Yes! Bento = Lunch Box
Bento Food = Lunch Food

Ermm...no, but I have been to Japan fests in So. Cal.


But lets be realistic, all Japanese food is (simply put) oishiii!!!!!!!

Those sites are so cute!! I need to get a new bentou box anyways.

nice one thanks.

I purchased this book a little bit ago and it has great recipes/pictures!
Bento Boxes: Japanese Meals on the Go by Naomi Kijima and Laura Driussi

Help food
 

Hi gys,
how know what I can eat? :D
Do you have a pictures with the ingredients?

OH...this food, for me (Italian), it's very different....

I haven't eaten Japanese and in July/August, I'm in Japan.
Help... I hope to find English translate.

Is American fast food more expensive?:confused:

are you allergic to anything?
Or can you eat anything?
Basically, I would try EVERYTHING out there. Stop being so damn worried.
You see a noodle place on the street that looks yummy, you go in and eat. ITS AS EASY AS THAT. you know.

oh no, I'm not allergic. The question is that the Japenese food it's very strange for me..
I don't like fish very much :p

....right. =_="

well, you see, you can always choose dishes without any fish in them too. It's not ILLEGAL not to have fish.

teriyaki CHICKEN
Meat cutlets
Yakitori CHICKEN
gyoza

use google. its your best friend

[common sense? anyone?]

i need ideas. . .
 

i'm entering in a culinary competition and i want to make several bento boxes out of american desserts ( like slices of jello for fish. . .) and i need some dessert recipies of some remotely japanese fashion with ingredients i can get at the average american grocery store.

the competition is next january, but it can never be too early to prepare, right?

:D

Ok, so it is very hard to find RECIPIES for Japanese style desserts online. I know because I have tried (entered 2 different culinary/management competitions and currently competing in a third), the best thing to do is to experiment. I know it can suck to have to do that muof ch experimentation but thats your best bet. I can offer you a couple cool ideas (not Japanese, more Asia in general): Chocolate covered fortune cookies, chop sticks made entirely out of chocolate, make your own Poky (don't know about that one)...

P.S.

Is this competition FHA Hero or ProStart by any chance??

Recipes
 

does anyone want to share japanese food recipes?
i have a few, i'd like to learn more tho:)

Simple recipe for shime-saba x]

get one saba~ cut off its head, and fillet both sides
discard head and spine x3
sprinkle sea salt over both sides of each fillet and let sit for 1h30m
rinse off the salt
and gently peel off the skin~~
in a bath of vinegar (composing of 9 parts rice vinegar, 5 parts sugar, and 1 part salt) marinate the saba for 12 min :3
remove, cut off the outside of the stomach sack (the rib cages) and gently pull out the bones lining the middle of each fillet~
serve immediately as sashimi or nigir, or wrap, first, in wax paper, then in plastic wrap to save for later/other use x]


fun ways to serve~~~
w/ a torche or some other source of heat x]
lightly grill saba~
cut saba in 1/2" diagonal slices at a 45 degree angle going up the body x]
and serve w/ hon-wasabi, thin slices of lemon, and thinly sliced negi (green onions)
over a bed of rice (it's really nice when you eat the whole slice of lemon, rind and all w/ the saba x])

top slices of the saba w/ finely grated ginger and negi x]
serve w/ a bit of shoyu and hon-wasabi

ohhh sounds yummy.
thank you :)

Recepies?
 

Got a Japanese recepie, that easy to get ingrediants for?:kittycake:

anyone at all?

Well, you can use extra energy in your mind and body and google search or look in a recepie book.

That dosent sound quite nice, plus why would I do that when if people post it here, it may help others and socialize..?

no, it's the annual food competition at Tidewater Comm. College, and sure some remotely asian desserts would work

how do you make your own pocky?

You sort of need to clarify which Botanical Garden in Texas and there is an Asian and/or Japanese festival in most of them every year, some times more than one. But if you have bento box, you don't have to wait for festival for a spectacular picnic in them.

San Antonio's Japanese Garden is my favorite. The rock cliffs and water falls are incredible. My father proposed to my mother there in the 1940s - he always did have great taste.

