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Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Bacon Potato Rolls (Very EASY Potato Recipe) | Japanese Cooking Video Recipe

Very simple yet delicious idea to use up potatoes!

MORE potato recipes:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJdVRCODQ4NllYzAet96WowLuZn8rB7zf

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Bacon Potato Rolls

Difficulty: VERY Easy

Time: 10min

Number of servings: 2 servings

Ingredients:

150g (5.3oz.) potato

8 half slices bacon

salt and pepper

1 tbsp. Sake *white wine or water is ok

Directions:

1. Cut potato into thin strips. Soak in water to remove excess starch and drain well.

2. Place potato strips on the end of the bacon and start rolling. Fasten with a toothpick.

3. Place the bacon potato rolls on a frying pan, add Sake (white wine or water is ok), then cover and steam for 3 minutes.

4. Open and cook on medium until the water is gone. Flip the rolls to cook sides equally nice and brown. Season with salt and pepper to finish.

↓レシピ（日本語）

https://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2022/08/Bacon-Potato-Rolls.html

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Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Sautéed Fava Beans and Pork | Japanese Cooking Video Recipe

My daughter requested me to cook Fava Beans with Pork. Garlic ginger flavor is very appetizing. Kids ate very well 😉

You can use Chicken instead of pork and/or Edamame instead of fava beans!

Sautéed Fava Beans and Pork

How to Cook Fava Beans (Broad Beans)

https://youtu.be/fZBh0xJhlew

How to Cook Edamame

https://youtu.be/Sd0W_Eo5SKs

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Sautéed Fava Beans and Pork

Difficulty: Easy

Time: 10min

Number of servings: 2

Ingredients:

200g (7oz.) thinly sliced pork

100g (3.5oz.) onion

* 1/2 tsp. salt

* 1 tbsp. Sake or white wine

* 1 tbsp. grated ginger

* 1 clove garlic

sesame oil

pepper

18 seeds cooked Fava Beans

Directions:

1. Cut thinly sliced pork into bite-size pieces and season with salt, Sake, grated ginger, and chopped garlic (or crushed garlic removing later is ok).

2. Slice the onion. Heat sesame oil in a frying pan and cook the onion slices until slightly softened.

3. Add the seasoned pork and sauté until the pork is no longer pink.

4. Season with black pepper and dash of sesame oil. Add cooked Fava Beans and gently mix together to finish.

レシピ（日本語）

https://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2022/06/Sauteed-Fava-Beans-and-Pork.html

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Friday, June 10, 2022

Quick Sunomono (Japanese Cucumber Salad) | Cooking Video Recipe

I make this almost every day for my son's Bento lunch box 😊

Quick Sunomono (Japanese Cucumber Salad)

Very tasty yet addictive, with a hint of sesame oil 👍

Mizkan Shiro Dashi Sauce Professional Taste ミツカンプロが使う味白だし

Mild Vinegar with Dashi 創味食品だしのきいたまろやかなお酢

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Quick Sunomono (Japanese Cucumber Salad Recipe)

Difficulty: Very Easy

Time: 5min

Number of servings: 2

Ingredients:

1 Japanese cucumber (fresh one is better)

1 tbsp. Mild Vinegar with Dashi

1 tbsp. Mizkan Shiro Dashi Sauce Professional Taste

a dash of sesame oil

toasted white sesame seeds

Directions:

1. Rub cucumber with salt and wash with water to smooth out the prickly surface of fresh cucumber. Simply washing is OK.

2. Cut cucumber into thick slices and add 1 tbsp. Mild Vinegar with Dashi and 1 tbsp. Mizkan Shiro Dashi Sauce Professional Taste, and a dash of sesame oil. You can serve it immediately, but I always leave overnight till the cucumber slices absorb the flavor.

3. Sprinkle with toasted white sesame seeds to finish.

レシピ（日本語）

https://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2022/06/Japanese-Cucumber-Salad.html

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ochikeron

Quick Lo Bah Png 滷肉飯/魯肉飯ルーローハン (Taiwanese Braised Pork Rice Bowl) | Japanese Cooking Video Recipe

Lo bah png / Lu Rou Fan is a popular Taiwanese comfort food, braised pork belly over rice. Chinese five-spice powder quickly gives the authentic fragrant but it can be optional for kids.

