Yakisoba (焼きそば) is a popular Japanese stir fried noodle dish similar to chow mein. The noodles are much thinner than the Chinese version and it’s seasoned with Worcestershire-like sauce instead of soy sauce. Recently, a college friend in Japan shared a picture of her bento on Facebook and I was really intrigued because it was Yakisoba seasoned with shio koji. I knew this would be fun and tasty to try!...
If you enjoy this recipe, I hope you’ll leave a comment with some STARS. Also, please share it on social media. Don’t forget to tag us at #ChiliPepperMadness. I’ll be sure to share! Thanks! – Mike H. Plus, it’s also a great way to use up some of those peppers from your crazy garden, right? My garden is exploding with peppers right now - it’s just that time of year, so I’m using up some of my sweet and spicy peppers to make up a few batches of chutney to add some zing to my dishes....
Got any questions? Ask away! I’m happy to help. If you enjoy this recipe, I hope you’ll leave a comment with some STARS. Also, please share it on social media. Don’t forget to tag us at #ChiliPepperMadness. I’ll be sure to share! Thanks! — Mike H. Yes, this is the stuff I crave. Like this particular addition to the Chili Pepper Madness Breakfast Recipes Collection - The Spicy Pepper Lovers Omelet....
Tarako (鱈子・たらこ) is a whole fish egg (roe) sack of Alaskan/walleye pollack (a member of the cod family) cured with salt. It’s a Japanese dish that’s a specialty from Fukuoka prefecture. What Is Tarako Tarako is a seafood product consisting of salted cod roe. The Japanese word “tarako” consists of tara (鱈) cod and ko (子) child/ren, hence its translation “children of cod.” Beige-pink in color, it’s a popular accompaniment to rice, tossed in a dashi-cream sauce for tarako pasta, or stuffed in onigiri....
What are some of your tried and tested favorite foods to serve at a party? My go-to dish is these Japanese Salted Chicken Wings, or in Japanese, we call them Teba Shio (手羽塩). Popular finger food you can find at Izakaya (Japanese tapas restaurants), these oven-broiled wings taste just like they are grilled outside! With seriously crispy skin and umami, teba shio are the best thing I regularly pull out for gatherings....
Sausage and Rice Got 20 minutes? Then I have for you the most crave-worthy weeknight meal that belongs in your busy night back pocket. It is your answer to all your “what’s for dinner” woes when you don’t feel like cooking but still want something so SO DELISH, you are going to be craving it, making it, loving it on weekends too. And your family will be loving you for it!...
Thai Yellow Curry Recipe HAPPY NEW YEAR! To help you welcome the New Year, I bring you one of my favorite recipes, Thai Yellow Curry Chicken with Potatoes, Cauliflower and Peas! This curry chicken is huge flavor, minimal impact, and a whole lot of YUM! It only seems appropriate that we start 2018 with a Thai yellow curry recipe as two of my top 5 Most Popular Recipes of 2017 were Thai inspired – my Thai Red Curry Coconut Chicken and Vegetables (remember when I begged you to make that one?...
That’s it, my friends. I hope you enjoy this amazing Tom Yum Soup recipe. Let me know if you make it. I’d love to hear how it turned out for you. Keep it spicy! It is called Tom Yum Soup, and it is the perfect blend of flavors to please the spicy food lover’s palate. Authentic Tom Yum Soup is a well known hot and sour soup from Thailand made with lots of spices and herbs, and plenty of spicy chili peppers....
Pickling may come across as a tedious undertaking for beginners, but you’ll be surprised how easy it is once you give it a try. In the world of Japanese pickles, you can start out by experimenting with one of the simplest pickling methods called shoyuzuke (醤油漬け). Shoyuzuke refers to soy sauce (shoyu) pickling (zuke). It is a very basic form of pickles in Japanese cuisine known collectively as tsukemono (漬物)....
The standard dashi, or Japanese soup stock, includes katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes) or iriko/niboshi (anchovy). Therefore, you may have heard that “dashi is not vegan/vegetarian-friendly.” Well, that’s not entirely true, and we do use plant-based kombu dashi or shiitake dashi for many recipes. Today, I want to share this umami-rich Vegan Dashi (精進だし) made with both dried shiitake mushrooms and kombu. What is Vegan Dashi? Called Shojin Dashi (精進だし, 精進出汁), this plant-based Japanese soup stock is made with umami-rich kombu (edible dried kelp) and dried shiitake mushrooms....