Houston has a beautiful one Japanese Garden near where the annual orchid show is held.

Fort Worth has one with the most serene and impression rock across from the Tea House. Its large enought that they had a Taiko band set up on it once.

There is one in Dallas and another small one in Plano.

Japanese Recipes
Shumai
Also known as gyoza.
24 wonton skins
300 g lean ground beef
2 tbsp fresh grated ginger root
2 tbsp finely chopped green onion
1 tbsp soy sauce
½ tsp sugar
1½ tbsp sesame oil
2½ tbsp corn starch
2 tbsp green peas
Mix ginger root, onion, soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil and corn starch and add the mix to
the lean ground beef. Stir and mix well until the mixture becomes sticky. Divide into 22-
24 fillings and place on the center of the wonton skins. Forn the wonton skins into
"bowls" with flat bottoms. Place a geen pea on the center of the filling. Steam 12-14
minutes over high heat.
The skins may also be seald in shaped into "half moons". Deep-fry in oil (180°C) until
golden.
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Ah, I'm sorry and my favorite... Yaki Soba

Yakisoba
Ingredients:
* 3 packages yakisoba noodles
* 1 carrot
* 1/4 of a small cabbage
* 1/4 pound pork
* 1/3 cup yakisoba sauce
*or seasoning packages which come with yakisoba noodles
* Beni-shoga (red ginger)
* Ao-nori (green seaweed)
How to Cook:
1. Cut the cabbage, carrot, and pork into bite sizes.
2. Saute cabbage, carrot, and pork in a large frying pan.
3. Add yakisoba noodles in the pan.
4. Put 1/2 cup of water in the pan and cover it with a lid.
5. Take the lid off and add yakisoba seasoning mix or yakisoba sauce.
6. Stir the noodles well and fry them for a few minutes.
7. Sprinkle aonori, and beni-shoga over the noodles before serving.
*Makes 4 servings
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hi
 

hi let me see the links to download ya:ywave: :ywave: :ywave:

Shojo Beat Recipes
 

Have you ever tried looking in Shojo Beat magazines for recipes? they give quick and easy recipes for beginners.

how do u make stalk? plz pm me i dont real check threads:ywave:

I eat pocky 2 my mom gets mad at me cause i eat it every "5 seconds" or so SHE says:vsign:

wat is this onigri u speak of :confused:

I want 2 kno how 2 make pocky cananybody give me recipes perferable more then 1
origato:ywave:

I can't imagine making your own pocky. Its so cheap and there area thons of flavors in most Aisan grocery stores. You don't even need to be able to read the labels, just look at the pictures. But the flavors are also written in english.

I've never seen a recipe for it, but my guess is that by the time you gathered the ingredients you will spend far more than just buying it retail, unless you are going to make a couple thousand sticks.

This is my absolute FAVORITE recipe! Curry is my favorite food, and I thought I'd share this recipe I found online. If I'm allowed to post the link, I will, but for now here's the actual recipe. Give it a try!

I personally don't use meat when I make this, but I love Chicken in my curry.

***

* 1 lb ground beef
* 4 medium potatoes, diced
* 3 carrots, diced
* 1 onion, diced
* 2 cloves garlic
* 4 C water
* 2 chicken or beef boullion cubes
* 5 Tbsp vegetable oil
* 1/4 C flour
* 4 Tbsp curry powder
* 1 tsp chili powder (optional)
* 2 Tsp salt (or to taste)
* 2 C short grain rice
* 4 C water


