From teriyaki chicken, miso ramen, Japanese curry to yakisoba, find our most popular and EASY Japanese recipes you can make anytime.
Looking for easy and authentic Japanese recipes? I can help! Cooking Japanese food doesn't have to be intimidating. In this post, I'll share 30 easy and authentic Japanese recipes that you can start making today. Rest assured, I've created each recipe myself.
Oyakodon is a classic comfort food of Japanese home cooking. Tender pieces of chicken, onion, and eggs are simmered in an umami-rich, dashi-based sauce and then poured over a bowl of fluffy steamed rice. Simple, delicious, and utterly comforting, this is the kind of one-bowl meal you can cook in less than 30 minutes!
Yakisoba is a classic Japanese street food made with chewy noodles stir-fried with thin slices of pork and fresh vegetables in a tangy sauce. Enjoy authentic yakisoba at home with this 15 minute recipe!
Colorful and crunchy vegetables are the star ingredients for my quick, simple Everyday Japanese Pickles. These lightly seasoned asazuke are ready in 1 hour! Take them to the next level by adding shiso leaves, yuzu zest, and sesame oil.
Have a taste of these delicious Japanese curry buns! The buns are crispy on the outside, soft and fluffy on the inside and filled with mild curry. Using panko really differentiate these buns from the rest. Do try!
Pork dishes are quite popular in Japan compared to Western countries, and it is one of the top two meats consumed, along with chicken. Pork is widely used in Chinese-inspired (Chuka) and Western-inspired (Yoshoku) Japanese cuisine, and has always been loved by many. In this roundup, I will introduce 20 Japanese pork dishes that I highly recommend!
With thick slices of rich pork enrobed in a caramelized sweet and savory sauce over a bed of rice, Tokachi-style Butadon is a mouthwatering Japanese pork bowl that can be made at home with this easy to follow recipe.
Japanese Egg Drop Soup, or Kakitamajiru, is a delicious and homey soup that will warm you right up! Made with dashi broth and fluffy egg ribbons, it is everything you crave in a bowl of soup: delicate, flavorful, and restorative. Ready in 15 minutes!
Katsudon is the king of all donburi dishes! Made with succulent pork cutlet, juicy onions, and silky dashi-flavored egg served over a steaming bowl of Japanese rice. It's the ultimate comfort dish!
Glazed with a delicious soy-butter sauce, this Butter Shoyu Chicken will win your family‘s heart! It is a simple recipe that produces a luxurious result. The chicken is exceptionally moist and tender and so flavorful. It‘s ready in just 25 minutes.
Japanese Cream Stew or White Stew is flavorful and creamy yet surprisingly light. This classic yoshoku or Western-style cuisine dish is packed with tender chicken, carrots, potatoes, mushrooms, and broccoli. While it‘s easy to make from scratch, you can use instant cream stew mix for a convenient shortcut. Serve it with steamed rice or crusty bread for a comforting lunch or dinner.
Chicken tsukune is a delicious and flavorful type of Japanese meatball often served at izakayas, yakitori stands, at home, and in bento boxes. My homemade tsukune recipe is made with chicken thigh mixed with grated onion, shiso leaves, miso paste, and ginger. They are then shaped, fried, and coated in a delicious sticky glaze!
With chunks of potatoes, onion, and thinly sliced beef simmered in a savory-sweet dashi broth, Japanese Meat and Potato Stew (Nikujaga) is one of the most iconic home-cooked dishes in Japan.
This okonomiyaki recipe is SO easy and fun to make! It's a frittata-like savory Japanese pancake with a cabbage hashbrown-like texture.
Yakisoba is a quick and easy dish that everyone will love. It consists of noodles and vegetables cooked in a sweet and savory sauce!
Japanese Gyudon, thinly sliced fatty beef cooked in a slightly sweet mixture of mirin and soy sauce served over rice. Topped with an egg, Gyudon is the best!
Discover easy Onigiri Recipes (Japanese rice balls) right here! Mix your favorite ingredients into Japanese rice, shape them, and enjoy! Learn how to make them with 17 delicious variations!
Weeknight Meal Ideas: Easy Japanese recipes for a quick, reliable dinner you can make for the family at the end of a long day.
4 servings 10 minutes (does not include soaking time) 25 minutes 1½ cup (230g) dried Japanese sushi rice1½ cup (50g) ginger, thinly sliced1½ cup kombu stock (1½ cups water + 1 teaspoon Kombu dashi powder / vegetable dashi powder)1 piece fried tofu, thinly sliced2 tablespoons rice wine 1 tablespoon light soy sauce⅓ teaspoon salt1. Wash the rice and soak it in water for 1 hour. Drain the water and transfer to a
Looking for a Simple & Easy Japanese Recipe? Check out our top 25 Japanese recipes that are both delicious and require minimal effort to prepare. These dishes include juicy chicken, tender fish, umami-flavored veggies, ramen, sushi, and more.
