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Basic Japanese Recipes

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Are you cooking Japanese food for the first time? This is a list of basic Japanese recipes which are helpful to know.

1. Japanese Steamed Rice

Japanese Steamed Rice
Japanese rice is a short grained and gets sticky when it is cooked. You need to know some tips to cook Japanese rice properly.

2. Dashi - Japanese Soup Stock Recipe

Making Kombu DashiPhoto (c) Setsuko Yoshizuka
Japanese soup stock is used in many Japanese recipes. It's helpful to learn to make any kind of dashi soup stock.

3. Tempura Batter

Making Tempura Shrimp Step 6Photo (c) Setsuko Yoshizuka
You might want to cook tempura. Making tempura batter is really easy. Learn some tips.

4. Miso Soup

Photo (c) Setsuko Yoshizuka
Miso soup is served often in a Japanese meal. Tofu miso soup is the most popular one.

5. Sushi Rice

Sushi RicePhoto (c) Setsuko Yoshizuka
If you can make good sushi rice, you can make good sushi.

6. Tamagoyaki - Rolled Omelet Recipe

Tamagoyaki - rolled omeletPhoto (c) Setsuko Yoshizuka
Japanese rolled omelet is called dashi-maki-tamago or tamago-yaki in Japanese. It's sometimes called Japanese-style egg roll.

7. Cucumber and Wakame Seaweed Sunomono

Cucumber and Wakame Seaweed Salad (Sunomono) PicturePhoto (c) Setsuko Yoshizuka
Sunomono is a kind of Japanese salad. Sunomono has a refreshing taste. So, it's often served as a side dish.

8. Japanese-style Salad Dressing

Photo (c) Setsuko Yoshizuka
It's a simple Japanese-style salad dressing recipe. Add various ingredients to make it more special.

9. Teriyaki Sauce

You can make your own teriyaki sauce.

10. Noodle Dipping Sauce - Mentsuyu

It's convenient to know how to make noodle dipping sauce. Noodle dipping sauce can be used for simmering vegetables as well.

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