Japanese Food You Are Able to Cook

[Tatsujin]

Sup ... while I'm starving to death here, I'd like to see what you guys are capable of cooking. Keep it strictly to Japanese foods!

So what can you guys cook? If you want to give us some details (ingredients used, cooking methods, etc) then by all means.

And go!

[Clephas]

Inarizushi, udon (various types), mochi, shiratama, mizuyoukan, ohagi, mitarashi dango, etc.  (I love Japanese food, so I picked up a ton of recipes).

 

Mmm... one that anyone, regardless of their skills as a cook, can make is mochi.  I generally make koshian from azuki beans and then make about six dozen mochi total...  I then freeze them in packages of four each (saran wrap) and set them out on the counter in the morning to defrost by the evening when I want some for dessert.  Inarizushi is pretty simple... you make aburaage (made by deep-frying thin slices of tofu) and wrap it around sweet rice. 

 

Edit:  It really is possible for just about anyone to make mochi, if you have mochiko (rice flour from glutinous rice) and azuki beans...

[zoom909]

Rice.

[Nosebleed]

Rice.

/thread.

[suikashoujo]

The main problem with trying to make Japanese food (at least where I live) is getting the right ingredients. There's a lot that just isn't possible with common ingredients I have around the house at a moment's notice. But I've found a few good recipes around the internet. My favorites are omurice, which is just rice, chicken, and ketchup inside an omelet with more ketchup drizzled on top; and oyako-don,a rice bowl with chicken, eggs, and some vegetables in a soy sauce-based sauce. Tempura and fried rice are pretty quick and easy, too. There are some great recipes online as long as you do some digging.

[Tatsujin]

^ I haven't made Tempura yet (at all). I've done things like Chicken Curry (favorite) and Beef Curry - both Japanese styles. Tasted great. I use Botan rice. It's Japanese, though I can't confirm if it was imported directly from Japan.

I can make miso soup which is easy to do. Lets see. I've never done proper sushi rolls. I don't understand how to perfectly align the rice on the seaweed.

But back to Tempura. I really gotta try that. I know it tastes good. I've tasted it in different restaurants. What type of ingredients should I use for a Tempura? I know I have to get Tempura package first so that's available all over my area.

[Melanite]

Yakisoba, although its probably shit compared to the real deal in Jap

[Fiddle]

Rice.

Yeah, well I can cook rice AND ramen.

[Tatsujin]

.... I'm gonna admit one thing.

I suck at making ramen, noodles, and stuff like that. I'm serious. I freaking suck at it! I really, really, dying - so dying to make a proper Yakisoba. :/ ... I live in the US so my ingredients limited to what we have here. Though I know Shop & Save carries a lot of Asian ingredients.

What type of noodles do I need for Yakisoba? How to cook them properly?

[Nosebleed]

Octopus being my favorite food I've always wanted to make Takoyaki, but sadly you need a takoyaki pan to cook it and I can not get one around here. I was really sad that there was no other way around it either.

[Melanite]

.... I'm gonna admit one thing.

I suck at making ramen, noodles, and stuff like that. I'm serious. I freaking suck at it! I really, really, dying - so dying to make a proper Yakisoba. :/ ... I live in the US so my ingredients limited to what we have here. Though I know Shop & Save carries a lot of Asian ingredients.

What type of noodles do I need for Yakisoba? How to cook them properly?

I'm a bit of a cheat on the noodle part, im not making those myself heh, you need wheatflour noodles, get frsh ones for better product I suppose, then fry the SHIT out of 'em. I'm definitely no expert so maybe someone who actually knows what his talking about should enlighten you haha

[Tatsujin]

Did you say ... f-f-fry the noodles?! ... I should just YouTube this :/

[Melanite]

Did you say ... f-f-fry the noodles?! ... I should just YouTube this :/

FRY THE F*CK OUT OF THEM!

like wook 

[Cyrillej1]

I buy the golden curry sauce mix from walmart..  potato, carrots, onion, beef (or chicken), (sometimes other veggies). Stew, put the curry cubes in, mix & stew for awhile for the sauce to thicken and so the meat & veggies soften.  Then I put it over the rice, and ta daa~!

 

I'm not that good at cooking at all, but this is very easy to make that even I can't fail at it.. lol. And it's actually really good

[zakobot]

A long time ago I used to use this site for cooking Japanese stuff. The instructions are quite simple so pick something you like and try it. You can use google image search to find out something you don't know.

 

http://209.197.93.31/recipe/japanese.html

 

For something simple to start I would recommend Oyako don or Nikujaga.

[Monmon]

I could make Nikujaga, Soba,Sukiyaki and other things too. As long there r recipes.

 

However i rarely cook tempura things...because i`m too lazy to make it and it such a bother.

[edwd2]

curry rice, and some variants of Udon

[arakura]

I made yakisoba once and it was amazing and tasty. I'm really excited to try more once I start living away from home and doing more of the cooking by myself. Onigiri here I come! xD

[Clephas]

I'm lazy... I generally prefer really quick food, food that ferments or distills over a long time, or baking.  The actual work of making rum (one of my hobbies) is actually only four or five hours... and I get two barrels worth at the end (after several months).  Similar for making cheese or yogurt... make the preparations then leave it to get ready on its own, lol.  Mochi and inarizushi are both easy, as is udon.  Yakisoba I haven't done... but that's mostly because buckwheat noodles are expensive here.  Also, it isn't really possible to make a lot of it at a time, like with baked goods and mochi, lol.   It is also only edible fresh, which makes it even more troublesome. 

 

Curry, however, I've done a few times (from scratch).

[jeftai]

so everyone here buys noodles?

what happened to the people that can actually make them from scratch?

i can do it but the kitchen will be covered in flour

[Clephas]

I can make noodles from scratch.  However, buckwheat flour is surprisingly expensive (no demand in my region), so it generally is actually more expensive to make it from scratch than to order a bunch of noodles on Amazon.

[jeftai]

I can make noodles from scratch.  However, buckwheat flour is surprisingly expensive (no demand in my region), so it generally is actually more expensive to make it from scratch than to order a bunch of noodles on Amazon.

okay true.

but still it might just be me but i enjoy it more when you can do it from start to finish.

knowing no strange and random shit happened to it before i got my hands on it.

[Blizzard884]

I love Japanese food a lot. these are my favorite that i always like to cook:

Yakitori, Nikujaga, Korokke, Miso grilled fish (salmon), Katsu curry, Udon, Yakisoba, Sushi rolls, Miso soup, Sukiyaki, Tonkatsu, Okonomiyaki, Curry and Rice, etc...

 

 

 

P.S. Great place to get Japanese food in UK: http://www.japancentre.com/

[Flutterz]

I've basically only cooked once, and that one time I made tamagoyaki, and it turned out pretty well too.

[Chocolat]

I tried to make salmon sushis once..

i liked them, but not my brother (except for the rice, he liked the rice)