Quick Lo Bah Png

My daughter had this dish at her elementary school and said it was good, so I decided to recreate it at home. I cut the pork into chunks, only 15 minutes to make 👍

This dish is delicious either hot or cold. Perfect for Bento lunch box 😋 Must TRY!

More Japanese School Lunch Recipes:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJdVRCODQ4NlGXErwhBqC4z_EAtvNO8O4

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Lo bah png / Lu Rou Fan

Difficulty: Easy

Time: 15min

Number of servings: 4 servings

Ingredients:

200g (7oz.) pork loin or belly

2 tsp. Katakuriko (potato starch)

100g (3.5oz.) chopped onion

80g (2.8oz.) bamboo shoot strips in water

12 boiled quail eggs in water

* 1 tbsp. Sake (white wine is ok)

* 1 tbsp. sugar

* 1 tbsp. soy sauce

* 1 tbsp. oyster sauce

* 1/2 tsp. grated ginger

* 1/2 tsp. grated garlic if you like

* 50ml water

1 tbsp. sesame oil

1/4 tsp. Chinese five-spice powder if you like

white rice with barley (white rice is ok)

Directions:

1. Chop pork and onion into small pieces. Dust the pork with Katakuriko (potato starch). Heat sesame oil in a frying pan and cook the onion until soft. Then add the meat and cook until done.

2. Add bamboo shoot strips and quail eggs. Add the * seasonings. Cook until the sauce thickens. Finish with Chinese five-spice powder if you like.

3. Serve over the white rice with barley.

レシピ（日本語）

https://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2022/06/Lo-Bah-Png.html

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ochikeron

2-Ingredient Tamagoyaki Dashi-Maki Tamago (Japanese Rolled Omelette) | Japanese Cooking Video Recipe

No-Fail white and fluffy Dashi flavored Tamagoyaki.

2-Ingredient Tamagoyaki Dashi-Maki Tamago

One of my viewers from Taiwan, a mom at my son's kindergarten, asked me the easiest way to make Tamagoyaki. She said she wants to make non-brown, easy yet fluffy Tamagoyaki. I thought everyone already knows this idea. I make this Tamagoyaki in busy morning. No-Fail!

I used Mizkan Shiro Dashi Sauce Professional Taste

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Dashi-Maki Tamago

Difficulty: Very Easy

Time: 15min

Number of servings: 2-3 (6 pieces)

Ingredients:

3 eggs

2 tsp. Mizkan Shiro Dashi Sauce Professional Taste

3 tbsp. water

Directions:

1. Beat eggs in a bowl, add the Dashi product and water, and mix well. Strain through a sieve if you can for nice and smooth texture.

2. Heat cooking oil in a Tamagoyaki Nabe (rectangular omelette pan), pour a thin layer of egg mixture in the pan and spread over the surface. Cook until half done, roll up the egg, and move it to one end. Pour in another thin layer of egg mixture and let it flow under the rolled egg also. Cook until half done and again roll up the egg. Repeat this until all the mixture is gone.

3. Wrap the rolled egg while hot in a bamboo sushi roll mat (or plastic wrap) to even out the shape. Allow it to cool and cut it into bite-size pieces.

↓レシピ（日本語）

https://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2022/06/Tamagoyaki.html

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ochikeron

Thursday, June 9, 2022

Vegan Japanese Tofu Curry and Rice (カレーの王子さま) | OCHIKERON | Create Eat Happy :)

Only 7 ingredients 🍛

"カレーの王子さま" "Prince Curry and Rice" is childhood dream dish 😉

Prince Curry and Rice

We put plenty of star carrots and heart-shaped potatoes. Instead of meat, we used Tofu. Recommended for vegan/vegetarian people 👍

Japanese S.B. Prince Curry Block Non-Spicy With Vegetables No Added Spice

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Vegan Japanese Tofu Curry and Rice

Difficulty: Easy

Time: 30min

Number of servings: 6 Servings

Ingredients:

200g (7.0oz.) firm Tofu

300g (10.6oz.) onion

100g (3.5oz.) carrot

100g (3.5oz.) potato

1 tbsp. cooking oil

500ml water

1 Box (80g) Prince Curry Roux

rice

Directions:

1. Thinly slice the onion. Cut out the potato and carrot with cookie cutters and finely chop the rest. Cut Tofu into bite-sized pieces.