Directions

1. In a large pot, heat 2 Tbsp of vegetable oil. Saute onion and garlic until softened.
2. Add the ground beef and cook until it is no longer pink.
3. Add the carrots and potatoes, stir a few times, and then add the water and boullion.
4. Bring to a boil, and simmer for 15-20 minutes.
5. While the meat is cooking, make a roux out of the remaining 3 Tbsp oil and the flour: heat oil in a medium skillet until shimmering. Over low-medium heat, add flour and stir, cooking until the flour is blended and takes on a pale golden hue.
6. Add curry powder and chili powder, using the back of the spatula to blend it into the roux. The mixture will be powdery and dry.
7. Take 1/2 C of the hot liquid from the meat pot and slowly add it to the curry-roux mixture, stiring constantly to form a smooth paste.
8. By spoonfuls, add the curry paste back to the beef mixture, stirring to dissolve.
9. Add salt.
10. Simmer the curry for 20-30 minutes, until the sauce has thickened and the beef and vegetables are tender.
11. While curry is finishing up, bring rice and water to a boil in a pot, immediately reduce heat to low, cover the pot with its lid, and cook for 20 minutes.
12. Serve curry with rice in shallow bowls. There should be approximately twice as much curry as rice in the bowl.
13. Notes:
14. 1) Curry mixes vary in ingredients and intensity, so adjust the spices accordingly.
15. 2) Like a stew, there should be a lot of sauce, so if the curry is too dry, add more water.

Thanks, Jeshika!! I've been waiting so long to know about Curry recipe. Japanese Curry is so spicy, and I love it.. ありがとうございます :D

Tempura
 

Ingredients:

* Tempura batter mix*
* Tempura dipping sauce*
* Prawn: raw and large
* Seafood: almost everything is possible
* Vegetables: pumpkin, carot, sweet potatoe, eggplant, and more
* Mushrooms
* and much more to try.

* This ingredient may not be available in Western supermarkets, but you should be able to find it in Japanese grocery stores that exist in most large European and American cities.

Preparation:

0. Prawn: Remove the head and the shell. Make little cuts on the inside of the curved prawn since they look nicer if their posture is straight.
1. Cut the vegetables in about 1cm thick pieces.
2. You can use whole mushrooms.
3.
Mixtures: Cut various ingredients in small pieces and mix them together, eg. green onion, prawn and carots.
4. Mix Tempura flour with the amount of water described on the package. Do not mix it completely, but leave some small lumps in it.
5. Cover all the ingredients completely with the batter.
Mix also the mixtures made of the small cut ingredients with batter, and try to deep fry it together. Don't let them fall apart in all the pieces.
6. Deep fry at 180 degrees celsius. Be careful, and do not use wet ingredients because the water would react strongly with the hot oil, which may harm your skin or eyes.
7.
When the Tempura pieces are beautifully golden, take them out, and try to remove as much oil as possible.

Serving and eating:

There are a few different ways to serve Tempura. Here are two of them:

* Serve the Tempura pieces on a plate, and prepare some bowls with Tempura dipping sauce.
* Tendon (Tempura Donburi): Put the pieces in Tempura dipping sauce, remove them, and put them on top of cooked rice in a bowl. (One bowl per person)

This is a really popular dish.
Anybody have alternate ways of making?

(from Japan-guide.com)

Yakitori
 

Yakitori is grilled chicken speared on sticks. All different parts of the chicken, thighs, skin, liver, etc. can be used for yakitori. The following recipe shows one of the most popular kind which is prepared with chicken thighs and leek.

Ingrediants :

* Chicken thighs: without bone and skin
* Japanese leek (negi*), leek, or green onion
* Soya sauce
* Mirin* or sake*
* Sugar
* Honey or maple syrup
* Small wooden spears

* This ingredient may not be available in Western supermarkets, but you should be able to find it in Japanese grocery stores that exist in most large European and American cities.

Preparation:

1.
Mix together 4 tablespoons of soya sauce, 3 tablespoons of sugar, a little bit of honey or maple syrup, a little bit of mirin and water, and heat it up until it's homogenous.
2.
Cut the chicken thighs into about 3x2x2cm large pieces.
3.
Put the chicken pieces into the already prepared sauce, and let it stand for a while.
4. Cut the leek or green onions in about 3 cm long pieces.
5.
Spear three or four pieces of chicken and some leek on each wooden stick.
6. Grill them, or use the oven at 200 degrees celsius. (You may want to wrap the wooden sticks with aluminium foil; otherwise, they may burn off.)


Japan-guide.com is where I got recipe.
This looks delicious.

