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Blue-patterned bowl of rice with green onions, sesame seeds, and vegetables, set on a dark surface. Another dish seen partially in the background. Kashiwa meshi in Japanese.

Takikomi Gohan with Chicken - Kashiwa Meshi

Japanese rice dish Takikomi Gohan with Chicken is called Kashiwa meshi originally from Kyushu in Japan.

Japanese Chicken dishes

Japanese Onion Soup

This is my twist on French Onion Soup and Japanese miso soup.

Japanese Fusion dishes

Jacket potato with sliced sausage in brown curry sauce, topped with grated cheese and onions on a white plate, napkin and cutlery beside.

Jacket Potato with Japanese Curry

Jacket Potato with Japanese Curry is a great dish for an autumn or winter's day when you need something a bit soulful and warming.

Japanese Fusion dishes

Two shrimp tempura Musubi rice balls on a decorative plate with floral patterns, set against a dark background. The rolls are wrapped in seaweed.

Prawn Tempura Musubi Rice Balls - Onigiri

This recipe combines two of Japan's most famous foods - the humble musubi rice ball - Onigiri and prawn tempura.

Japanese light meals

Rice balls - Onigiri wrapped in seaweed resembling mummies on a plate, set on an orange spiderweb-patterned background. Spooky Halloween theme.

Halloween Mummy Rice Balls - Onigiri

Halloween Mummy rice balls, or Onigiri as the Japanese call them.

Japanese light meals

A plate of Japanese creamy chicken stew with broccoli, potatoes, carrots, and mushrooms on a white plate, silver spoon, and red napkin.

Japanese Cream Stew

Japanese Cream Stew is easy to make - no need to make a separate bechamel sauce - and it's quite quick.

Japanese Winter Dishes

A white bowl of egg drop soup with spring onions, enoki and tomatoes on a dark plate. Green chopsticks lie beside it on a textured surface.

Miso Soup with Egg Tomato and Enoki

This is quite a modern recipe in Japan - I came across it on my last trip back home earlier this year.

Japanese Soups and Stocks

Fried chicken with green onion garnish, mixed greens, and cherry tomatoes on a blue patterned plate, set on a blue placemat.

Fried Chicken with Spring Onion and Lemon

Chicken breasts are a great high protein, low fat option for your diet.

Japanese Chicken dishes

Beetroot and Daikon Salad

This Beetroot and Daikon Salad recipe features three vegetables, beetroot, daikon and green beans.

Japanese salads

Onigiri with peas, egg and peas on a white plate with blue designs. A blue teapot in the background on a dark surface.

Onigiri with Bacon Egg and Peas

Japanee savoury rice balls, locally known as onigiri or o-musubi could lay claim to the title of the world's oldest convenience food.

Japanese light meals

Plate of golden-brown gyoza dumplings with cilantro on a blue floral dish. Beside it, a small white bowl of orange dipping sauce.

Shallow fried Chicken Gyoza

Gyoza are also very popular in Japan although it might surprise you to learn that in Japan.

Japanese Chicken dishes

Fried chicken, Karaage on arugula with cherry tomatoes and lemon wedges on a plate. The background is dark, highlighting the dish's golden color.

Japanese Fried Chicken AKA Tori no Karaage

Japanese Fried Chicken (the Japanese call it Tori no Karaage) must be one of Japan's most well known foods.

Japanese Chicken dishes

Shredded carrot salad with raisins, walnuts, and chives on a clear plate. Yellow rose in the blue checkered background.

Carrot and Celery Salad with Orange Rice Vinegar dressing

This salad features some everyday fruits and vegetables - carrot, celery, raisins and some walnuts. The dressing combines freshly squeezed orange juice and rice vinegar along with some extra virgin olive oil.

Japanese salads

A Japanese style chicken risotto in a red Stahl branded cast iron casserol on a bamboo cutting board.

Japanese Chicken Risotto

My Japanese Chicken Risotto is based on a Venetian risotto dish called Risotto alla Sbirraglia (I think the dish translates into English as the Risotto of the Guards of the Serene Republic, which is, I think you will agree, a bit of a mouthful - best left in the original Italian perhaps!) Anyway, if you know your Venetian risottos, you'll know that they are characterised by being quite runny and very smooth and rich and my Japanese take is no exception.

Japanese Fusion dishes