2. Heat cooking oil in a pot and cook the onions and chopped vegetables on medium until tender.

3. Add water and bring to a boil, remove the foam, add tofu and simmer on low for 15 minutes.

4. Turn off the heat, add the roux, leave it for a while and remove the tofu while melting the roux (Tofu was simmered to drain the water, we want to take them out so that they won't crumble).

5. Put on low again and simmer for 5 minutes until thickened.

6. Cook the heart-shaped potatoes and star-shaped carrots in a different pot of boiling water for a few minutes.

7. Put back the cooked vegetables and Tofu in curry and cook until warm.

8. Serve the curry over rice.

レシピ（日本語）

https://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2022/06/Vegan-Japanese-Tofu-Curry.html

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ochikeron

Cotton Candy Drink (Calpis / Calpico) | Japanese Cooking Video Recipe

Cotton candy makes the drink fun and colorful. The presentation is just impressive. Perfect for parties!

You can use soda, top with a scoop of ice cream, be creative ;)

Cotton Candy Drink

Calpis カルピス

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Cotton Candy Drink (Calpis / Calpico)

Difficulty: Very Easy

Time: 3min

Number of servings: n/a

Ingredients:

Calpis or your favorite beverage

cotton candy (any color)

Directions:

1. Fill a glass 3/4 of the way with Calpis.

2. Place cotton candy on top of the glass, making sure not to touch the beverage.

3. Mix to drink. The cotton candy will melt immediately and adds a nice color to the beverage.

↓レシピ（日本語）

https://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2022/06/Cotton-Candy-Drink.html

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ochikeron

3-Ingredient Strawberries and Cream Shiratama Dango Mochi Dumplings (Microwave Recipe) | Japanese Cooking Video

In Tokyo, strawberries are the cheapest and affordable from April through May. This is why we decided to make this 😉 I hope you get an idea what to do with your strawberries 🍓

More Strawberries Recipes:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJdVRCODQ4NkZWPt5n4niLk1ewmlNZo2O

3-Ingredient Strawberries and Cream Shiratama Dango Mochi Dumplings

FYI: My daughter found this recipe in this book.

ルルとララのしらたまデザート (おはなしトントン)

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Strawberries and Cream Shiratama Dango Mochi Dumplings

Difficulty: Very Easy

Time: 20min

Number of servings: 16 Dango

Ingredients:

50g (1.7oz.) strawberries

50g (1.7oz.) Shiratamako (lumpy glutinous rice flour)

sweetened condensed milk

strawberries to garnish

Directions:

1. Mash strawberries with a fork.

2. Add Shiratamako and knead the dough with your hands until smooth.

3. Flatten out the dough with your hands between 2 sheets of plastic wrap.

4. Cut out the dough with a cookie cutter.

5. Microwave 250ml (1UScup) of water on medium (600W) for a minute.

6. Place the dumplings in a microwavable bowl, and pour in the hot water just microwaved.

7. Microwave on medium (600W) for 2.5 minutes.

8. Transfer the dumplings into iced water (to cool and remove the slimy texture). After a minute, drain well.

9. Place on a dish with cut strawberries, then drizzle with sweetened condensed milk to finish.

↓レシピ（日本語）

https://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2022/06/Strawberry-Shiratama-Mochi-Dango-Dumplings.html

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Monday, March 28, 2022

DIY Miniature Hamburger & Fries with Coke (Interesting Japanese Candy Kit Kracie Popin' Cookin') | Cooking Video Recipe

You can make a real looking “Hamburger meal set” by stirring water and powder. Fun and cute!

Usually, Kracie candies are sweet but this one is "Savory", tastes like the real Burger & Fries with Coke! Kids love this kit the BEST 👍

Perfect for stay-home holiday activities!

DIY Miniature Hamburger & Fries with Coke

Popin' Cookin' Hamburger

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Hamburger (Kracie Popin' Cookin' DIY Kit)

Difficulty: Very Easy

Time: 30min

Calories per kit: 95Kcal

Directions:

1. Separate the trays.

2. Make french fries. Mix 2 cups of water. Microwave on Med for 30 sec. Cut into strips.

3. Make hamburger. Mix 2 cups of water to each burger buns and burger steak. Microwave on Med for 30 sec. Slice into 2 pieces.

