Japanese Main Dish Recipes

"We have a Japanese girl, Tomoko, living with us, and tonight she and I cooked a Japanese dinner for us and her friends. She phoned her mum,Toshiko, in Japan for this, as it's her favourite recipe, and I wanted to share it here. It's simple and so good, and Tomoko, who is only 16, did such a good job of cooking this, then translating the recipe to English..."

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Ingredients: garlic cloves, soy sauce...

"This is the recipe for Sushi rice that I have learned from my father, the Sushi chef at Minado sushi. It's not really a secret recipe, many restaurants prepare rice this way, but it produces really great rice. More of a technique than anything. This is a response to a request in the forum and I hope you guys like it!"

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Ingredients: sushi rice, mirin...

"This is a dish that is popular in Japan and usually sold as street food. This version is made with pork, although you could easily substitute chicken or tofu."

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Ingredients: Chinese wheat noodles, ginger...

"We just tried this recipe last week from Fine Cooking Magazine. I love the crispness the panko bread crumbs give the chicken and the tonkatsu sauce is a nice tangy sauce that goes great with the chicken."

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Ingredients: Dijon mustard, ground allspice...

"Grilled chicken skewers popular in Japan. Chicken thigh meat, green onion, chicken liver, hearts, gizzards, chicken skin can be prepared this way. It tastes best cooked over charcoal. Mirin is a sweet Japanese sake (rice wine). Ordinary sake may be substituted for the mirin, with additional sugar. Translated from Shinkatei Hyakkajiten Vol. 1, Kodan-sha,..."

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Ingredients: boneless chicken thighs, green onions...

"Delicious anytime!!! Serve with sticky rice for a hearty meal! This isn't your ordinary "stew", and it is supposed to be runny. Lots of broth! Enjoy!"

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Ingredients: potatoes, salt, soy sauce...

"This is a family favorite and so simple. I first got the recipe from a friend who was a chef in a Japanese restaurant. When I married my husband he was using the same recipe he got from his Japanese ex-mother-in-law. It is so versatile we have used it for chicken breasts, wings, thighs, salmon, halibut, beef-kabobs - even veggies!"

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Ingredients: ginger, olive oil, soy sauce...

"This is an EXCELLENT and easy tuna recipe. It's perfect for grilling on those warm summer nights."

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Ingredients: dry hot mustard, wasabi powder...

"I got the recipe from my roommate from Hilo, Hawaii. She shared a bunch of recipes with me."

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Ingredients: oil, garlic cloves, sake...

"This steak comes out very tender and I love the sauce. I serve over rice."

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Ingredients: boneless sirloin steaks, ginger...

"This salmon dish is amazing! I was invited for dinner the other night and this was the main course. The red pepper flakes give off plenty of heat, but it's nicely balanced by the brown sugar and other ingredients. The sauce is heavenly!I asked for the recipe, and my host said she got it out of the latest issue of "Bon Apetit" which I had..."

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Ingredients: cornstarch, dry crushed red pepper...