Pork Bowl (Buta-don)

Sweet and salty sauce soaking rice will stimulate your appetite.

It's very easy but makes me feel satisfaction.

I recommend it! (・v・)b

■INGREDIENTS (serves 3-4)

11 oz pork loin

1 onion

3-4 donburi bowl portions of rice

edge-cut green onion

☆sauce

　4 Tbsps soy sauce

　3 Tbsps sake

　3 Tbsps suger

　1 Tbsps  mayonnaise

   0.5 inch grated ginger

■DIRECTIONS

1.  Peal the onion ond cut lengthwise into four to six wedges.

2. Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan, and fry the onion until it become soft.

3. Add the ☆sauce into the frying pan and bring to the boil. Add the pork and fry until it is cooked through.

4. Put rice into individual donburi bowls. Put the onion and pork on top of the rice. Sprinkle edge-cut green onion.

Natto Fried Rice

"Natto" is very popular in Japan, but not all Japanese like it. This food has people divided between those who like it and those who hate it. Because it has a special flavor and taste. 

Do you like "Natto"?
I like "Natto" very much because it's really good for health. 

Today, I introduce Natto fried rice. (^o^)

■INGREDIENTS (serves 3-4)
3-4 bowl portions boiled rice
3 packs (5.25 oz) natto
3 eggs
1/2 cabbage
1 Tbsps soy sauce
1 Tbsps olive oil
salt and pepper
dried bonito flakes
green laver

■DIRECTIONS

1.  Cut the cabbage into into big pieces.

2. Mix the natto and eggs and packet of sauce together in a bowl. When all mixed well, add the boiled rice and mix them using a rice scoop.

3. Put 1 Tbsps oil into the pan, and place over a medium heat. Place and spread the mixed 2 in the pan and keep in place for 2 min. When browned surface, add the cabbage and soy sauce. Stir until they are completely mixed and heated through. 

4. Try tasting, add salt and pepper to taste. Arrange on individual plate, and sprinkle dried bonito flakes green laver.

Tomato, Basil and Tuna Spaghetti

Let's make spaghetti using Sake Steamed Short-Neck Clams soup.
Of course, this recipe indifferent to  Sake Steamed Short-Neck Clams soup.
We can use water or chicken soup or seafood soup instead of Sake Steamed Short-Neck Clams soup.
Please make your original special spaghetti with the available ingredients♪

■INGREDIENTS (serves 2)
10 oz crushed tomatoes 
1 (3.5 oz) canned tuna (except oil)
7 oz spaghetti
1/2 U.S. cup Sake Steamed Short-Neck Clams soup stock (or water)
4 Tbsps olive oil
4 Basil leaves
1 red pepper
salt and pepper

■DIRECTIONS

1. Remove the seeds from red pepper.

2. Heat 2 Tbsps olive oil in a pan over medium-low heat, and fry the red pepper. Add boiled tomatoes and tuna in the pan for 2 or 3 minutes. Add the salt and pepper, and turn off the heat.

3. Bring the water and salt to the boil in a pot. Place the spaghetti in the pot to boil, and strain the water.

4. Place the spaghetti and Sake Steamed Short-Neck Clams soup (or water) and 2 Tbsps olive oil in the pan over medium-low heat. Mix all the ingredients. Try tasting, add salt and pepper to taste.

5. Arrange the spaghetti in a bowl and garnish with basil leaf.


☆If you like whitebait, please try to arrange it!

Osaka Style Okonomiyaki

Have you ever heard of a food called "Okonomiyaki"?
Okonomiyaki is Japanese savoury pancake.
It contains a variety of ingredients, for example, cabbages, Chainese yam, meat, etc. 
Okonomiyaki is local specialty of Osaka and Hiroshima. Both has different style.

In Hiroshima, noodles are also used as a topping of okonomiyaki.
Today, I introduce Osaka style okonomiyaki. Please try and enjoy making okonomiyaki! (^u^)♪


■INGREDIENTS (serves 4)
5 1/4 oz hakurikiko flour
3 1/2 oz Chinese yam
1 Tbsp soy sauce
3 eggs
12 thin slices pork belly
4/1 cabbage
2 naga-negi onions
Dried bonito flakes
green laver
Okonomi sauce
Vegetable oil

■DIRECTIONS

1. Rince the cabbage and naga-negi onions in water. Cut the cabbage into thin strips and cut the naga-negi onions into small pieces. Peal the Chinese yam, and grate.

2. Place the flour, Chinese yam, soy sauce, eggs in the bowl, and mix well to make batter.

3. Add the cabbage and naga-negi onions and mix well.

4. Heat the frying pan, and add some vegetable oil. Pour the batter mixture prepared 3. above onto the frying pan. Place the thin slices pork belly on top of it and heat until browned surface (for about 5 min).


5. Turn the pancake over, and heat until browned surface (for about 5 min). Reverse again, and heat for about 3 min. Reverse again, heat for about 3 min. 


6. Arrange the pancake on plate, and spread the okonomiyaki sauce all over the surface. Put some mayonnaise, and sprinkle on the green laver.

☆arrange☆　with boiled whitebaite