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Top 5 dishes made from Sesame Oil *OR Oil of your choice
1 . Beef & Soba Noodles
Beef & Soba Noodles
I occasionally crave colds Soba Noodles that I would eat with ‘Mentsuyu’, a Japanese noodle dipping sauce. My favourite go-to dish to enjoy with the cold Soba Noodles is Prawn, Onion & Carrot ‘Kakiage’ Tempura, but I reluctant to cook it just for my meal. This dish is quick and easy. Using already thinly sliced Beef, it takes 5 minutes to cook.
Ingredient
1/2 teaspoon
Sesame Oil *OR Oil of your choice
1/2 tablespoon
Soy Sauce
1/2 tablespoon
Mirin
1/2 teaspoon
Sugar
Cooking instructions
* Step 1
If you make ‘Mentsuyu’ (Noodle Dipping Sauce) just for this dish, try my Quick & Easy ‘Mentsuyu’. Combine the following ingredients in a heat-proof bowl and microwave until it boils, then cool.
• 50ml Water
• 1/8 teaspoon Dashi Powder *’Katsuo’ (Bonito) type
• 3 teaspoons (15ml) Soy Sauce
• 2 teaspoons (10ml) Mirin
* Step 2
Combine all the Sauce ingredients in a small bowl. Heat Oil in a small frying pan over medium high heat, cook thinly sliced Beef, add the Sauce, and cook until the sauce thickens.
* Step 3
Cook Soba Noodles according to the instruction. I cooked Dry Soba Noodles in boiling water for 4 minutes. *Note: DO NOT add Salt to the water.
* Step 4
Drain Soba Noodles, rinse under cold water, then drain well.
* Step 5
Place the Soba Noodles in a serving bowl, pour some ‘Mentsuyu’ sauce, cover with Beef, add Egg and Spring Onion, and enjoy. *Note: I added some Crispy Chilli Oil.
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2 . Spicy Nattō Fried Rice
Spicy Nattō Fried Rice
Nattō, fermented Soy Beans, is a very nutritious and healthy food, but many people hate it because of its smell. I have shared many Nattō recipes on this website. Here is another one you can try. It’s a Spicy Fried Rice cooked with Toban Djan (Chilli Bean Sauce). As Toban Djan is quite salty, DO NOT add too much Soy Sauce. 1 teaspoon is maximum.
Ingredient
1-2 teaspoons
Sesame Oil *OR Oil of your choice
1/2-1 teaspoon
Toban Djan (Chilli Bean Sauce) *OR other Chilli Sauce
1 teaspoon
Soy Sauce
1 container
Nattō
Cooking instructions
* Step 1
Cut Pork (OR other meat) into small bite-size pieces. Chop up Garlic and Spring Onion. Mix Nattō with sauce and mustard that should be included in the container. Prepare everything before you start cooking.
* Step 2
Heat Oil in a frying pan over medium high heat and cook Pork and Garlic. When Pork is cooked, very lightly season with Salt & White Pepper, then add Cooked Rice, Spring Onion, Toban Djan and Soy Sauce, and stir to combine.
* Step 3
Add Nattō, stir to combine, and it is done. Enjoy with a refreshing salad. Today I added Lettuce & Cucumber Salad.
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3 . Spring Onion Pancake
Spring Onion Pancake
My savoury pancakes made with Plain Flour and Potato Starch are different from the typical pancakes. They have rubbery texture like Mochi. Some people who use my recipes think batter is too thick and they add more water. That will ruin the texture. The batter should be thick, and it binds the ingredients like a glue. You can add as much as ingredients if you can combine them with the thick batter.
Ingredient
1/2 tablespoon
Sesame Oil *OR Oil of your choice
1/4 cup
Plain Flour
1/4 cup
Potato Starch
1/4 teaspoon
Salt
1/2 teaspoon
Asian Chicken Bouillon Powder
1
Egg
2 tablespoons
Water *plus extra if required
1 tablespoon
Soy Sauce
1/2 tablespoon
Sugar
1/2 tablespoon
Rice Vinegar
Cooking instructions
* Step 1
Mix the Batter ingredients in a mixing bowl. Alter the amount of Water to make thick Batter. Add thinly sliced Spring Onion and mix to combine.
* Step 2
Heat Oil in a frying pan over medium heat, form a large pancake OR 2 to 4 smaller pancakes, and cook until both sides are nicely browned and crispy.
* Step 3
Cut into smaller pieces if large, and enjoy with Dipping Sauce. *Note: Dipping Sauce can be made by mixing all ingredients.
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4 . Sweet Miso Sardine Rice Bowl
Sweet Miso Sardine Rice Bowl
My Sardine rice bowl recipes, such as ‘Garlic Sardines Rice Bowl’, seem to be very popular. I am happy to know many people somewhere in the world are cooking them. This is another easy rice bowl that I often cook with canned Sardines. I recommend to use a lighter coloured Miso for this dish.
Ingredient
1 can (110 g)
Sardines in Springwater *drained
1 teaspoon
Sesame Oil *OR Oil of your choice
1 tablespoon
Miso *White Miso recommended
1 tablespoon
Sake (Rice Wine) *OR Mirin for sweeter flavour
1 teaspoon
Grated Ginger
Cooking instructions
* Step 1
Make Miso Sauce by mixing all ingredients in a small bowl.
* Step 2
Place drained Sardines, Spring Onion and Sesame Oil in a small frying pan, heat over medium heat, and cook for a minute.
* Step 3
Add the Sauce and simmer over a low heat for a minute, and let all combined well.
* Step 4
Half fill a bowl with warm Cooked Rice and cover it with the Sardine mixture. Sprinkle with some Shichimi (Japanese Chilli Spice Mix) OR Ground Chilli, and enjoy.
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5 . Parsley Pancake
Parsley Pancake
My Parsley in a plant pot has grown so well. Each leaf is very large and thick, and I have been trying to use the Parsley for cooking. Today I made this simple pancake. The batter is Tempura batter that I use for other vegetable pancakes. I am so glad that I tried. It was delicious. I cooked it with Sesame Oil, but you may wish to use other Oil such as Olive Oil, and enjoy it with your favourite sauce.
Ingredient
1/4 cup
Plain Flour
1/4 teaspoon
Salt
1
Egg
2 tablespoons
Water *plus extra if required
1 tablespoon
Soy Sauce
Cooking instructions
* Step 1
Mix the Batter ingredients in a mixing bowl. Alter the amount of Water to make thick Batter.
* Step 2
Add Parsley and Onion to the batter, and mix well to combine. Silicon spatula is easy to use as you can scrape the chopped Parsley.
* Step 3
Heat Sesame Oil (OR Oil of your choice) in a frying pan over medium low heat, form a large thin pancake OR 2 to 4 smaller pancakes, and cook until both sides are nicely browned and crispy.
* Step 4
Cut into smaller pieces if large, and serve with your favourite sauce. Today I mixed Soy Sauce and Vinegar, and added some Crispy Chilli Oil.
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