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Top 10 Basic Japanese Recipes

From Setsuko Yoshizuka,
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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 Recipe

Japanese rice is a medium 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

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 Recipe

You might want to cook tempura. Making tempura batter is really easy.

4. Tofu Miso Soup Recipe

Miso soup is served often in a Japanese meal. Tofu miso soup is the most popular one.

5. Teriyaki Sauce Recipe

You can make your own teriyaki sauce.

6. Sushi Rice Recipe

If you can make good sushi rice, you can make good sushi.

7. Tamagoyaki - Rolled Omelet Recipe

Japanese rolled omelet is called dashi-maki-tamago or tamago-yaki in Japanese. It's sometimes called Japanese-style egg roll.

8. Cucumber and Wakame Seaweed Sunomono

Sunomono is a kind of Japanese salad. Sunomono has a refreshing taste. So, it's often served as a side dish.

9. Noodle Dipping Sauce

Noodle dipping sauce can be used for simmering vegetables.

10. Japanese-style Salad Dressing

It's a simple Japanese-style salad dressing recipe. Add various ingredients to make it more special.
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