Love Heart Cutlet - Video Recipe

I made a video of my favorite recipe :D

My darling loves tonkatsu (fried pork cutlet) and he also loves sausage! So, I combined them together and made cute bite-size heart-shaped cutlets.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C13h7GRUUtY

It's really easy and kawaii (cute) recipe, so make some for your hun ;)



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Love Heart Cutlet

Difficulty: Easy
Time: 15min
Number of servings: 6 cutlets

Ingredients:
6 thinly sliced pork
6 sausage
salt and cracked black pepper
A
* flour
* beaten egg
* Panko (bread crumbs)
vegetable oil for frying
B
* 2 tbsp. ketchup
* 1 tsp. whole-grain mustard
* 1 tbsp. white wine vinegar
tomato wedges
cabbage strips
watercress if available

Directions:
1. Work with one slice of pork at a time. Place the slice of pork so that the length of it is running flat and vertically towards you. Sprinkle a bit of salt and cracked black pepper onto one side and place the sausage on the end of the pork close to you and start rolling diagonally to cover the sausage. Repeat with the remaining pork slices and sausage.
2. Cut the rolls diagonally, join the cut sides reversely, and join them with toothpicks to look like hearts.
3. Flour the rolls, dip in beaten egg, then roll in panko. Fry them in oil at 170C (340F) until cooked golden brown.
4. Remove the toothpicks. Mix B well. Serve cutlets with B, tomato wedges, cabbage strips, and watercress if available.

My original recipe in Japanese is here.
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2 videos in a week is the best I can do! I don't know why, but I lack concentration, and it takes time to escape from being procrastinating, though I want to create the videos as soon as possible. Funny, right?! hahaha

I changed my microphone! I hope you realized it. It has less noise and volume ups an downs!!! I will try to learn a better technique for everything to improve my upcoming videos.

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Osakana Kuwaeta Doraneko - Video Recipe

Hello! This video will show you a kawaii (cute) idea of presenting Wagashi (Japanese sweets)! I am using Dorayaki - consists of two small pancakes with azuki (sweet red bean paste) filling and Taiyaki - fish-shaped sweet cake with azuki filling.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz-dIfg0BN0

Wagashi sounds pretty formal but it is often eaten at home in Japan because it's healthy.

Anyways, do you know what "Osakana Kuwaeta Doraneko" means? Osakana is a polite way of saying fish. Kuwaeta is eating. And Doraneko is a stray cat.

So, it means "stray cat eating fish".

I think this phrase is pretty known to all Japanese since it's the words from Sazae-san's song, if you know ;)



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Osakana Kuwaeta Doraneko

Difficulty: Very Easy
Time: approx. 15min
Number of servings: 1

Ingredients:
1&1/2 dorayaki
1 taiyaki
chocolate pen

Directions:
1. Set the chocolate pen in a cup of hot water for a few minutes.
2. Meanwhile, cut 1/2 portion of the dorayaki and make 2 cat ears.
3. On the serving plate, open one round dorayaki, put taiyaki in between the pancakes, and place the ears.
4. Cut the tip of the chocolate pen and draw a cat face.
5. Put in the freezer for a few sec and harden the chocolate.
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Anyways, I hope my voice and all the sounds are clear at a comfortable volume... I am looking for a good microphone which has a air noise control (I don't know how to explain it, though) So, I care the noise more than what I'm speaking out, which is kind of pain in the neck...

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Beef Beer Curry and Rice - Video Recipe

Another video is up :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nusdJYSErw

In Japan, we use "curry roux" to make curry and rice. There are many different kinds of curry roux. In my tutorial, I used Golden Curry (Medium-Spicy) by S&B. It is made with 35 different spices which gives amazing oriental flavor to your curry!!! Also, it went perfect with KIRIN Ichibanshibori (beer)!!!