Have a taste of these delicious Japanese curry buns! The buns are crispy on the outside, soft and fluffy on the inside and filled with mild curry. Using panko really differentiate these buns from the rest. Do try!
Today I’m here with another fun and exciting recipe, and I'm going to show you how to make Taiyaki, a famous Japanese cake. This unique recipe serves as a snack as well as a dessert. You can make this recipe with your kids, and believe me! Your kids are surely going to love it ;) Taiyaki Taiyaki (鯛焼き), as clear from its name, is a Japanese recipe. It’s a very popular vendor snack in Japan that’s also served on festive occasions. It’s a fish-shaped cake. Its shape resembles the shape of a Japanese seasonal fish called “Tai,” that’s why it’s called Taiyaki. This amazing fish-shaped dessert is usually filled with a red paste that’s made from Adzuki beans. Still, you can also fill it with Custard, Nutella, Sweet Potato paste, Chocolate, or yummy Cheese filling. This warm cake can be enjoyed at any time of the year but is best suited for winter. Some Important Tips for Making Taiyaki: You can use Pancake flour instead of cake flour, which also goes well with the recipe. Baking soda reacts with the acidic elements of the dough and has a leavening effect, and the cake gets lighter and puffier. Japanese recipes are usually less sweet than our cakes, that’s why this recipe contains a bit of sugar. If you are a sugar-lover, then you can add more sugar according to your taste. Salt is added to balance the sweet taste of sugar. But it’s optional. You can skip if you like cake sweeter. Only adding milk will leave this cake a bit dense. Make a mixture of half water and half milk. A mixture of water and milk will make this cake light and fluffy. Taiyaki Fillings The best part of this cake is that you can fill it with any filling of your choice. It gets wells with almost all kinds of fillings. Japanese traditionally fill it with a sweet red paste of adzuki beans. But you’ve got the option to use the filling of your choice. The most popular fillings for this cake include: Custard Cheese Filling Chocolate Filling Sweet Potato Paste Nutella Strawberry Jam You can also check this Vegan version of Taiyaki. Red Bean Paste Red bean filling, famously known as “Anko” is made from Adzuki beans. To make this paste, soak the adzuki beans overnight and boil them until they get tender. Now add sugar to the beans and mash the mixture of beans and sugar to a smooth paste. If you don’t want to make Anko Paste by yourself, you can buy it easily from a nearby Japanese store in your area. Taiyaki in the US If you’re craving Taiyaki but don’t have a fish-shaped Taiyaki mold or aren’t in the mood to cook it by yourself, then don’t worry! There are plenty of spots in the US where you can buy this amazingly delicious fish-shaped Japanese cake. If you live in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, or Miami, then there’s a Taiyaki restaurant chain called Taiyaki NYC that makes the best Taiyaki around town. You can dine in or can get your Taiyaki delivered to your home. Likewise, if you live in Texas, California, or Hawaii, there’s another restaurant chain called SomiSomi that serves Korean ice cream stuffed in Taiyaki. This amazing ice cream stuffed Taiyaki cone is called “ah-boong.” SomiSomi also serves Taiyaki with different fillings like Nutella, Taro, Cheddar, Custard, and Red Bean Paste. How to store Taiyaki? I recommend eating Taiyaki cakes fresh because they taste the best right after they are dished out of the pan. Fresh Taiyaki cakes are soft, crispy, and slushy. But if you want to store them, then you can store them in two ways: Refrigerate Taiyaki Freeze Taiyaki 1- Refrigerating Taiyaki You can store Taiyaki cakes in the fridge for up to two days. It’s better to store them in an air-tight container to maintain their moisture, softness, and texture. 2- Freeze Taiyaki If you want to store Taiyaki for a long time, then you can freeze it. To freeze Taiyaki, wrap each fish individually in plastic wrap and place them in a sealable bag or air-tight container. You can store them in the freezer for up to 6 weeks. How to make Taiyaki Recipe Ok, it is time to make this Japanese Taiyaki! Don't be afraid if you are making this recipe for the first time, just follow the instructions below and I promise you will make the most amazing Taiyaki! :) Ingredients 1 ½ cup of Cake Flour 2 tsp of Baking Soda 1 ½ tbsp. of Sugar 1 pinch of Salt (Optional) 1/3 cup of Water 1/3 cup of Milk 1 large Egg Oil to brush the pan Instructions Take a medium bowl and add flour, sugar, salt, and baking soda to it and mix them well. Now add an egg and (milk + water) in it. Mix them well until a smooth batter is formed. Make sure there are no lumps in the batter. Cover