Sanzoku-Yaki (Large Fried Chicken Recipe) - Japanese Cooking Video Recipe

Sanzoku-Yaki (山賊焼き) is a large piece of deep-fried teriyaki chicken thigh which is a local specialty of Nagano prefecture (Shinshu area Matsumoto city) in Japan.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIYV-TceoGk

It is simply a large karaage (deep-fried chicken)!
No wonder many Japanese loves it. hehe



BTW, Cute Cutters Giveaway Winner is announced in the end of this video!

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Sanzoku-Yaki (Large Fried Chicken Recipe)

Difficulty: Very Easy
Time: 30min (incl. marinating time)
Number of servings: 2

Ingredients:
300g (10.5oz.) chicken thigh (with skin)
A
* 1 tsp. grated garlic
* 1/2 tsp. ginger juice
* 1 tbsp. soy sauce
* 1 tsp. honey
* salt and cracked black pepper
2 tbsp. katakuriko (potato starch)
vegetable oil for deep frying
torn cabbage leaves
mayonnaise

Directions:
1. Remove unwanted fat but leave the skin of chicken (because the skin makes the chicken crispier!).
2. Mix A in a bowl. Add the chicken and marinate for 10 minutes.
3. Drain well and coat with katakuriko (potato starch).
4. Deep fry in oil at 160C (320F) for 7 minutes (flip the chicken once or twice). Then turn to 180C (356F) and cook for about 1 minute until crisp golden brown.
5. Slice the chicken into bite-size pieces. Serve with torn cabbage leaves and mayonnaise.

You can roll up a piece of chicken in a piece of cabbage with some mayonnaise and eat :)

↓レシピ（日本語）
http://cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2012/11/blog-post_11.html
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How to Make Karaage (Japanese Fried Chicken) Recipe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bam1EE5NqhA

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How to Make Ponyo Ramen Noodles - Video Recipe

Have you seen the movie Ponyo (Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea)?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTZffjrTR1M

This video will show you how to make 3-Minute Instant Chicken Ramen with ham that Ponyo and Sōsuke ate :)



Instant ramen can be cooked by pouring hot water or in a pot.

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How to Make Ponyo Ramen Noodles

Difficulty: Very Easy
Time: 3 min
Number of servings: 1

Ingredients:
1 package Nissin Chicken Ramen
400ml boiling water
1 slice cooked ham (cut in half) *use thick one if available
1/2 hard boiled egg
chopped green onion

Directions:
1. Boil the water.
2. Place the noodles in a ramen bowl. Pour boiling water over the noodles and cover. Set and start your timer for three minutes
3. After the first minute, quickly open, shake the noodles to separate, then arrange the ham, egg, and green onion over the noodles. Cover again and wait until the timer beeps.

If you don't have a noodle bowl with a lid, you can cover the bowl with a plate!

↓レシピ（日本語）
http://www.cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2012/11/blog-post_7.html
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If you want a hot meal in three minutes, try it out :P

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How to Make Gyoza Wrappers from Scratch - Video Recipe

This video will show you how to make Gyoza wrappers at home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5buvP6xmTQ

Of course using store-bought ones saves time, but making from scratch tastes even better :)

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How to Make Gyoza Wrappers from Scratch

Difficulty: Easy
Time: 1hr
Number of servings: 25-30 wrappers (about 3.7-inch rounds)

Ingredients:
100g (3.5oz.) cake flour
100g (3.5oz.) bread flour (strong flour)
1/3 tsp. salt
110ml warm water
*you can use 200g (7oz.) all purpose flour instead

Directions:
1. Sift together cake flour and bread flour for 2-3 times.
2. Mix salt in warm water.
3. Add salted water little by little into the dry ingredients, using a spatula or a spoon to mix, until you can form the mixture into a ball with your hands. Knead the dough for about 7 minutes. Add more water or flour depending on the consistency.
4. Shape the dough into a log and wrap in plastic wrap. Rest the dough at room temperature for at least 30 minutes. Meanwhile, you can prepare the filling.
5. Cut the log into 25-30 pieces. On a lightly floured surface roll out each piece into a 3.7-inch (9.5cm) circle. (Make the outer edge thinner than the center, if possible.) Dust it again with flour and stack it up.

