新年好！Chinese Style White Miso Stir Fried Seven Vegetables - Video Recipe

This recipe won a grand prize at the easy recipe contest organized by Ajinomoto. I received the prize from chef Wakiya Yuji (脇屋友詞) who is famous for creative Chinese food in Japan.

For the seasoning, I used chicken stock and white miso. The chicken stock adds a nice and rich flavor and white miso makes the dish slightly sweet and tasty!


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

It can be very colorful and festive recipe for Chinese New Year's day. Also, it is perfect for every-day bento box :)



BTW, at our wedding, we could luckily cater chef Wakiya's fancy and healthy Chinese cuisine from "トゥーランドット遊仙境 - Turandot Yusenkyo" restaurant in Akasaka.

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Chinese Style White Miso Stir Fried Seven Vegetables

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

Ingredients:
75g (2.6oz.) ham
100g (3.5oz.) onion
50g (1.8oz.) carrot
100g (3.5oz.) zucchini
100g (3.5oz.) bean sprouts
50g (1.8oz.) red bell pepper
6 dried cloud ear mushrooms (you can use 3 shitake mushrooms)
A
* 2 tbsp. white miso (it tastes different but you can use 1 tbsp. regular miso)
* 1 tbsp. sake
* 1 tbsp. mirin (sweet sake)
* 1/2 tbsp. chicken stock powder
* 1 tsp. sugar
1/2 tbsp. cooking oil
cracked black pepper

Directions:
1. Soak the dried cloud ear mushrooms in hot water for at least fifteen minutes. Then drain and cut into strips. Trim the bean sprouts at both ends if you prefer. Cut ham, carrot, zucchini and red bell pepper into strips. Thinly slice onion.
2. Mix A.
3. Heat cooking oil in a frying pan, stir-fry onion, carrot, zucchini, bean sprouts, red bell pepper, cloud ear mushrooms, and ham in order. Add A and stir-fry until the seasonings blend. Serve on the dish and sprinkle cracked black pepper.

【味の素KK】中華だしを使って作る、かんたんオリジナルレシピコンテストでグランプリを受賞したレシピです。

七色野菜の中華風白味噌炒め
（白味噌は種類によって味が強いので鶏がらスープとの割合を調整してください。）
http://www.ajinomoto.co.jp/chukadashi/contest/entry/recipe0008.html
http://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post_13.html
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愿新年为你带来快乐，友爱和宁静。
祝好运、健康、佳肴伴你度过一个快乐新年。

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Nanakusagayu (Seven Herbs Rice Porridge / Congee) - Video Recipe

Nanakusagayu is the seven herbs rice porridge that we eat in the morning of January 7th to bring longevity and health. Perfect for your stomach after a big meal ;)

Nanakusa (seven herbs):
- Seri (water dropwort, Oenanthe javanica)
- Nazuna (shepherd's purse)
- Gogyō (cudweed, gnaphalium affine)
- Hakobera (chickweed, stellaria media)
- Hotokenoza (nipplewort, lapsana apogonoides)
- Suzuna (turnip)
- Suzushiro (Daikon)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubUUTjRz6iY

If you live overseas, you can get freeze-dry ones! OR, you can only use daikon radish or whatever ingredients you like to cook this porridge!

Freeze-Dry Seven Herbs (春の七草フリーズドライセット)
http://amzn.to/2ERMAzI



How to Cook Rice Porridge using Uncooked Rice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je1rwKDMpJk

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Nanakusagayu (Seven Herbs Rice Porridge)

Difficulty: Very Easy
Time: 10min
Number of servings: 2

Ingredients:
70g Nanakusa (seven herbs)
250g (8.8oz.) cooked white rice (Japanese short-grain rice)
500ml water
a pinch of salt

Directions:
1. Wash Nanakusa. Lightly boil, then drain.
2. Cut off the roots of Nanakusa, and chop the rest into small pieces.
3. Lightly wash the cooked Japanese rice if you do not want a gooey texture. Don't wash if you like a thick porridge.
4. Bring the water to a boil, then add the rice. Add the Nanakusa, and lightly season with salt to finish.

Add toasted Mochi (rice cake) if you like! Mochi goes great with the porridge and fills your stomach ;)

レシピ（日本語）
http://cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2012/01/blog-post_11.html
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Trip to Okinawa

I am finally posting this today!
My darling and I've been to Okinawa in December. (12/21-23)
It was a real busy three days and two nights trip, but we enjoyed ;)

The tour price was amazing! Everything (plane ticket, hotel, and bus tour) was $299!!! hehe

Day 1

Ryukyu Mura: authentic re-creation of an ancient Okinawan village (琉球村)


Goya (Bitter Melon) Beer (ゴーヤビール)


The photo shows how Okinawan people used to make Sata Andagi (サーターアンダギー): Okinawan Doughnuts


Okinawan Soba (沖縄そば)


Okinawa Brown Sugar Factory (黒糖工場)


Shuri Castle Park (首里城公園)


Yunangi (ゆうなんぎい): they serve Okinawan home-cooked meals! very delicious!!! My darling found the restaurant along the Kokusai Dori Street (国際通り)


Day 2

Manzamou (万座毛)


Nago Pineapple Park (ナゴパインアップルパーク)


Ryukyu Glass Craft (琉球ガラス工房)


Lunch at Goya House (ゴーヤーハウス)


Kourijima Bridge (古宇利大橋)


Ryugujo Chochoen (琉宮城蝶々園): Butterfly Paradise


Churaumi Aquarium (海洋博公園 沖縄美ら海水族館)


Bise (Garcinia) Tree Path (備瀬のフクギ並木)


Okinawan Dinner


Eating Umi Budo (a type of sea kelp that looks like grapes) LoL


Day 3

Mainly was shopping at Kokusai Dori Street (国際通り). We found a cozy cafe restaurant called Zooton's that serves home-made hamburgers ;) Yummy!!!


Last but not least, we had Gurukun Karaage: Okinawan fried fish (グルクン唐揚げ) with Awamori (泡盛): Okinawan sake at the Naha Airport (那覇空港) ;)


I will one day make a video of my recipe that uses Mozuku (seaweed)!

Anyways, next time, I wish to visit the islands in Okinawa!!!

I am sorry for this lousy typing. I hope you get an idea of Okinawa sightseeing :)

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