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ONE SOUP, THREE SIDES

Little on the table,
much in it.

Rice, a soup, a few small bowls.
Cooking Japanese means leaving out until only what is needed remains.

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RECIPE OF THE DAY · Thursday, November 12

Takenoko Gohan

Rice cooked with bamboo shoots, abura-age and carrot in soy sauce and mirin

90 min · 4 servings · Japan

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A Japanese comfort dish in a bowl, cut out against a light background

COMFORT FOOD · OFUKURO NO AJI

What fills you up,
and settles you down.

A bowl of ramen, a pan of chahan, a pot of nikujaga: simple, filling dishes you cook because you know them by heart. Japanese has a word for it — おふくろの味, the taste you do not go looking for but come back to.

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THE RECIPE COLLECTION

What goes on the table today?

65 recipes
Takenoko Gohan — Rice cooked with bamboo shoots, abura-age and carrot in soy sauce and mirinAI imageFish

Japan

Takenoko Gohan

Rice cooked with bamboo shoots, abura-age and carrot in soy sauce and mirin

90 min·4 servings
Subuta — Crisp fried pork and vegetables in a glossy sweet-and-sour sauceAI imageMeat

Japan

Subuta

Crisp fried pork and vegetables in a glossy sweet-and-sour sauce

45 min·3 servings
Ikameshi — Squid and rice: tender tubes stuffed with rice, finished with a glossy miso glazeAI imageFish

Hokkaidō

Ikameshi

Squid and rice: tender tubes stuffed with rice, finished with a glossy miso glaze

45 min·2 servings
Chameshi — Japanese tea rice with roasted soybeans and sesame, gently bitter and nuttyAI imageVegan

Japan

Chameshi

Japanese tea rice with roasted soybeans and sesame, gently bitter and nutty

75 min·4 servings
Wafu Pasta — Japanese-style spaghetti with chirimenjako or shirasu (baby sardines) and buttery shimejiAI imageFish

Japan

Wafu Pasta

Japanese-style spaghetti with chirimenjako or shirasu (baby sardines) and buttery shimeji

20 min·2 servings
Daifuku — Soft mochi made from glutinous rice flour, filled with sweet red bean pasteAI imageVegan

Japan

Daifuku

Soft mochi made from glutinous rice flour, filled with sweet red bean paste

60 min·12 servings
Makizushi — Sushi rolls with salmon and cucumber, rolled fresh and sliced into piecesAI imageFish

Japan

Makizushi

Sushi rolls with salmon and cucumber, rolled fresh and sliced into pieces

75 min·4 servings
Mazezushi — Warm sushi rice tossed with salted salmon, shiso, takuan and scrambled eggAI imageFish

Japan

Mazezushi

Warm sushi rice tossed with salted salmon, shiso, takuan and scrambled egg

50 min·4 servings
Gōya Chanpurū — Bitter melon, tofu, pork belly and egg from one pan – summer cooking from OkinawaAI imageMeat

Okinawa

Gōya Chanpurū

Bitter melon, tofu, pork belly and egg from one pan – summer cooking from Okinawa

25 min·2 servings
Dry Curry — Crumbly ground meat with curry powder, ginger and garlic — on rice in 25 minutesAI imageMeat

Japan

Dry Curry

Crumbly ground meat with curry powder, ginger and garlic — on rice in 25 minutes

25 min·2 servings
Hanbagu — Juicy beef-and-pork patties on shiso with a ketchup-Worcestershire sauceAI imageMeat

Japan

Hanbagu

Juicy beef-and-pork patties on shiso with a ketchup-Worcestershire sauce

40 min·4 servings
Sumeshi — Seasoned sushi rice with kombu — glossy, separate grains, still hand-warmAI imageVegan

Japan

Sumeshi

Seasoned sushi rice with kombu — glossy, separate grains, still hand-warm

80 min·4 servings

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