Try out!!! I hope you like it :D



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Beef Beer Curry and Rice

Difficulty: Easy
Time: 45min
Number of servings: 5

Ingredients:
200g (7oz.) thinly sliced beef
200g (7oz.) onion
200g (7oz.) shimeji mushrooms
200g (7oz.) frozen edamame beans in pods
600cc water
200cc KIRIN Ichibanshibori (beer)
110g (3.8oz.) S&B Golden Curry (medium-spicy) *Japanese curry roux
1 tbsp. cooking oil
5 servings steamed Japanese white rice
grape tomatoes if desired

Directions:
1. Use Golden Curry (medium-spicy) or you can substitute it with any other Japanese curry roux!
2. Cut thinly sliced beef into bite size pieces. Slice onion. Remove tough base of shimeji mushroom and break into bite-sized chunks. Thaw and remove the edamame beans from the pods.
3. Heat cooking oil in a large stew pot, saute the sliced onion over medium heat until it softens. Then add the beef and shimeji mushrooms and saute together.
4. When mushrooms get soft, add 600cc water, bring to a boil, skim the scum, add 200cc beer, and turn the heat down to medium-low and cook for about 15 minutes.
5. Turn off the heat, add Golden Curry (medium-spicy) curry roux, and mix well until completely melted. Then put on the heat and simmer for about 7 minutes until thickened.
6. Add edamame beans, stir, and cook 3 more minutes.
7. Serve on a hot bed of rice, garnish with grape tomatoes if desired.

My original recipe in Japanese is here.
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Kanpai Omurice | Japanese Cooking Video Recipe

Kanpai or Kampai (乾杯) means "cheers" in Japanese!

Quite some time ago, I made a funny Omurice, if you remember! Those fingers are sausages! I drew nails and the beer foam using mayonnaise. Simple yet entertaining!

Kanpai Omurice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpvBjmV5r28

Omurice is a fried rice wrapped with thin omelette. Usually, the rice is chicken rice (seasoned with ketchup) but you can use any kind of flavored rice (leftover is perfect!): Chinese-style fried rice, pilaf, Paella, etc…

In my tutorial, I used Chinese-style fried rice!

It can be a great father's day menu idea or a dish to surprise your partner ;D

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Kanpai Omurice

Difficulty: Easy
Time: 20min
Number of servings: 1

Ingredients:
8oz. (225g) flavored rice of your choice
1 egg
2.5 sausage
cooking oil
ketchup
mayonnaise

Directions:
1. Cut one sausage diagonally to look like your thumb. And chop the other two to look like the rest of your fingers.
2. Beat 1 or 2 eggs in a bowl. Heat cooking oil in a pan and make a thin omelette. If you don't have a rectangle omelette pan, you can make a circle thin omelette and cut it later.
3. Remove the omelette and cook sausages.
4. Cut the longer side of the omelette to make a thin strip.
5. Place the flavored rice of your choice on the plate and shape it like a mug.
6. Cover the rice with the thin omelette and make a handle with the thin strip.
7. Place the sausages to look like holding the mug.
8. Draw the fingernails and the beer foam with mayonnaise.
9. Write a message with ketchup!

My original recipe in Japanese is here.
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Healthy Microwave Okonomiyaki - Video Recipe

This is an award winning recipe :D


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZRo30Ppo-o

Silicon tools are now popular in Japan. There was a contest using a microwavable silicon pot and I won a grand prize! You can substitute it with a deep microwavable deep dish or container, of course.

I hope all ingredients are available around!

Note: Depending on the heat of the microwave, cooking time may differ.



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Healthy Microwave Okonomiyaki

Difficulty: Easy
Time: 20min
Number of servings: 1

Necessary Equipment:
microwavable deep silicone pot, dish or container

Ingredients:
120g (4.2oz.) thinly sliced pork
100g (3.6oz.) shredded cabbage
2 tbsp. tenkasu (crunchy bits of deep fried flour-batter)
A
* 100g (3.6oz.) yam
* 2 tbsp. flour
* 1 egg
* 3g (0.1oz.) katsuobushi (bonito flakes)
B
* okonomiyaki sauce
* mayonnaise
* katsuobushi (bonito flakes)
* aonori (green laver)

Directions:
1. Grate the yam and mix A in a large bowl. Add shredded cabbage and tenkasu, and mix well.
2. In a microwavable deep silicone pot (dish or container), spread 1/3 of the mixture (1.) in a thin layer, then place 1/3 of thinly sliced pork on top. Repeat the steps for 2 more times.
3. Cover the pot (or cover plastic wrap) and microwave for 10 minutes at 500 watts. *Depending on the heat of the microwave, cooking time may differ.
4. When you uncover, be careful as steam and water are very hot. Top with B and serve!