4. Make cheese slices. Mix 1 cup of water. Flatten out and cut into 2 square pieces.

5. Make ketchup. Mix 2 cups of water.

6. Pile up burgers with cheese and ketchup. Make a flag, French fries holder to complete the meal set.

7. Just add water to make coke.

レシピ（日本語）

https://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2022/03/Miniature-Hamburgers.html

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ochikeron

Tasty Simmered Daikon Tortoise Shell 大根のこっくり煮 | Japanese Cooking Video Recipe

In Japanese, people call this dish "大根のこっくり煮 OR 大根のべっこう煮". 大根=Daikon. こっくり=Tasty. べっこう=Tortoise Shell. 煮=simmered.

My daughter had this dish at her elementary school and said it was good, so I decided to recreate it at home. Pork belly slices are commonly used but if you think pork belly has too much fat, use any portion you like :) I used affordable pork shoulder trimmings 👍

Daikon radish is from my son's Daikon digging at Kindergarten BTW 😉

Tasty Simmered Daikon Tortoise Shell

This dish is delicious either hot or cold. Perfect for Bento lunch box 😋 Must TRY!

More Japanese School Lunch Recipes:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJdVRCODQ4NlGXErwhBqC4z_EAtvNO8O4

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Tasty Simmered Daikon Tortoise Shell

Difficulty: Easy

Time:30min

Number of servings: 4 servings

Ingredients:

900g (2lb.) Daikon radish

250g (0.5lb) pork belly trimmings

300ml Dashi broth or water

3 tbsp. soy sauce

3 tbsp. Mirin (sweet Sake)

2 tbsp. sugar

2 tbsp. sesame oil

Directions:

1. Cut daikon into 2/3 inch slices, quarter rounds. Cut pork into bite-size pieces.

2. Heat sesame oil in a large pot and cook the meat until no longer pink.

3. Mix Dashi broth (or water), soy sauce, Mirin, and sugar very well.

4. Add Daikon and the Dashi broth mixture into the pot. Bring to a boil and remove the foam if necessary.

5. Turn down to low, cover, and simmer for 10 minutes.

6. Open and simmer on medium for 10 minutes until nice and amber.

7. You can simmer down more, or stop the heat and leave in the pot for a while or overnight is better! It will become nice, brown, and tasty in this way.

You can garnish with chopped green onions if you like :)

レシピ（日本語）

https://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2022/03/Tasty-Simmered-Daikon.html

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ochikeron

Sunday, March 27, 2022

11 Years on YouTube! Why I started? How to Cook Rice in a Plastic Bag (Emergency / Camping Food) | Japanese Cooking Video Recipe

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Rice is a staple food in Japan. If we cannot use a rice cooker, we can cook in a pot. Using a plastic bag will save dish washing at the time of disaster. Or even at camping.

Why I started YouTube:

https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/78736

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How to Cook Rice in a Plastic Bag

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How to Cook Rice in a Plastic Bag

Difficulty: Very Easy

Time: 30min + soaking time if you have

Number of servings: 2

Ingredients:

1 cup = 150g (5.3oz.) Japanese-style rice

200~220ml water

Directions:

1. Wash rice if necessary. Use pre-washed rice to save water!

2. Put rice and water in a plastic bag and tie securely. Soak for an hour or so for better result. If you are in hurry, you can cook it right away.

3. In a pot, place water and a plate so that the plastic bag won't touch the pot directly. Bring to a boil. Then place the plastic bag and cook on low for about 20 minutes. Stop the heat and leave in the pot for 10 minutes.

↓レシピ（日本語）

https://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2022/03/How-to-Cook-Rice-in-a-Plastic-Bag.html

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How to Make Chocolate Macarons (NO Macaronage NO Drying) Recipe | Japanese Cooking Video

Quick and Easy. Only 6 ingredients!

NO Macaronage NO Drying even kids can make 😋

Chocolate Macarons

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How to Make Chocolate Macarons (NO Macaronage NO Drying) Recipe

Difficulty: Very Easy

Time: 1hr + cooling time

Number of servings: 10 (1.5inch) macarons

Ingredients:

1 egg white

6 tbsp. granulated sugar

6 tbsp. almond flour

1 tbsp. cocoa powder

Chocolate Ganache

* 50g semi-sweet chocolate

* 50ml heavy whipping cream

Directions:

1. Let's make chocolate ganache first because it takes time to set. Microwave the heavy cream for 30 seconds or until hot. Break in chocolate and mix until combined. Transfer into a piping bag and put in the fridge for a few hours to cool completely.