the batter and refrigerate for one to two hours. Take a fish mold cake pan and brush it with oil. Place the cake pan on a burner on medium-low heat. Once the pans are heated, pour a thin layer of batter into the fish molds. Remember that, don’t overfill the pans; otherwise, the cake will pop out of the mold, and its fish shape will get distorted. Let it cook for a few seconds. Add 1 tbsp. of Anko paste or the filling of your own choice in the center of the fish. Now add more batter over the filling until it gets covered well. Now close the lid of the Taiyaki mold pan. Cook the batter for 2 – 3 minutes from one side. After 2 – 3 minutes, flip the pan and heat the other side for 1 – 2 minutes until both sides of the cake get a beautiful golden color. Remember that your pan may have different-sized fish molds, and your cooking time may vary a bit. Dish them out on a baking rack or plate and let the cakes cool. Now serve the cakes to your loved ones and enjoy How to Reheat Taiyaki? There are 3 methods to reheat Taiyaki: Toasting Frying Heating in Microwave Toasting Taiyaki The best way to reheat Taiyaki is to toast them in a toaster. Toasted Taiyaki will be crispy and yummy. Taiyaki cakes mostly fit in the toaster, but if they don’t, then you go for any of the other two reheating options. Frying Taiyaki You can reheat Taiyaki by frying them in the pan. For this purpose, heat the pan and fry them in the pan without using oil. This way, you will get a crispy taiyaki exterior. Heating Taiyaki in Microwave You can reheat the Taiyaki cakes in the microwave for 20 seconds, but this reheating method has a drawback that your Taiyaki cakes won’t be crispy anymore. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSm3RdP3RQg
Yakisoba is a classic Japanese street food made with chewy noodles stir-fried with thin slices of pork and fresh vegetables in a tangy sauce. Enjoy authentic yakisoba at home with this 15 minute recipe!
Chawanmushi is a classic Japanese savory custard that is steamed in a delicate cup. Here, we season the smooth and silky egg custard with dashi stock and add tender chicken pieces, kamaboko fish cake, and mushrooms. Make this famous appetizer for your guests to experience authentic Japanese home cooking. {Vegetarian adaptable}
Pork dishes are quite popular in Japan compared to Western countries, and it is one of the top two meats consumed, along with chicken. Pork is widely used in Chinese-inspired (Chuka) and Western-inspired (Yoshoku) Japanese cuisine, and has always been loved by many. In this roundup, I will introduce 20 Japanese pork dishes that I highly recommend!
With thick slices of rich pork enrobed in a caramelized sweet and savory sauce over a bed of rice, Tokachi-style Butadon is a mouthwatering Japanese pork bowl that can be made at home with this easy to follow recipe.
Teriyaki atsuage is a sweet and savory dish that's easy to make in under 10 minutes. If you are looking for a healthy dinner, give it a try!
Japanese Egg Drop Soup, or Kakitamajiru, is a delicious and homey soup that will warm you right up! Made with dashi broth and fluffy egg ribbons, it is everything you crave in a bowl of soup: delicate, flavorful, and restorative. Ready in 15 minutes!
Glazed with a delicious soy-butter sauce, this Butter Shoyu Chicken will win your family‘s heart! It is a simple recipe that produces a luxurious result. The chicken is exceptionally moist and tender and so flavorful. It‘s ready in just 25 minutes.
Japanese Cream Stew or White Stew is flavorful and creamy yet surprisingly light. This classic yoshoku or Western-style cuisine dish is packed with tender chicken, carrots, potatoes, mushrooms, and broccoli. While it‘s easy to make from scratch, you can use instant cream stew mix for a convenient shortcut. Serve it with steamed rice or crusty bread for a comforting lunch or dinner.
Tsukune are grilled Japanese chicken meatball skewers glazed in a delicious sweet-savory sauce. Typically served at yakitori and izakaya restaurants, these juicy and irresistible meatballs are easy to make at home with your oven broiler or grill. It’s hard to eat just one!
From creamy salmon potato gratin to kabocha gratin to curry doria, these Japanese casseroles are the coziest recipes you'll need!
Popular Japanese food is characterized by several traditional Japanese dinner dishes that are often enjoyed on a daily basis and during some of the special holidays in Japanese culture. As an individual who loves to
Chicken tsukune is a delicious and flavorful type of Japanese meatball often served at izakayas, yakitori stands, at home, and in bento boxes. My homemade tsukune recipe is made with chicken thigh mixed with grated onion, shiso leaves, miso paste, and ginger. They are then shaped, fried, and coated in a delicious sticky glaze!