Quick and easy Japanese main dish recipes

Japanese Teriyaki Chicken

Buy a bottle of Teriyaki sauce? NO!! It is amazingly easy to make teriyaki sauce at home. All you need is soy sauce, mirin, and sugar. The key…

Miso Salmon (Dengaku)

This is a wonderful, mildly flavored dish. Japanese food is comfort food for me, and nothing goes down more smoothly than this dish. The sweet and…

Slightly Spicy Chicken Donburi

We make this Donburi with just the curry powder...then add the chili sauce to each bowl as desired. Our kids like this fine without the chili…

Eggplant Donburi

As a Japanese american, I have a soft spot for donburi (Japanese term for just about anything served over rice). Our kids love it too. We mix up a…

Chicken and Egg Donburi

Typical everyday one-bowl Japanes dish.

Shrimp and Tofu Donburi

I adapted this recipe from a mixed tempura donburi, substituting fresh shrimp and tofu without the tempura batter. The result is a healthier, and…

FRIED SHRIMP DONBURI (Ebi Fry Don buri)

You can make this dish with any type of Japanese fried meat (tonkatsu-fried pork, chicken-katsu, shrimp-katsu,…

Tonkatsu Sauce

A sauce for Japanese pork cutlets. Used in fried rice, and yokisoba. Would probably go well on a lot of other things too!

Teriyaki Salmon with Udon Noodles

If you don't have sake or mirin to hand, read…

Tofu and Peanut Butter Udon Noodles

Speedy vegetarian recipe with a fantastic satay-style sauce.

Japanese Fried Rice

You can use different ingredients for this recipe, just like any other fried rice, it's great to make when you have leftovers! Find more recipes…

Orange Portabella and Spinach Rice Bowl

While living in Japan, I fell in love with the simplicity of the Japanese Rice Bowl. Nothing too complex - it…

Omusoba (Japanese omelet with stir fried veggies and noodles)

Sweet and savory flavors are both present in this Japanese omelet that's extremely satisfying on a cold day!…

Sauteed Chicken Breasts with Soy Glaze

Abalone steak

A simple recipe using fresh abalone just taken. The complete tender steak in a short time.