Japanese

Chicken miso soup

Think of miso soup as a canvas. When you want it chunky, add meat and vegetables. That's the idea behind this delicious chicken miso soup. Filling but still light enough for warm days.

Cook time: 20

Servings: 4 people

Age (pronounced ah-geh) means deep fried. Dashi, of course, is the stock made from bonito flakes and kelp. This is a dish of fried tofu served with a sauce made with dashi, soy sauce, rice wine and ginger. Hence, agedashi tofu. For me, it’s the queen of tofu dishes. Squares of fried delicate soft tofu served with a light salty-sweet sauce.

Cook time: 15

Servings: 4 people

Japanese chicken and egg rice bowl (oyakodon)

A Japanese donburi dish of chicken, onion, scallions and beaten eggs simmered in dashi, soy sauce, sake, mirin, and sugar, and served over rice.

Cook time: 10

Servings: 4 people

Miso soup with tofu and wakame

Basic miso soup is a canvas painted with two fundamentals — dashi and miso. What else you add to that template is up to you. This is the miso soup that the world is most familiar with — cooked with wakame, scallions and soft tofu.

Cook time: 5

Servings: 6 people