Cooking up healthy meals to keep my family nourished has always been a priority of mine. It is more important than ever to help you eat well and feed your family well. Today I have this delicious, quick-to-make, nutritious and mood-boosting Vegan Poke Bowl recipe for you. Why You’ll Love This Vegan Poke Bowl I like to think of poke bowls as a brilliant adaptation of sushi and rice bowl in one....
Every time I get a regular vegetable which is used for everyday recipes, I get into a conflict with myself. What goes on in my mind is, “Should I make the same dish with this vegetable that I have been making all these years or should I try to cook it differently.” If you simply google the name of the veggie you have at hand, you will see pages and pages of recipes that are so diverse from one another which should make you wonder - why cook it the same way when I can cook it differently to give my palate a new taste!...
Boom! Done! Your XO Sauce is ready to serve. This is such a delicious and decadent condiment. How are you going to use yours? One such relatively newer creation is the wonderful XO sauce. This sauce is an amazingly unique mixture of flavors of the sea. In the past, before technology of modern cooling units or refrigerators, chefs had to come up with ways to preserve the meats that had been caught in excess....
Growing up in Japan, yakisoba (Japanese stir-fried noodles) was a staple of our weekend lunches. My mom and I would prepare the ingredients, and everyone gathered around the electric griddle and cooked the noodles together. There were so many memories surrounding the dish that I always associate yakisoba with weekend lunches. You can easily make yakisoba at home, customizing it with ingredients like chicken, shrimp, calamari, to make it your style....
Do you enjoy cooking with superhot chili peppers? Check out our cookbook, “1 Million Plus! Cooking with the World’s Hottest Chili Peppers”. Weird, I know. What’s a guy to do when he has no adult supervision? He makes the hottest dang chicken wings he’s ever made and nearly destroys himself. HOT! HOT! We grew Carolina Reaper chili peppers last year and I dehydrated the majority of them. I enjoy grinding them down into powders for rubs and seasoning mixes....
Crepes are one of my favorite things to enjoy for brunch, but I used to think they were hard to make. They seem so fancy, but it turns out they are easier to make than you think. Since my kids also love them, I was determined to find the best crepe recipe and finally created the perfect one after many trials. Today, I’m going to share all the tips and techniques with you....
Scoville Heat Units: 500 SHU The Panca chili (or Ají Panca as it’s known in South America), is a deep red to burgundy pepper, measuring 3-5 inches. It is the second most common pepper in Peru, and is grown near the coast. Similar in shape to the Ají Amarillo. Aji Panca Pepper Flavor Profile The Aji Panca pepper has a sweet, berry-like flavor, with subtle smokiness and a hint of heat....
Hokkaido is the largest prefecture in Japan, covering 32,221 sq mi (83,454 km²), which is twice as large as the entire Kyushu island! The northern island is characterized by expansive mountains, farms, and vast open plains that stretch as far as the eye can see. While the central and western areas, such as Sapporo, Otaru, and Hakodate, are popular tourist destinations, the eastern areas are often left untouched, boasting scenery that is equally, if not more, beautiful and breathtaking than that of the rest of Hokkaido....
After Midnight Diner, we’ve been hungry for a Japanese TV show that will again transport us back to Japan so we could be immersed in the culture and food. Imagine our excitement when we found out that Netflix brings us The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko, a nine-episode series portraying the inner world of aspiring geisha (geiko). While the subject matter is about the culture of maiko (apprentice geisha) in modern-day Japan, food is at the heart of this sweet, coming-of-age drama....
PIN THIS RECIPE TO SAVE FOR LATER The best BBQ Bacon Burger for your next cookout! Who doesn’t love a good burger? From my Hawaiian, Burgers, Asian Burgers, Best Burgers, and Korean Burgers, we love us some burgers over here. And with warm weather upon us, there’s nothing quite like sinking your teeth into a buttery burger in the great outdoors -especially when that burger is a gourmet BBQ Burger. BBQ Burgers have to be my most ordered burger....