My original recipe in Japanese is here.
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California Roll - Video Recipe

New video is up!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQZEf3NCCo4

I used to work as a waitress at a Japanese restaurant in the U.S. and learned how to make California Roll, looking at the chefs ;) hehe



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California Roll

Difficulty: Easy
Time: 60min (includes rice cooking time)
Number of servings: 4 rolls (24 pieces)

Necessary Equipment:
suihanki (Japanese rice cooker)
makisu (bamboo sushi-roll mat)

Ingredients:
1.5 cups uncooked Japanese rice (short-grain rice)
A
* 2 tbsp. rice vinegar
* 2 tsp. sugar
* 2/3 tsp. salt
1 avocado
12 imitation crab sticks
2 nori sheets
toasted sesame seeds
soy sauce
wasabi (Japanese Horseradish Paste) if desired
pickled Ginger if desired

Directions:
1. Cook rice and place in a bowl. Add A while the rice is hot and slice through rice using rice paddle to separate the grains.
2. Peel avocados and cut it into 8 strips.
3. Cover a bamboo sushi-roll mat with plastic wrap. Cut nori sheet in half and place it on the bamboo sushi-roll mat, shiny side down.
4. Spread 1/4 of sushi rice (1.) on the nori sheet using your finger tips, little bit moistened with water. Sprinkle sesame seeds over the sushi rice and turn it over so that the nori sheet facing you.
5. Place avocado and imitation crab sticks lengthwise on the nori sheet. (cut them if too long.)
6. Roll the bamboo mat forward, hold the line of ingredients firmly with your fingers, stop and leave about 1/3 inch of sushi rice, make sure all the ingredients are pressed in, roll it completely, gently press the mat around the roll to shape it (do not squeeze).
7. With a moistened knife (bread knife cuts well!) cut the roll into 6 pieces (re-wet as needed. don't push but pull to cut!).
8. Serve with soy sauce, wasabi, and pickled ginger.

My original recipe in Japanese is here.
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The bread knife, I mentioned in the recipe, is the Miracle Blade which I purchased at eBay 5 years ago. I saw it on TV and wanted to get one! On TV, it could even cut a rock!!! haha

BTW, I just found the comments that I lost after the blogger maintenance were back! So my replies are not in order… but I'm glad I didn't lose any data.

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Onigiri - Video Recipe

New video is up :D


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFyfPvo97XQ

Rice ball is called "Onigiri" in Japanese. Mostly it's shape is triangle and you can either mix ingredients into rice or fill your favorite ingredient in the rice ball, or both!

There are many furikake (rice seasoning) products at Asian grocery stores, so try out and see how you like it done :D



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Onigiri

Difficulty: Very Easy
Time: 3min
Number of servings: 2

Ingredients:
160g (5.7oz.) cooked white Japanese rice
furikake of your choice

Directions:
1. Put steamed rice in a bowl.
2. Mix furikake of your choice. (See the direction on it's package.)
3. Wet your hands in water so that the rice won't stick.
4. Place the seasoned rice on your hand.
5. Form the rice into a triangle by pressing lightly with your palms.

When you use filling…
1. Put steamed rice in a bowl.
2. Wet your hands in water so that the rice won't stick.
3. Place the rice on your hand.
4. Make a hole in the center of the rice and place the filling.
5. Form the rice into a triangle by pressing lightly with your palms.

*You can wrap your onigiri with a strip or a sheet of nori seaweed if you want.
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Onion Potato Miso Soup - Video Recipe

Another video recipe is up!