You can cut out with a circle cookie cutter to make perfect circles.
Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and keep in the fridge (up to 3 days) until ready to use.

↓レシピ（日本語）
http://www.cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2012/11/blog-post_3.html
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Gyoza filling ideas:
How to Make Japanese Yaki Gyoza (Fried Dumplings Recipe) 焼き餃子の作り方 (基本レシピ)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffvdeBY6Ryw
How to Make Yakiniku Gyoza (Recipe) 焼肉餃子の作り方 (レシピ)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7xoFVdMTbQ
Spinach Bacon Crispy Cheeze Gyoza with Balsamic Vinegar カリカリチーズ餃子
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The BEST Gyoza Recipe (Japanese Potstickers / Pan-Fried Dumplings) | Japanese Cooking Video

Delicious juicy fried dumplings!

This is a very basic and the best recipe for Yaki Gyoza (Japanese Pan-Fried Dumplings) to start with! When we pan fry the Gyoza, we call it Yaki Gyoza. Steamed = Mushi Gyoza, Boiled = Sui Gyoza.

In this video I will show you how to make the very basic gyoza filling and how to fold them 😉

You can customize this basic recipe using different ingredients.

Gyoza is originally the Chinese potstickers, now very popular in Japan 💕 My mom used to make them once a month or more because we kids like them! Perfect batch side dish for rice 😋

You can of course keep them in stock in the freezer. However, most of the time, they can be easily gone all at once. haha

THIS VIDEO will show you how to make Gyoza Wrappers!

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How to Make Gyoza (Very Basic Japanese Potstickers / Pan-Fried Dumplings)

Difficulty: Easy
Time: 20min
Number of servings: 14 big dumplings or 24 small dumplings

Ingredients:
1 leaf (100g=3.5oz.) Chinese cabbage
A
* 250g (8.8oz.) ground pork
* 1/2 chopped long onion
* 1 clove chopped garlic
* 1 tbsp. sesame oil
* 1 tsp. soy sauce
* ground black pepper
14 big gyoza wrappers
cooking oil
soy sauce
vinegar
la-yu / raayu (Chinese spicy sauce) if preferred

Directions:
1. Boil water in a large pot. Add Chinese cabbage from the stem end and boil for about one minute. Drain and soak in cold water (or use running water) to cool. Squeeze to remove the excess water (can use a paper towel), then finely chop.
2. Put the chopped Chinese cabbage and A in a bowl. Mix well by hand (or back of a spoon is okay) until all ingredients are combined and the mixture is smooth.
3. Lay gyoza wrapper in your palm and put a spoonful of filling in the center. Put water along the edge of the wrapper with your finger, fold in half, make small folds in the front side of the wrapper and seal.
4. Heat cooking oil in a frying pan. Put the gyoza in and cook on high heat until the bottoms become brown. Turn the heat down to medium, add 50ml water (or about 1/3 of their hight), cover and steam the gyoza on med-high until done. Uncover and cook on high until the water is gone and the bottoms of the gyoza are crisp.
5. Serve with a mixture of soy sauce, vinegar, and a drop or two of la-yu if preferred.

Of course, it goes great with white rice! Perfect for bento, too!
But I prefer no garlic but ginger for bento ;)

↓レシピ（日本語）
http://www.cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2012/11/blog-post.html
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Of course, there are many other ways to enjoy it!!!

