An octopus is a popular in the Mediterranean areas but Japanese love it too. Buy a whole fresh octopus and boil yourself. It tastes amazing.
How to boil an Octopus
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Miso-Mayo Dip
So easy to make yet you will love this healthy, lower fat dip. Perfect for vegetable stick.
Brook trout marinated in vodka soy sauce
I like to marinade fish in soy sauce or miso paste for grilling/ pan-frying. Most fish will taste good with this quick recipe but brook trout is my recent favorite.
Pork Miso Soup
Do you like a bowl of miso soup served at a sushi bar? Miso soup does not always have to be with tiny cubes of tofu and scallion. This hearty pork soup called Buta-jiru （豚汁） is everyone’s winter favorite in Japan.
Miso Pork Chop
I know you have the always- the-best- family recipe for pork chops. But if you feel like trying a new flavor with a little bit of exoticism, this easy pork chop may the be the one you are looking for.
Sweet Shrimp Ceviche with Shrimp Eggs
When you buy fresh sweet red shrimps, they may be holding eggs. Then you are lucky.
The green colored eggs do not look appetizing but they taste nice.
Hummus; healthy chick pea paste
A couple of small cups of dip or paste for chips and sticks are surely demanded at a party. But who want high-calorie, high-fat mayo or cream cheese in it? We want guilty-free, healthier alternative but have no compromise on its taste— then hummus is what you want.
Homemade hummus is healthy and yummy, and actually very easy to make.
chicken soup stock from bones
When you use chicken thigh and bone by yourself, you might have discard the bones. But you can actually make nice stock by using it.
Kara-age : fried chicken my hometown style
You might have tried some kara-age (pronounce each syllable separately, ka-ra-a-ge) chicken at a sushi restaurant. It is the one of the most popular Japanese foods in the U.S.
I would love to share the recipe of my hometown, Hokkaido. This is actually easier than regular Kara-age recipe and has more enhanced flavor. You want beer with this.
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