Just One Cookbook · Japanese Food and Recipe Blog

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1. Recipes

★ Looking for a specific recipe or inspiration?

You can browse our recipe collection in 4 different ways.

• Search box in menu bar: Enter the name or ingredient

of the recipe Recipe drop-down menu: choose the topic of your interest Recipe

• filter: narrow your choice Recipe
• index: choose the topic of your interest

We also share:

• Cooking and cooking tips
• Japanese ingredients (

with photos!)

My recipes include detailed instructions with step-by-step photos and a video tutorial. I focus on sharing with you the real flavors of Japanese cuisine.

If you prefer video tutorials, visit our YouTube channel!

★ Interested in learning how to make a basic Japanese meal?

If you’ve never cooked Japanese food before or are still new to cooking, you’re in the right place!

There are many recipes to explore, but let’s start with the basics.

For a typical Japanese meal, we serve steamed rice, miso soup, pickled vegetables, main course and 1-2 side dishes. This style is called Ichiju Sansai.

I will show you the steps to prepare a very basic Japanese meal at home. Are you ready? Let’s jump.

Step 1: Get Essential Japanese Ingredients

Stock up on these 26 ingredients for cooking Japanese food. If you haven’t decided what to cook yet, start with these 6 basic seasonings.

Not sure where to find Japanese/Asian ingredients?

Check out this list, where our readers helped create this directory. You can help us with your local stores if it’s not listed.

If you can’t find Japanese ingredients locally, you can shop online or on Amazon

.

You can also browse my pantry page for more information.

Step 2: Make perfect steamed

rice

Rice is the fundamental of Japanese cuisine (you can read more about it here). Therefore, it is important to learn how to choose rice and make good rice.

Choose your kitchen equipment to make perfect rice

: Rice cooker

• over the stove Donabe
• Instant

Pot (

• Clay Pot

)

Step 3: Make Dashi (

Japanese Soup Broth)

Whenever we serve rice, we always serve it with miso soup. Miso soup is made from dashi (Japanese soup broth) and miso (fermented soy paste), both of which are included in the 6 essential Japanese seasonings.

To make miso soup, let’s make dashi first. If you want to learn more about dashi, click here.

Here are some ways to make

Dashi: Dashi Powder (easy and fast,

• but not so good

)Dashi Packet (easy flavor, fast and decent)Dashi

• from scratch (takes 20 minutes, great taste)Vegan Dashi

Step 4: Make

miso soup

Now that you’ve made dashi, you’re ready to make miso soup.

Basic Miso Soup (with Video)Tonjiru Vegan Miso Soup (Pork and Vegetable Miso Soup) (with

Video)
• Kenchinjiru (

Vegetable

• Miso

Soup

• )

Step 5: Make the main course

Today, for a basic Japanese meal, let’s prepare an easy teriyaki dish with some of the 6 condiments you already bought. Do you want to make different dishes? Explore our main courses category for inspiration.

• Teriyaki salmon

(with video)Teriyaki chicken (with video)

• Teriyaki
• beef teriyaki tofu

Step 6: Make 1-2 side dishes

Garnishes should be vegetable-centered. For a beginner, I recommend preparing an uncooked dish (such as a salad) and a cooked dish (such as a slow-boiled dish).

Salad recipes

• Side dishes
• recipes

If you’re not sure where to start, here are my recommendations.

• Spinach salad with sesame dressing

(Gomaae) (with video)

• Broccoli blanched with sesame oil
• 4 Easy Soy Sauce Pickles (with Video

)

• Tamagoyaki Quick and Easy (Rolled Omelette)

Step 7: Serve!

Example: (

Optional add-ons:

• Homemade (or store-bought) Japanese pickles
• Cold Brew Hojicha

Serve on Japanese

• Crockery

This is just a quick guide on how to make a simple Japanese meal. I hope you enjoy browsing and cooking from our collection of recipes.

2. Japan

Travel Guides

If you’re here to read our Japan travel guides, start here. We cover most popular destinations and some lesser-known areas in Japan.

By region

• Hokkaido

Region Tohoku Region – (not yet visited)Kanto Region –

• Tokyo, Yokohama, Yamanashi, Hakone

, Nikko

• Chubu Region – Nagoya, Kanazawa, Takayama, Toyama, Nagano, Kamikochi
• Kansai Region – Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Kobe
• Chugoku Region – Hiroshima, Okayama
• Shikoku Region – (not yet visited)
• Kyushu and Okinawa Region

Tips

• 8 Best Travel Tips for Your First

Visit to Japan

• 20 Things You Should Know Before You Visit

Japan

• What to Do When You Lost Your Wallet in Japan
• Hakuba Travel & Ski Guide

3. Japanese Culture

If you love learning about Japanese culture, you will enjoy reading these articles.

• Washoku 101 – All About Japanese Food Entertainment

: Best Japanese Movies,

• What Shows to Air, Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories Season 1 & 2 Recipes, the best website to learn Japanese and more
• Restaurants – Japanese Food Etiquette, Japanese Beer Guide, Japanese Ramen Guide for Beginners, Ekiben, and moreI

hope you enjoy browsing Just One Cookbook!

Nami and YCW Team