Healthy Pan-Fried Minced Cutlet (Menchi Katsu) - Video Recipe

"Menchi Katsu" is minced cutlet. It is kind of croquette, made from the mixture of ground meat (beef or pork, or both) and minced cabbage, breaded and deep-fried. Certainly my darling's favorite food, but it is high in calories!!! Therefore, I came up with this idea. Instead of deep frying it, I stuffed the meat in aburaage (deep-fried tofu pouch) and pan-fried it until crisp! Yummy indeed!!! My darling loves it :D


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

Now over 270 people have tried this recipe and said it was good!!!
You can find their photos and comments down in the linked page :)
http://cookpad.com/recipe/536489



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Healthy Pan-Fried Minced Cutlet

Difficulty: Easy
Time: 15min
Number of servings: 2

Ingredients:
200g (7oz.) ground beef and pork mixture
100g (3.5oz.) cabbage
50g (1.7oz.) onion
A
* 2 tbsp. panko (bread crumbs)
* 2 tsp. sesame oil
* 2 tsp. soy sauce
* salt and cracked black pepper
B
* 2 tbsp. ketchup
* 2 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
2 aburaage (deep-fried tofu pouch)
vegetables of your choice

Directions:
1. Mince cabbage and onion.
2. Mix ground beef and pork mixture, (1.), and (A) in a bowl by hand until the mixture comes together and sticky.
3. Pour boiled water over aburaage to remove the excess oil. Drain and dry with paper towels. Place the aburaage on a cutting board, and trace the aburaage with cooking chopsticks to make it easy to open. Cut a side of aburaage and gently open the pocket.
4. Stuff (2.) in (3.).
5. Heat a frying pan, place (4.), add 40ml of water. Cover the pan and steam it on medium heat until the water is almost gone (4-5min). Then open and cook until the surface is crisp and brown (3-4min).
6. Cut into bite-size pieces, pour (B) mixture over them. Serve with vegetables of your choice.

* It is better served before the aburaage softens. BUT it tastes good, anyways! hehe

↓レシピ（日本語）
http://cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2010/08/blog-post_23.html
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It goes great with white rice and perfect for bento box :)

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Dashi Marinated Tomatoes - Video Recipe

Very easy Japanese recipe! You must try it!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w6_mY3Pl0o

Currently, more than 60 people have made this and said good! You can find their photo reports down this linked page.
http://cookpad.com/recipe/271303



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Dashi Marinated Tomatoes

Difficulty: Very Easy
Time: 5min + cooling time
Number of servings: 2

Ingredients:
200g (7oz.) cherry tomatoes
1 tbsp. concentrated dashi stock
katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes) if you have

Directions:
1. Bring a pot of water to a boil, then dip the tomatoes in hot water for a few seconds to soften the skin. Drain well and wait until they cool down. Then peel off the skin with your hands.
2. Place the tomatoes in a Ziploc (or any) container and pour concentrated dashi stock over them. Toss lightly. Chill for 1 hour or longer.
3. Serve on a dish, and sprinkle with katsuobushi if you have.

↓レシピ（日本語）
http://cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2008/10/blog-post_02.html
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Recommended Concentrated Dashi Stock Products:

Kamada Dashi Shoyu (鎌田 だし醤油)
dashi flavored soy sauce
http://www.kamadafoods.com/

Yamaki Mentsuyu (ヤマキ めんつゆ)
two times concentrated soy sauce based dashi broth for noodles and other foods
http://www.yamaki.co.jp/mentsuyu/

Yamasa Konbu Tsuyu (ヤマサ 昆布つゆ)
3 times concentrated Konbu kelp seaweed soup stock
http://www.yamasa.com/konbutsuyu/product/index.html

Please Google and find the products. Products are available online :)

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The Amazing Spider-Man

Today my darling and I've been to the movies after so long because we were busy. My darling loves to watch movies but I really don't until I actually step into the theater and watch. hehe

So, today we watched "The Amazing Spider-Man" which was released in Japan on June 30th. The movie was very entertaining. You must watch it :) I cannot wait to watch the next one (which might be coming soon!?).

Peter Parker finds a clue that might help him understand why his parents disappeared when he was young. His path puts him on a collision course with Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0948470/



I just searched and realized the former Spider-Man 3 was released in 2007, almost 5 years ago! I didn't even write about it on my blog but I feel like I watched it recently. Time flies!!!

The next fun movie we plan to watch is The Batman: The Dark Knight Rises which will be released on July 28th. Can't wait to watch it. BUT not in 3D because it caused eyestrain today... haha

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