi seasoning to taste
Then add salt, sake, mirin, soy sauce, and mushrooms and cook for 15 minutes med. to high heat.
Then you add the rice you cooked and the two eggs mixed together and cook for 7 minutes. The soup will become a little thicker and then you'll know it's done.

It's super easy to cook and you can really add whatever you like to the mix like salmon, etc. The ingrediants you can probably find at a local Asian market and in many big grocery stores as well. Once you have soy sauce, mirin and sake you have the base for most Japanese dishes so if you like J cooking you'll get a lot of use out of them and you can make lots of dishes very cheaply and quickly.
 
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Hey I love Zousui, good call on the oyakodon too.

Sweet recipe too would you mind if I post that on the site? I dont have any recipes on file, just pulling them outta my head as I get a free moment or two, if you dont mind me posting it on my site I can add a link for you if you have a site or just an author credit, either way let me know.

Cheers

:jump:

YUM YUM YUM
 
Sure you can post it on the site if you want to put author credit it's fine but it doesn't matter. I think it's great that you are putting the recipes up in English because they are not that easy to find.
 
sweet I will get that up there tomorow night, credit it to tropical girl?
getting well late here in Japan now, gotta be up and working early tomorrow, may whip that recipe up tomorrow night for dinner.
Thanks again awesome post, be giving you rep for that one...hehe
:sleeping:
 
Edamame

Edamame

1 lb 2 oz of frozen soybeans in the pod and Sea Salt Flakes

Boil a pot of water, add beans and allow them to cook till tender (3 minutes or so)
Drain them and season with salt

Easy for sure!
 
Absolutely love edamame!
Actually when I first came to Japan, it was the first thing I learned to cook ate so many of them!
Very good post, edamame is a super quick and healthy snack, often served as an appetiser, or in a bar like peanuts would be in the west!

That reminds me I haven't made any in ages, another one for the grocery list!
 
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