I asked my darling what kind of miso soup he wants to eat and he said "onion potato", and yes, my mom cooks this miso soup, too! I think these are pretty popular Japanese miso soup ingredients. I added bacon which gives rich and delicious flavor!!! Please try out :D


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVJmpyTZOU8



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Onion Potato Miso Soup

Difficulty: Easy
Time: 20min
Number of servings: 4

Ingredients:
200g (7oz.) potato
100g (3.5oz.) onion
2 bacon strip
3g (0.1oz.) dried wakame seaweed
4 cups (800cc) water
1 tsp. dashi powder
3 tbsp. miso

Directions:
1. Slice potato in half or quarter-rounds. Slice the onion. Cut bacon into thin strips.
2. In Nabe (large casserole), put the water, 1/2 tsp. dashi powder, sliced potato and onion, and bring to boil.
3. Skim the scum (foam), then cover and cook for about 7 minutes on low heat until potato is done.
4. Add bacon, dilute miso in 1/2 cup soup broth and add to the soup, and then add another 1/2 tsp. dashi powder to give a dashi flavor.
5. Add dried wakame seaweed and cook for about 3 minutes.
6. Serve immediately and enjoy!
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Microwave Chocolate Chip Cookies - Video Recipe

Another video recipe is done :D

I put chocolate chips in my cookies. Yum Yummy!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoLStf_-HgU

I prefer butter to shortening for cookies. How about you?! hehe



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Microwave Chocolate Chip Cookies

Difficulty: Very Easy
Time: 15min
Number of servings: 16-18 cookies

Ingredients:
100g (3.5oz. = approx. 1/2 cup) butter (softened)
50g (1.7oz. = approx. 5 tbsp.) sugar
1 egg
A
* 130g (4.5oz. = approx. 1.3 cup) all-purpose flour
* 1/2 tsp. baking powder
50g (0.8oz. = approx. 1/4 cup) chocolate chips

Directions:
1. Beat butter and sugar until creamy, add egg and mix well.
2. Sift A in 1. and mix well. Add chocolate chips and mix well again.
3. Drop 4 cookies (at a time) by teaspoon onto waxed paper on microwavable plate or tray.
4. Microwave at 500w for 3min (or less or more depending on the heat of your microwave). Repeat the steps 3 & 4 to complete the rest.
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Sauteed Pork With Salt Sauce - Video Recipe

New video is up now :D

This is one of my popular recipes!
At this moment, more than 1400 people have photo reported and said they liked it, so please try it out if you get a chance :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kRuK-pIY3E

It takes me a day to shoot video and another day to edit... omg the quality is not that good... Instead of retaking it, I will try my best the next time!!!


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Juicy Tender Simmered Eggplant - Video Recipe

New video is up now :D



I thank to all my friends who watched my videos. I know it is hard and takes time to generate traffic but I want to focus more on the content as usual like I write my blog posts! Anyways, it is a day-long project to complete one simple video recipe, so I wish I could get used to it soon!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3ZcVgJtU1Q

BTW, starting from tomorrow till 5/8, we are having Golden Week holiday (GW) in Japan. It's a large consecutive holiday containing public holidays.

Tomorrow my darling and I are going to participate in a 10km (6 miles) marathon!

And yes! I already have a list of places where we (I) want to go during the holiday :D
- Royal Wing Lunch Cruise - My mom gave me free tickets! It's been a while to go Yokohama.
- Shibuya 109 - I haven't been there for ages X(
- Rise Shopping Center - Newly opened huge mall in Futakotamagwa!
- Daiso or Can Do - I gotta make sure if I can get what I want at a dollar before I spend too much. LoL
- Grandberry Mall - It's an outlet!
and so on…

I'll be posting my updates when I get a chance ;)

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How to Cook Steamed White Rice (Gohan) - Video Recipe

Last night, I completed the first video showing you How to Cook Steamed White Rice (Gohan)!



If I stick to the quality, I can recreate it forever, so I just uploaded whatever I made... so bear with the quality...



