Daikon Radish and Carrot Salad
You can use cucumber, celery, cabbage, paprika for this recipe. Instead of using only mayonnaise, I added sushi vinegar for the dressing. This way, it will reduce the calories of the salad. It will go really well with dry white wine.
- 10 cm (4 inch) piece of daikon radish
- 10 cm (4 inch) piece of carrot
- 90 g (3 oz) canned tuna
- Red cabbage-sprouts to garnish
- 2 tbsp sushi vinegar
- 2 tbsp mayonnaise
- 1/4 tsp salt
- Black pepper to taste
- Peel the daikon radish and carrot, then cut into thin strips.(Cut vegetables into the same direction, about 2mm [1/2 inch] thickness. Lay them on their side, and cut them into thin pieces.)
- Mix in half amount of the sprouts, and all of the canned tuna, and sauce.
- Top with the rest of the sprouts.
Spinach,Mushrooms, Crab Meat Salad
This dish is known as Sunomono, a salad with vinegar sauce. Since it does not have oil in it, it is a very healthy dish. If you like the sauce, you can toss with many different kinds of boiled vegetables. In Japanese foods, we try not to intake too much oil, so that we have more chance to remain healthy.
- 1 handful of spinach or garland chrysanthemum
- 50 g (2 oz) shimeji mushrooms or regular mushrooms
- 50 g (2 oz) canned crabmeat
- 3 tbsp sushi vinegar
- 3 tbsp ice water
- 1/2 tsp soy sauce
- Remove stems and cut the leafy green vegetables such as spinach or shungiku into 5-cm lengths. Cut the mushrooms into small pieces.
- Boil some water and turn off the heat, then place the vegetables in it. Let it cook for 10 seconds, drain in a strainer and squeeze out the excess water.
- Toss together with the crabmeat, the sauce.
- Arrange on a dish and it's ready to serve.
Pork belly and Cucumber Salad
Japan is actually a tropical country. It gets really hot. So, we like to eat cold foods with cold drinks. This time, I would love to introduce the whisky high ball. It is really refreshing together with this pork dish. To me, it is during a meal kind of drink.
- 300 g pork very belly thinly sliced
- 1/2 cucumber( If Japanese one, use 1)
- 5 cm naganegi long onion (or leek)
- 1tbsp minced fresh ginger
- 1 tbsp minced shiso leaves or cilantro
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp sugar
- Slice the pork belly as thin as possible. Put them in the boiling water, turn the heat to low, cook about 3 min. Wash pork with running water to get rid of extra fat.
- Peel the cucumber into thin slices with the peeler. Soak the cucumber slices in cold water to make them crispy.
- For making the sauce, chop the long onion and combine with minced ginger and cilantro in a bowl. Add soy sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar, and sugar in the bowl and mix them well.
- Place the drained cucumber slices in the center of the plate. Mound the pork, then put the cucumber slices around them. Pour the sauce over it.
Soy-marinated Boiled Eggs
I love eggs. I eat them raw, put on the steamed rice, pour over soy sauce and that just makes me happy. I also like marinated eggs. They are great OTUSMAMI (something to nibble when drinking)for me. You can keep this in the fridge for 3 to 4 days.
- 6 eggs
- 3/4 cup soy sauce
- 3/4 cup sushi vinegar
- 1/2 tsp grated garlic
- Place eggs in a pot of cold water, then heat. When the water comes to a boil, reduce heat to low and cook for 7 minutes. Then put eggs into the cold water to cool.
- To make the marinade, combine the soy sauce with the sushi vinegar and grated garlic.
- Crack the cooked eggs' shells and place them again in cold water, then peel off the shells.( It will be easier this way)
- Place the eggs in the marinade and let marinate for a minimum of 30 minutes. The flavor will depend on how long they remain in the marinade, so feel free to figure out how long to leave them in for the flavor you prefer. If you marinade cooked beans(any beans), it will taste good as well.
- Cut the eggs in half, then serve with the cut surface facing up.
- If you refrigerate the marinade with the eggs still marinating in it, they'll keep for 3–4 days.
Broccoli with Sesame Sauce
Popular Japanese using broccoli. The simple and can make speedy.
- 3 tbsp ground sesame seeds
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1/2 head of boiled broccoli
- Microwave the ground sesame seeds for 20 seconds to bring out the flavor.
- Mix the sugar, ground sesame seeds and soy sauce in a bowl.
- Dress the broccoli with the sauce.
- You can do the same thing with string been,Spinach and carrots.Good for dressing for boiled chicken and many other things.