Spinach Bacon Crispy Cheeze Gyoza with Balsamic Vinegar カリカリチーズ餃子
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLV1Ry4x86s
How to Make Yakiniku Gyoza (Recipe) 焼肉餃子の作り方 (レシピ)
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HALLOWEEN Frankenstein Matcha Green Tea Pound Cake - Video Recipe

In this video, I will show you a fun idea to enjoy matcha green tea pound cake ;)

Adding meringue in the pound cake makes it moist and fluffy!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV4dPCw_K-Q



Sorry my drawing is awful…
I know you can draw better than me!!! hehe

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HALLOWEEN Frankenstein Matcha Green Tea Pound Cake

Difficulty: Medium
Time: 2hrs
Number of servings: 1 loaf

Necessary Equipment:
18×8cm (7x3inch) loaf pan

Ingredients:
100g (3.5oz.) unsalted butter *room temperature
80g (2.8oz.) granulated sugar
2 eggs *room temperature
2 tbsp. soymilk or milk
2 tbsp. granulated sugar
A
* 120g (4.2oz.) cake flour
* 1&1/2 tbsp. matcha green tea powder
* 1/2 tsp. baking powder
chocolate pens *you can draw 2 Frankensteins with 1 pen

Directions:
1. Line the loaf pan with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 180C (350F). Mix A and sift them together if you have time.
2. Cream the butter in a large bowl with a wire whisk. Add 80g (2.8oz.) granulated sugar little by little and mix well.
3. Separate egg whites and egg yolks. Add the egg yolks one by one and mix well. Then add soymilk and mix well.
4. Make meringue in a separate bowl: Whip egg whites with an electric mixer until foamy. Gradually add granulated sugar 1/3 at a time, then continue to whip until stiff glossy peaks form when you lift the beaters.
5. Add 1/3 of the meringue into the butter mixture (3.), and blend well with a spatula.
6. Sift in A and fold in with a spatula. Then add the rest of the meringue and fold in gently but thoroughly.
7. Pour the batter into the pan and smooth the top. Drop the pan lightly on the counter to raise the air bubbles out of the batter. Use the spatula to cut an incision lengthwise down middle of cake to prevent unwanted cracks on the surface.
8. Bake at 180C (350F) for 15 minutes. Then turn down to 160C (320F) and bake for 35-40 minutes. *Cover the cake with aluminum foil if it starts to brown too much. Insert a stick into the cake to check whether it is baked or not.
9. Remove the cake from the pan and place it on a wire rack to cool.
10. Slice the pound cake. Set a chocolate pen in a cup of hot water for a few minutes. Cut the tip of the chocolate pen and draw Frankenstein faces on pound cake slices.

* When the cake is completely cool, wrap tightly in plastic wrap. It will last wrapped this way for few days (in the fridge).
* You can also wrap each slices of pound cake individually with a plastic wrap.

レシピ（日本語）
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3-Ingredient EGG FREE Cookies - Video Recipe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCxgLH6tNZY

Giveaway Prize: Cute Cutter Set
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All you need to do is take the bottom of the cutter and push firmly into your desired food. Then you can either leave it as is, or for extra cuteness you can take the top part of the cutter set and gently push down to imprint the pattern into the top. Everyone will be amazed by your talent ;)



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How To Make Egg Free Cookies

Difficulty: Easy
Time: 1.5 hrs
Number of servings: 20 cookies

You Need Only 3 Ingredients:
50g (1.8oz.) butter *softened
100g (3.5oz.) cake flour
30g (1.0oz.) powdered sugar (confectioner's sugar)

Directions:
1. Mix butter and powdered sugar (powdered sugar makes the cookie crisp) with spatula until creamy.
2. Sift in the cake flour (you can use all-purpose flour) little by little and mix well.
3. Roll out dough between the plastic wrap to 0.5 cm (0.2 inch) thick. Refrigerate the dough for at least 1 hour to chill.
4. Preheat the oven to 170C (338F). Remove the plastic wrap. Cut out with the cookie cutters (you can take the top part of the cutters and gently push down to imprint the patterns onto the cookies). Place the cookies on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Roll out scraps, and repeat.
5. Bake at 170C (338F) for 10-12 minutes. Cool the cookies on the sheet or wire rack.

レシピ（日本語）
http://www.cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2012/10/blog-post_25.html
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Halloween Jack-O'-Lantern Deviled Eggs - Video Recipe

I know there are many scary eyeball deviled eggs on the Net but I like cute ones XD


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1sfkgNCD5k

Deviled eggs are hard-boiled eggs, cut in half and filled with seasoned hard-boiled eggs' yolk. Deviled eggs are usually served cold. It is a great holiday or party food!



