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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

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

Plate with roasted chicken wrapped in bacon, lemon slices, potatoes, red cabbage, and Brussels sprouts on a festive table setting.

An Easy Christmas lunch for Two

Christmas lunch is a great British institution - roast turkey with all the trimmings - roast potatoes, brussel sprouts, stuffing, gravy.

Celebration and Party dishes

Glazed chicken on mixed greens in a white bowl, set against a dark background. The dish has vibrant greens and glossy teriyaki sauce.

Easy Chicken Teriyaki

This Easy Chicken Teriyaki tells you how to make homemade Teriyaki sauce as well as cook chicken.

Japanese Chicken dishes

Japanese Curry soup

What goes into a Japanese Curry soup?

Japanese Curry dishes

Crispy fried chicken topped with scallions on a bed of lettuce, served on a blue and white patterned plate.

Yurinchi.. Chinese Sweet and Sour Fried Chicken

Yurinchi / Chinese Sweet and Sour Fried Chicken is usually made using chicken thighs with the skin on.

Chinese Style dishes

Tukune, Chicken meatballs glazed with sauce, garnished with green onions, skewered on metal sticks, served on a floral plate against a dark background.

Tsukune Japanese meatballs

Tsukune Japanese meatballs Take a look at the menu in any Japanese yakitori restaurant and you will be bound to see "Tsukune" on sale....

Japanese Chicken dishes

Chicken katsudon deep fried in panko breadcrumbs drizzled with Bulldog brown sauce and sprinkled with white toasted sesame seeds garnished with lemon wedges and served on a bed of lettuce in a katsudon bowl by Yamamoto Kansai by kurumicooks Japanese Asian and Fusion cooking for your kitchen

Chicken sauce Katsudon

"Sauce Katsudon" which means that your katsu will be delivered in a bowl perched on a blanket of shredded cabbage laid over a thick bed of rice.

Katsu dishes

Oyakodon

Here is a classic Japanese dish called Oyakodon that you'll find in homes and restaurants throughout the country.

Japanese Egg dishes

Japanese yakitori grilled chicken with leeks in a soy based homemade yakitori sauce presented on a handmade glazed plate by kurumicooks delicious easy to make healthy Japanese, Asian and Fusion cooking for your kitchen

Classic Yakitori

How to make Yakitori at home.

Japanese Chicken dishes

Oven baked Japanese chicken karaage nuggets served with asparagus and lemon by kurumicooks tasty easy healthy Japanese food and cooking for your kitchen

Oven baked Karaage Chicken Nuggets

Japanese Chicken Nuggets is called Karaage in Japanese. This is an oven method to cook Karaage.

Japanese Chicken dishes

Lettuce wraps filled with chicken, red peppers, and sprouts on a white plate. Side bowl with extra filling. Fresh and colorful.

Asian style Chicken Lettuce wraps

Here's a recipe for those days when you want something nutricious but not too filling.

Japanese Chicken dishes

simmered nimono dish with chicken and daikon mouli white radish and soy sauce sake mirin topped with chives by kurumicooks Japanese Asian and Fusion cooking for your kitchen

Simmered Chicken and Daikon

Simmered Chicken and Daikon Now that autumn is here, it's time to start making some dishes for cooler darker, evenings - something warming and nutricious. This week, I'm featuring simmered chicken and daikon (white radish/mouli.) As you may know, most kitchens in Japan lack an oven but gas or electric hobs are ubiquitous. So, cooking food in a pan, either by frying, deep frying or, in this case, simmering (known as "Nimono" in Japanese) are the standard techniques for prep

Japanese Chicken dishes

Stir-fried chicken with bell peppers, onions, and snap peas over white rice on a plate. Vibrant colors and appetizing presentation. chicken chukadon.

Chinese style Chicken Chukadon

Chinese inspired dishes are normally labelled "chuka" which means "chinese-style" and this recipe is one such dish - Chinese style chicken donburi.

Chinese Style dishes

White rice and curry with vegetables and chicken in a white square bowl on a black surface. The chicken and coconut curry is brown with green and red accents.

Japan meets Goa on a plate - Chicken and Coconut Curry

Easy recipe for coconut flavoured chicken curry.

Japanese Curry dishes

Chicken Nanbanzuke

Chicken Nanbanzuke Here's a recipe from my good friend Yumiko Nikaido who lives in Tokyo. The dish is called chicken nanbanzuke . The word "nanbanzuke" translates roughly as "southern style taste." The nanbanzuke method of cooking originated on the southermost of Japan's main islands, Kyushu, where it was learned from Portugese traders several centuries ago. In Portugal, the method is known as escabeche and consists of a vinegar marinade usually combined with olive oil a

Japanese Chicken dishes