Korokke - Japanese Croquettes
 

Korokke - Japanese Croquettes

Korokke is not an original Japanese dish. There are many different kinds of korokke today, varying in their fillings. The recipe below introduces you two of the most popular kinds of korokke: white cream korokke and meat potatoe korokke.

Ingredients:

* White Cream Filling
o Butter
o Flour
o Milk
o Canned corn
* Meat potatoe filling
o Potatoes
o Ground beef or pork
o Onion
* Other Ingredients
o Flour
o Eggs
o Bread crumbs
o Korokke sauce*
o Japanese mayonnaise*
o Cabbage

* May not be available in Western supermarkets; but you should be able to find it in Japanese grocery stores that exist in most large European and American cities.

Preparation:

White cream filling:

1.
Melt the butter in a fry pan and add flour.
2.
Add the milk and stir until the sauce becomes homogenous.
3.
Wait until the white mass is very viscose and add the canned corn.
4.
Give the cream into a rectangular dish and put it into the refrigerator for several minutes where it should become more solid.


Potatoe meat filling:

5. Cook the potatoes and smash them.
6. Fry the ground meat with cut onions, and then remove as much oil as possible.
7.
Mix the meat, the onions, and the smashed potatoes, and add a little bit of salt.


Deep Frying:

8. Form the meat potatoe mixture into hamburger like pieces with a diameter of about 6 cm and a thickness of about 1 cm.
9.
Cut or form the white cream in pieces of about 2x2x4 cm. The rectangular dish should haven given the cream the desired form and makes the cutting easier.
10.
Put one piece after the other first in the flour and cover all its surface. Then cover it with beaten raw egg, and finally with bread crumbs.
11.
Deep fry the korokke pieces until they are beautiful golden.
12. Cut some green outer cabbage leafs in thin strings.

Serving and eating:

Put the green cabbage and the golden korokke pieces on a plate, and eat it with korokke sauce and mayonnaise.

General information:

In Japan you can buy single pieces of korokke warm in convenience stores and supermarkets. Because the preparation of korokke requires quite much effort, it's rarely done at home.

Jakopi Tofu
 

Jakopi Tofu is one of dozens of Japanese tofu dishes. It is tofu covered by a topping made of small chirimenjako fish and peanuts. It is a side dish that can be prepared within five minutes.

Ingredients:

* 2 blocks of soft tofu
* 40g of dried chirimenjako* (anchovies)
* 50g peanuts or almonds
* Green onions
* 10ml sesame seeds
* 5ml sesame oil

* May not be available in Western supermarkets; but you should be able to find it in Japanese grocery stores that exist in most large European and American cities.


Preparation:

1. Cut green onion and peanuts in small pieces.
2. Heat up sesame oil in a fry pan.
3.
Add peanuts and chirimenjako into the pan.
4.
After about two minutes, add the green onions and sesame seeds into the pan.
5.
After friying for another two to three minutes, spread the Jakopi on the tofu and serve. Add soya sauce as you like.

Gyoza
 

Gyoza - Japanese style dumplins

Gyoza is originally a Chinese dish, which has become very popular across Japan. This recipe shows how to make the gyoza dough and the gyoza filling. The time consuming and difficult part of making of the dough can be skipped by buying premade dough pieces, which are available at some Japanese and Chinese grocery stores.

Ingredients:

(for 30 Gyoza)


* Dough:
o 170 mL water
o 200 g strong flour

* Filling:
o 200 g ground pork
o Cabbage
o Nira*: can be substituted by leek or green onion
o Leek or Green onion
o Garlic
o Ginger
o Sake*
o Soya sauce, salt, and pepper
o Sesame oil

* Dipping Sauce:
o Soya sauce
o Vinegar

* This ingredient may not be available in Western supermarkets, but you should be able to find it in Japanese grocery stores that exist in most large European and American cities.

Preparation:

Dough:

1.
Mix the water and the flour to a dough that should not be sticky but as soft as an ear lobe.
2. Put a wet towel over the dough, and let it stand for several minutes.
3.
Separate the dough in 30 pieces, and form each of them to very thin discs with a diameter of about 10 cm. The middle of each disc should be a little bit thicker than the edge.