2. Put egg white and granulated sugar in a bowl. Mix and melt the sugar over hot water. Whip with an electric mixer until stiff glossy peaks form. The mixture won't drip when you lift the beaters.

3. Sift in almond flour and cocoa powder, then gently mix with a spatula until combined.

4. Preheat oven to 200C (390F).

5. Put the batter in a pastry bag and snip off the end. Pipe out the batter into an inch and a half circles.

6. Bake at 200C (390F) for about 3 minutes. Then turn down to 130C (266F) and bake for about 10 minutes. Leave in the oven for 5 minutes. Then cool.

7. Pipe out the chocolate ganache onto the bottom-side of half the macaron shells. Match up with top shells to finish.

↓レシピ（日本語）

https://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2022/03/Chocolate-Macarons.html

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Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Very simple yet delicious idea to use up potatoes!

Bacon Potato Rolls

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

My daughter requested me to cook Fava Beans with Pork. Garlic ginger flavor is very appetizing. Kids ate very well 😉

You can use Chicken instead of pork and/or Edamame instead of fava beans!

Sautéed Fava Beans and Pork

Friday, June 10, 2022

I make this almost every day for my son's Bento lunch box 😊

Very tasty yet addictive, with a hint of sesame oil 👍

Quick Sunomono (Japanese Cucumber Salad Recipe)

Lo bah png / Lu Rou Fan is a popular Taiwanese comfort food, braised pork belly over rice. Chinese five-spice powder quickly gives the authentic fragrant but it can be optional for kids.

My daughter had this dish at her elementary school and said it was good, so I decided to recreate it at home. I cut the pork into chunks, only 15 minutes to make 👍

This dish is delicious either hot or cold. Perfect for Bento lunch box 😋 Must TRY!

Lo bah png / Lu Rou Fan

No-Fail white and fluffy Dashi flavored Tamagoyaki.

One of my viewers from Taiwan, a mom at my son's kindergarten, asked me the easiest way to make Tamagoyaki. She said she wants to make non-brown, easy yet fluffy Tamagoyaki. I thought everyone already knows this idea. I make this Tamagoyaki in busy morning. No-Fail!

Dashi-Maki Tamago

Thursday, June 9, 2022

Only 7 ingredients 🍛

"カレーの王子さま" "Prince Curry and Rice" is childhood dream dish 😉

We put plenty of star carrots and heart-shaped potatoes. Instead of meat, we used Tofu. Recommended for vegan/vegetarian people 👍

Vegan Japanese Tofu Curry and Rice

Cotton candy makes the drink fun and colorful. The presentation is just impressive. Perfect for parties!

You can use soda, top with a scoop of ice cream, be creative ;)

Cotton Candy Drink (Calpis / Calpico)

In Tokyo, strawberries are the cheapest and affordable from April through May. This is why we decided to make this 😉 I hope you get an idea what to do with your strawberries 🍓

Strawberries and Cream Shiratama Dango Mochi Dumplings

Monday, March 28, 2022

You can make a real looking “Hamburger meal set” by stirring water and powder. Fun and cute!

Perfect for stay-home holiday activities!

Hamburger (Kracie Popin' Cookin' DIY Kit)

In Japanese, people call this dish "大根のこっくり煮 OR 大根のべっこう煮". 大根=Daikon. こっくり=Tasty. べっこう=Tortoise Shell. 煮=simmered.

Tasty Simmered Daikon Tortoise Shell

Sunday, March 27, 2022

11 years on YouTube 🥳 Time flies. Thanks for subscribing❣️Make sure to hit the bell icon so that you won't miss any of my new videos 😉 Stay tuned 💖 http://www.youtube.com/user/ochikeron?sub_confirmation=1

Why I started YouTube:

How to Cook Rice in a Plastic Bag

Quick and Easy. Only 6 ingredients!

NO Macaronage NO Drying even kids can make 😋

How to Make Chocolate Macarons (NO Macaronage NO Drying) Recipe

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