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How to Cook Steamed White Rice (Gohan)

Difficulty: Super Easy
Time: approx. 30min
Number of servings: 4 (2 cups of rice)

Necessary Equipment:
suihanki (Japanese rice cooker)

Ingredients:
2 cups Japanese-style rice
water

Directions:
1. Measure the Rice:
Measure the rice with a measuring cup and put it into the cooking pot. Most of the time the measuring cup comes with your rice cooker!
2. Rinse the Rice:
With cold water, wash the rice. As for 2 cups, wash 4 or 5 times. Water does not have to be clear but somewhat clean.
3. Add Water:
Add water to the appropriate level indicated in the pot. If you have time, let the rice soak in the water at least 30 minutes.
4. Start the Cooker:
Place the pot into the rice cooker. Cover it, and press the button to start.
5. Steam:
When it's done, do not open and let it steam for about 15 minutes.
6. Toss:
Using a rice paddle, toss the rice lightly.
7. Serve:
You can keep the rice warmed until you unplug the rice cooker so serve when other dishes are ready.
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My Mom's Juicy Tender Simmered Eggplant

This is very simple but my favorite dish that my mom cooks ;)

It's a sweet soy sauce flavor (kind of teriyaki flavor) that goes perfect with white rice.

Perfect for your bento okazu (side dish), too!!!



Video Recipe Available :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3ZcVgJtU1Q

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My Mom's Juicy Tender Simmered Eggplant

Difficulty: Very Easy
Time: 20min
Number of servings: 2

Ingredients:
360g (0.8lb.) eggplant
1.5 tbsp. mirin (sweet sake)
1.5 tbsp. sugar
1/3 tsp. hon-dashi (packaged dashi powder)
2 tbsp. soy sauce
sesame oil
1.5 tbsp. ground white sesame seeds

Directions:
1. Chop eggplant into chunks and soak them in water to remove the oxalic acid and drain.




2. Heat sesame oil in a pan and stir-fry eggplant. Add mirin, sugar and hon-dashi, and cook for 3 minutes.




3. Season with soy sauce (adjust to suit your taste if needed) and simmer until the liquid is almost gone and tender. Mix in ground white sesame seeds and serve.



My original recipe in Japanese is here.
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How to Make Korokke (Addictive Japanese Croquette - My Mom's Recipe) - Video Recipe

One of my favorite dishes from childhood which my mom often made♥

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIGaMT7VKZo

Korokke (Croquette) is a parcel of food such as minced meat or vegetables, shaped into a cylinder or circle, encased in breadcrumbs and deep fried. 

My mom always mixes minced meat and boiled eggs, they make the croquette really addictive! My darling loves it, so I always make tons of them! Try out my recipe and you will know why ;)

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Addictive Japanese Croquette

Difficulty: Medium
Time: 30min
Number of servings: 16 croquettes

Ingredients:
6 egg
800g (1.8lb) potato
200g (7oz) ground beef and pork mixture
200g (7oz) onion
2 tbsp. butter
A
* 1tsp. salt
* cracked black pepper
* nutmeg
B
* flour
* beaten egg
* Panko (bread crumbs)
vegetable oil for frying
ketchup and/or mayonnaise if desired
vegetables of your choice

Directions:

1. Cook hard-boiled eggs and roughly mince them. Peel and cut potatoes into medium chunks and boil them until soften. Drain and mash them while hot.



2. Mince the onion and saute with butter until soft. Add ground beef and pork mixture and cook until done. Season with A.



3. In the pot of mashed potatoes (1.), mix chopped eggs (1.), and cooked onion and meat (2.).




4. Make the mixture flat in the pot and divide it into 16 equal portions.





5. Make flat and oval-shaped patties. Coat each piece with flour, dip in beaten egg, and coat with panko .




6. Deep fry them in oil at 170C (340F) until cooked golden brown.





7. Serve croquettes with ketchup and/or mayonnaise if desired, and garnish with vegetables of your choice.




You can enjoy it in a sandwich next morning ;)






レシピ (日本語)
http://cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2011/06/blog-post_14.html
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