Filling:

4. Cut some green, outer cabbage leaves, some green onion (or leek), nira, ginger, and garlic in very small pieces. The amount of these ingredients should equal the amount of meat. Do it as you like.
5. Put some salt on the cabbage, and let it stand for five minutes. Then press the water out of the cabbage pieces.
6.
Mix the cabbage, green onion (or leek), nira, ginger, garlic, and the ground pork all together, and add some salt, pepper, soya sauce, sake, and sesame oil. Mix it all very well.


Making and frying the Gyoza:

7.
Put some of the filling onto a piece of dough. Remember that the filling should suffice for 30 gyoza pieces.
8.
Moisten the edge of the dough with water. Moisten only a semicircle, not all the way around.
9.
Close the gyoza. While closing it, fold the edge about 6 times as shown on the image.
10.
Put the gyoza on the table as shown in the image.
11. Fry the Gyoza in a little bit of hot oil until the bottom is brownish, then add water so that the gyoza are in the water with about half of their hight.
12. Keep the high heat and wait until all the water has vaporized. Then remove the gyoza from the heat.
13. Dipping sauce: Mix the same amounts of soya sauce and vinegar together.

Serving and eating:

Eat gyoza pieces after dipping them in the dipping sauce.

General information:

In China dumplins are usually eaten either steamed, fried or in a soup. Japanese gyoza, however, are usually fried. There are many kinds of fillings used, e.g. with different seafood instead of the meat, other vegetable, etc.

Okonomiyaki
 

Okonomiyaki is a mixture between pancake and pizza. "Okonomi" means "as you like". This refers to the ingredients.

Ingredients:

* Dough
o 300 g flour
o 210 ml water
o 2 eggs
o Cabbage
* Possible ingredients to put into/onto Okonomiyaki
o Katsuobushi*: Dried, shaved benito (katsuo)
o Aonori*: Green, dried seaweed.
o Leek or green onion
o Beef: thinly sliced or ground
o Pork: thinly sliced or ground
o Chicken: breast filets
o Octopus*
o Squid*
o Prawn
o Tuna
o Mushrooms
o and much more...
* Sauces
o Brown okonomiyaki sauce*
o Mayonnaise

* May not be available in Western supermarkets; but you should be able to find it in Japanese grocery stores that exist in most large European and American cities.

Preparation:

1.
Cut four large, green cabbage leaves without the hard, white core in thin strings (ca. 4 mm).
2. Mix the water, flour, eggs and the cabbage strings together.
3. You may now add more ingredients to the dough: e.g. seafood, cut in little pieces, ground meat, cut mushrooms, etc.
4.
Fry the dough like a pancake in a small frying pan.
5.
Before turning the okonomiyaki over, and while the dough is still quite soft, you may put other ingredients on top of the dough.
6. Turn the okonomiyaki.
7. When fried well, serve the okonomiyaki with katsuobushi, aonori, mayonnaise and okonomiyaki sauce.

General information:

Depending on the region of Japan, okonomiyaki is prepared in various different styles. In Hiroshima, which is especially well known for its Okonomiyaki, it is served with or on top of Yakisoba (fried noodles).

Better yet >.>''
1. Omit the Honey. There's already sugar there AND the Mirin. Adding honey just Americanises the dish.
2. It's better of you baste the chicken while cooking it over a flame or charcoal.... just letting chicken marinate for a few minutes isn't going to do anything but leave you with tasteless chicken >.>'
3. Yakitori means shiny chicken =3
not "skewered chicken"
4. Recipe TOTALLY omits the soaking of the skewers in water for atleast 30 minutes prior too cooking in order to prevent scorching of the wood >.>
5. Don't use "SOYA" sauce. it's bad for you. Instead opt for a more natural "soy" sauce ^_^
6. American supermarkets now a days are a bit better equipped with foreign ingredients than your recipe suggests >.>'

tonkotsu sauce works wonders on croquettes
>.>

Funny....

Fried dumplings are called gyoza....
Steamed dumplings are called shumai....
>.>'''
In Nihongo of course =3