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  • Asari Miso Soup
  • Miso butter glazed salmon steamed on a bed of sweet vegetables.
    Miso Butter Salmon (Chan Chan Yaki)
  • This delicious plant-based Okonomiyaki is loaded with cabbage, scallions and shiitake mushrooms.
    Vegan Okonomiyaki
  • A good dashi is the key to good miso soup, and this easy dashi recipe uses just 2 ingredients and comes together in minutes.
    How to Make Dashi
  • These blue mashed potatoes use a delicious natural coloring you can get anywhere. Perfect for July 4th.
    Blue Mashed Potatoes
  • Kinpira Gobo is an easy Japanese side dish made by stir-frying shredded root vegetables with a sweet and savory sauce.
    Japanese Kinpira Gobo Recipe (Video)
  • This Takikomi Gohan, also known as Gomoku Gohan, is an easy vegan rice entre loaded with mushrooms and root veggies.
    Takikomi Gohan
  • Vegan Japanese Curry Rice recipe from scratch.
    Vegan Japanese Curry
  • Chinese chives and eggs on a brown plate and beige napkin with a wooden spoon and glass full of shochu on the rocks.
    Niratama (ニラ玉)
  • Triple Corn Cornbread
  • Glistening Japanese short-grain rice in a blue flower bowl.
    How to Cook Japanese Short-Grain Rice
  • Based in Buddhist monk cuisine, Kenchinjiru is a vegan Japanese soup that's loaded with veggies and tofu in a savory shiitake mushroom stock.
    Kenchinjiru (Vegan Japanese Soup)
  • Sticky Toffee Bread Pudding
  • These quick pickled carrots and daikon are a traditional part of a traditional Japanese New Year's meal, but they make for a great side salad or condiment for your favorite sandwich.
    Pickled Carrots and Daikon (Kohaku Namasu)
  • Takenoko Gohan (Bamboo Rice)
  • Temaki sushi is an easy hand-rolled sushi that you can fill with your favorite ingredients. Perfect for parties.
    Temaki Sushi Hand Rolls
  • How to make Chirashi Sushi with tuna, shrimp, egg, carrots and snap peas.
    Seafood Chirashi Sushi (海鮮ちらし寿司)
  • Kanpaccio (Kanpachi Carpaccio) is a delightfully simple appetizer with paperthin slices of Kanpachi (Greater Amberjack) seasoned with olive oil, cheese and lime zest.
    Kanpachi Carpaccio (Kanpaccio)
  • Soft, springy grilled rice dumplings glazed with a sweet and savory sauce. These traditional Japanese Mitarashi Dango make for a delicious snack.
    Mitarashi Dango (Sweet Soy Glazed Rice Dumplings)
  • Kimchi Risotto
  • Juicy sweet tomatoes stir-fried with creamy scrambled eggs over a bowl of rice.
    Chinese Tomato & Egg Stir-Fry
  • Masoor Dal
  • Simple Japanese shrimp spaghetti with nori cream sauce and watercress.
    Japanese Shrimp Pasta
  • This super creamy Champ, loaded with sweet tender scallions would make for a great side with anything, but I've added some nutty gorgonzola which takes these mashed potatoes to another level.
    Champ
  • With blanched spinach tossed with a nutty Japanese sesame sauce, this easy side dish comes together from just 4 ingredients.
    Spinach Goma Ae
  • Ebi Fry is a Japanese fried shrimp that's coated in a ultra-crisp layer of panko breakcrumbs.
    Ebi Fry (Japanese Fried Shrimp)
  • Yuzu Posset
  • Noone will ever guess these decadent chewy chocolate chunk cookies are plant-based. Best of all, this vegan chocolate cookie recipe comes together in minutes.
    Vegan Chocolate Cookies
  • Delicious hot Spinach Dip that's plant-based.
    Vegan Spinach Dip
  • Closeup of a plate of homemade California rolls filled with crab, avocado and cucumber wrapped in tangy sushi rice and nori.
    California Roll
  • Dipping coconut fried shrimp in a orange chili sauce.
    Crispy Coconut Shrimp
  • Shabu Shabu Salad with nutty Japanese sesame dressing is a quick yet satisfying meal for a hot summer day.
    Japanese Sesame Sauce (Goma Dare)
  • This vegan plant-based pho is so simple and yet the umami-packed mushroom broth is loaded with all the trademark flavors of traditional pho.This vegan plant-based pho is so simple and yet the umami-packed mushroom broth is loaded with all the trademark flavors of traditional pho.
    Vegan Pho
  • Close-up shot of a wooden bowl filled with homemade kinako powder, its golden hue hinting at its rich, nutty flavor. With kinako doughnuts and kinako butter in the background.
    Kinako (Roasted Soybean Powder)
  • Soupe de Poissons à la Sétoise
  • Creamy uni pasta with spaghetti, garnished with fresh uni and green shiso.
    Uni Pasta (Japanese Sea Urchin Spaghetti)
  • Perfect Sunny Side Up Eggs
  • A silky dome of vanilla-specked vegan panna cotta draped with glossy black sugar syrup, artfully served on a slate plate.
    Vegan Panna Cotta
  • These sweet black soybeans or kuromame are piano black and melt-in-your-mouth tender.
    Kuromame (Japanese Black Soybeans)
  • Datemaki is a delicious Japanese rolled omelet traditionally eaten for New Year as part of Osechi Ryori. This easy Datemaki recipe comes together from just a handful of ingredients.
    Datemaki
  • Matsutake gohan ready to serve.
    Matsutake Gohan (Pine Mushroom Rice)
  • Close-up of matsutake risotto with a seared mushroom cap slices and microgreens, warm fall backdrop.
    Matsutake Mushroom Risotto

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