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  • Grilled hanger steak marinated with ginger and garlic and glazed with a simple 3 ingredient teriyaki sauce.
    Teriyaki Steak
  • Buta Kimuchi (Pork & Kimchi Stir-fry)
  • Intensely flavorful and only mildly spicy this Japanese-style ground meat dry curry is topped with a golden yolk.
    Keema Curry (Japanese Dry Curry)
  • With contrasting tastes, textures, and colors, Okinawa Taco Rice is an easy delicious 1-plate meal that comes together in minutes.
    Taco Rice (タコライス)
  • Although it comes together in about 30 minutes, this quick Japanese curry from scratch tastes like it took hours to make.
    Japanese Ground Beef Curry
  • Grilled Chicken with Honey Mustard Dressing
  • Filipino garlic fried rice topped with extra crisp garlic and scallions.
    Filipino Garlic Rice (Sinangag)
  • Penne all'Arrabbiata
  • Bánh Mì Thịt Xá Xíu
  • Hanetsuki Gyoza with crispy wings of batter radiating out from the juicy dumplings.
    Crispy Hanetsuki Gyoza
  • The ultimate guide to making Japanese Rice Balls, or onigiri, and shaping them into perfect triangles without a mold.
    How to Make Onigiri
  • A glossy mirrorlike shine is the hallmark of any great Japanese chicken teriyaki, and this one comes together from just 4 simple ingredients.
    Teriyaki Chicken Recipe (Authentic Japanese )
  • Easy shrimp rice bowl with plump juicy shrimp glazed with a decadent garlic butter-soy sauce on a bed of rice.
    Shrimp Rice Bowl
  • Braised Chicken Tacos
  • Crisp Chicken Karaage with green beans and a wedge of lemon.
    Chicken Karaage (Japanese Fried Chicken)
  • Cross section of Dashimaki Tamago, a traditional Japanese rolled omelette glistening with savory dashi stock.
    Dashimaki Tamago
  • Creamy sweet cubes of kabocha squash simmered with atsuage tofu and dashi garnished with mitsuba.
    Japanese Simmered Kabocha
  • With slippery, garlicky Japanese dumplings in a comforting dashi broth with mushrooms and veggies, this gyoza soup is the perfect way to warm up on a chilly day.
    Easy Gyoza Soup
  • Katsu curry or cutlet curry is a classic Japanese comfort food made with a crispy pork cutlet sauced with rich Japanese curry sauce.
    Katsu Curry (カツカレー)
  • In Chaliapin Steak, onions are used to tenderize beef before it's grilled and topped with onions sauteed with red wine.
    Chaliapin Steak Don
  • This crispy Japanese potato croquette is filled with a velvety potato filling studded with sweet caramelized onions and hand-minced pork.
    Korokke (Japanese Potato Croquettes)
  • 3 easy culinary tricks make this the juiciest Japanese hamburger steak.
    Hamburg Steak (Hambāgu)
  • Katsudon (Pork Cutlet Rice Bowl)
  • With spaghetti and spicy cod roe in a creamy sauce, this Mentaiko Pasta is a classic Japanese-Italian mashup that's as easy to make as it is delicous.
    Creamy Mentaiko Pasta
  • This protein packed Japanese egg salad sandwich recipe has a triple dose of eggs, packed with medium boiled eggs, egg salad, and mayonnaise.
    Tamago Sando (Japanese Egg Sandwich)
  • With a crisp, juicy slab of Japanese fried chicken stuffed into a butter roll slathered in yuzu mayonnaise, Chick-fil-A and Popeye's ain't got nothing on this Japanese Chicken Sandwich.
    Japanese Chicken Sandwich
  • Marbled A5 grade wagyu beef is the key to the texture of this sandwich. Crisp on the outside, and melt-in-your-mouth tender on the inside, this Wagyu Katsu Sandwich is a decadent splurge that ou can make at home.
    Wagyu Katsu Sandwich
  • If you have butter, soy sauce, and spaghetti in your pantry, you can make this mouthwatering Japanese pasta.
    Butter Shoyu Pasta
  • With a thick juicy chicken cutlet simmered in savory-sweet broth, Chicken Katsudon is a staple of Japanese home cooking.
    Chicken Katsudon
  • Japanese potato salad with boil eggs, ham, cucumbers, carrots, and onions.
    Potato and Egg Salad
  • The main ingredient may surprise you, but Spaghetti Napolitan is an easy Japanese-style pasta that comes together from just a handful of pantry staples.
    Spaghetti Napolitan
  • Shiromiso Tonjiru (Pork and White Miso Soup)
  • This Japanese beef bowl is loaded with tender beef, sweet scallions and creamy egg cooked in a sweet and savory broth.
    Tanindon (Beef & Egg Bowl)
  • Tokachi Butadon is an easy grilled Japanese pork bowl serve on a bed of rice.
    Japanese Pork Bowl (Butadon)
  • The predecessor to Gyudon, Gyunabe is a historical Japanese dish that shows up in a bento box in Demon Slayer.
    Rengoku's Demon Slayer Bento
  • Japanese beef bowl recipe or gyudon with thinly sliced beef simmered with onions in a savory broth, topped with sesame seeds, scallions and red pickled ginger over a bowl of rice.
    Yoshinoya Beef Bowl
  • A stack of tempura chicken tenders that are flavorful and juicy on the inside with a light and crispy tempura batter coating on the outside.
    Chicken Tempura (Toriten)
  • Chicken teriyaki bento box.
    Chicken Teriyaki Bento
  • A stunning close-up of gyudon captures tender slices of perfectly cooked wagyu beef glistening with a rich, savory sauce. The vibrant orange egg yolk rests at the center.
    Best Gyudon (Japanese Beef Bowl)
  • Juicy chicken breast teriyaki glazed with honey teriyaki sauce.
    Honey Teriyaki Chicken
  • The soft creamy yolk of a hot spring egg is like cold honey.
    Onsen Tamago (Hot Spring Egg)
  • Chicken and egg rice bowl.
    Soboro Don (Chicken Rice Bowl)

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