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- Appetizers, Recipe Roundup
- Vegetable Gyoza. Let’s get the ball rolling with these dumplings! Gyoza is a meat-filled pan-fried potsticker traditionally served as an appetizer or side dish in Japan.
- Sweet and Spicy Soy Glazed Edamame. Japanese restaurants typically serve this crunchy green vegetable as a meal-starter. Normally, edamame is flavored with a simple sprinkling of salt, but in this recipe gives it a bit more flavor.
- Japanese Chilled Tofu. Tofu doesn’t really sound that exciting, but wait until you try this dish. Called hiyayakko, this appetizer is made of silken tofu topped with dried bonito flakes, green onions, and freshly grated ginger and drizzled with a bit of soy sauce.
- Japanese Pickled Cucumbers with Soy Sauce. Pickled cucumbers are another staple in Japanese meals. It’s a popular appetizer, but you can also have it for an afternoon snack.
- Vegetable Gyoza
- Sweet and Spicy Soy Glazed Edamame
- Hiyayakko
- Shoyuzuke Kyuri
- Harumaki
- Japanese Izakaya Style Salted Cabbage
- Daikon Fukumeni
- Tsukune
- Sunomono
- Gobo Salad
Total time: About 30 minutes Sakizuke is defined as bite-size dishes served at the beginning of a meal, and Gyoza seems to be a perfect example of this. These Japanese dumplings are great for starting a meal because they are so small yet delicious that they can awaken your appetite and prepare you for a feast. Using store-bought wrappers makes the ...
Total time: 10 minutes Sweet and spicy glazed edamame is a very popular dish in Japan in particular and in Asia in general. Eating edamame to start a meal is reasonable because it’s a “light” ingredient, meaning it won’t make you full quickly like meat or rice. True to its name, this dish comes with a combination of flavors, including sweet, spicy,...
Total time: 5 minutes Hiyayakko is a signature cold appetizerwith tofu cut into cubes served with toppings. The toppings used in this dish include scallions, ginger, and bonito flakes. It’s complete with a few signature sauces and condiments of Japan, including soy sauce and ponzu sauce that you can easily find in any supermarket. Note that you can...
Total time: 8 hours and 15 minutes In traditional Japanese cuisine, Tsukemono is pickles served with rice. You can use various native Japanese fruits or vegetables for this method. Shoyuzuke Kyuri, or Japanese pickled cucumbers, is a type of Tsukemono. With soy sauce as the condiment, Shoyuzuke Kyuri features a miso flavor, salty taste, and certain...
Total time: 55 minutes Harumaki is one of the examples showing how different Japanese cuisine is from Chinese one. Its fillings made of pork, mushrooms, and bamboo shoots have a gravy texture rather than dryness in Chinese spring rolls. Harumaki is crunchy on the outside and tender, a little chewy on the inside. This contrast in texture makes Harum...
Total time: 5 minutes This bite-sized appetizer and side dish is originally made with only salt, sesame oil, and pepper. But this recipe adds more taste to the dish, creating a complete umami flavor to stimulate your appetite. For those who don’t know about the Izakaya style, this word refers to places in Japan where people come to have food and dr...
Total time: 1.5 hours Daikon alone has a mild taste, but cooking at a high temperature helps bring out its slightly sweet flavor. With dashi used as broth, and mirin and soy sauce used as condiments, the resulting dish has a slightly salty, peppery flavor. This cooking method also explains the “Fukumeni” word in the recipe name, which literally mea...
Total time: 40 minutes If there’s one thing that can activate your food mood, Tsukune must be it. These delicious meatballs are made of ground chicken, seasoned with cooking alcohol, garlic, ginger, mirin, soy sauce, sesame oil, and sugar. When it comes to starters using chicken, you’ll often meet Tsukune served with beer at Izakayas. You can grill...
Total time: 15 minutes Salad is always the first thing that comes to mind when one talks about appetizers. It is the ultimate dish to start a meal, and it never fails. Among various salad dishes in Japanese cuisine, Sonomono may be the simplest ever, involving only six ingredients and four steps from start to end. In Japanese, Sunomono means food s...
Total time: 15 minutes In Japan, Gobo is the word for burdock roots, a common type of vegetable in this country. Gobo is hard, looks like tree roots, turns soft when cooked and has an earthy flavor often found in root vegetables. Apart from Gobo, this appetizer (or side dish) also has carrots. You need to thinly slice both these ingredients, cook t...
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- Edamame. We’ll start with one of the most popular Japanese appetizers that most people go for when visiting a Japanese restaurant. Extremely popular all over the world, edamame is a super simple Japanese appetizer made out of soybeans.
- Chilled Tofu With Apple Soy Sauce. Another popular Japanese appetizer is chilled tofu with apple soy sauce. Also known by the name Hiyayakko, this side dish is served cold and features tofu as its base.
- Vegetable Gyoza. Japanese appetizers are usually referred to as Sakizuke. Sakizuke must be small bite-size dishes served before the main meal. This vegan-friendly vegetable gyoza recipe sums this up perfectly.
- Shoyuzuke Kyuri. To put it simply, shoyuzuke kyuri are pickled cucumbers doused in soy sauce. They take very little preparation and offer a very strong flavor.
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- Easy Chicken Yakitori. View Recipe. These grilled chicken skewers are classic food-on-a-stick street food that you can easily make at home. "Chicken yakitori is an easy Japanese dish to make at home.
- Japanese-Style Deep-Fried Shrimp. View Recipe. Panko is the key! "Shrimp are seasoned and coated with crispy panko crumbs to make the easiest, tastiest deep-fried shrimp ever!"
- Pork Gyoza. View Recipe. Originally imported from China, gyoza are pan-fried Japanese dumplings filled with a savory mixture of ground pork and Japanese flavors.
- Tsukune (Japanese Chicken Meatballs) View Recipe. "This is one of those foods that come in many different variations in Japan," says garywhinton. "They are served primarily on a stick, but you can also get them in soups, bentos, as a main dish, etc.
Aug 21, 2023 · Zensai (前菜) is simply the Japanese word for starters or appetizers (i.e. the small dishes you eat before the main course). It is similar to “antipasto” in Italian food, or “hors d’oeuvres” for French food. The word is a combination of zen (前) which means “in front” or “before”; and sai (菜) which means “side dish ...
Feb 6, 2024 · 9. Cheesy Crab Rangoon Dip (Hot Crab Dip) There’s something irresistible about a big bowl of hot-dip, especially when it’s covered in melted cheese. Using a cream cheese base, this dip incorporates lots of chunks of juicy crab meat. You’ll need something substantial to scoop this one. 10. Japanese Rice Balls.
Nov 23, 2023 · Edamame. Edamame is 1 of the easiest and healthiest authentic Asian appetizers that you can serve. Simply boil a large pot of water, pour in the frozen edamame and boil for a minute or 2. (Check the back of your packaging for the exact timing.) Carefully strain through a colander and serve!