Very easy and fun last-minute Halloween recipe ;)

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Halloween Jack-O'-Lantern Deviled Eggs

Difficulty: Easy
Time: 30min
Number of servings: 12

Ingredients:
6 eggs
A
* 2 tbsp. (30g=1oz.) drained canned tuna
* 2 tbsp. finely-chopped onion
* 3 tbsp. mayonnaise
* 1 tsp. sugar
* 2 tsp. vinegar
* salt and pepper
paprika powder
12 toasted pumpkin seeds
nori sheet

Directions:
1. To make hard-boiled eggs, use older eggs because they are easier to peel. Place the eggs in a single layer in a saucepan. Cover with water at least an inch above the eggs. Put on high heat, gently, stir constantly (in this way, you can center the egg yolks), until water boils. When the water comes to a full boil, turn off the heat and cover the pan with a lid with no holes. Set a timer and let them steam in the hot water for about 15 minutes. Drain the eggs and cool immediately in cold water. Shake the pan to break the shells. Then peel.
2. Cut hard-boiled eggs into halves lengthwise. Gently remove the egg yolks, place them in a bowl, and mash them using a fork.
3. Mix A in a bowl, add the mashed egg yolks, and mix until smooth.
4. Transfer the mixture in a plastic bag or a pastry bag, cut off the corner of the bag to create a hole, then pipe it into egg white halves.
5. Sprinkle with paprika powder. Cut out nori sheet for the eyes, noses, and mouths of Jack-O'-Lantern faces. Attach the nori faces and pumpkin seeds on the eggs.

Keep in the fridge until ready to serve.

↓レシピ（日本語）
http://cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2012/10/blog-post_22.html
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3 STEPS! How to Pour a Beer with a Perfect Head - Video Recipe

This video will show you how to pour a beer from a can into a glass, very common way in Japan.
You can apply this technique to the bottled beer as well.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ROLO7Vc7RI

The key point here is "Perfect Head"!!!

Creating a very fine foam on top of the beer prevents it from oxidation and retains its flavor.



Pouring a beer is part of the tasting experience :)

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3 STEPS! How to Pour a Beer with a Perfect Head

Difficulty: Very Easy
Time: 3min
Number of servings: 1

What You Need:
1 cold beer
1 cold beer glass of your choice

Before You Start:
Wash the glass in hot water, let it dry naturally, and cool in the fridge.
Dirty glass produces large coarse bubbles and a rapidly disappearing head. Do not use dish towel because it can leave some dust on your glass.

How to Pour:
1. Create Bubbles
Pour beer from high above the glass until the glass is half full. You will get a frothy head, so wait 30 seconds to 1 minute until the large bubbles on the surface disappear.

2. Lift Up The Head
When the beer and the head are in halves, pour beer with great care (do not break up the fine bubbles) up to eight to nine-tenths of the glass. *You can tilt the glass if you want to.

3. Finish
Wait until the bubbles are about three-tenths of the glass. Then pour beer into the center of the head, lifting up the head again.

*Fluffy head poured out over the glass looks delicious :P

↓注ぎ方（日本語）
http://cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2012/09/blog-post_26.html
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We used "Suntory The Premium Malt's" because we went to their factory this summer, just for fun and got some glasses as a souvenir ;)
先日サントリーのビール工場見学に行った際、グラスをもらったのでプレモルを使いました♪
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Halloween Kids Curry - Video Recipe

Today I will show you an easy and cute curry rice (curry and rice / kare-raisu) idea for Halloween!


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

I'm sure your kids are gonna love this :)



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Halloween Teddy Bear Curry (Hamburger Steak Curry)

Difficulty: Medium with Patience
Time: 40min
Number of servings: 6
Calories per serving: 567Kcal

Ingredients:
((Curry))
1/2 box = 119g (4.2oz.) House Vermont Curry Sauce Mix (Mild) *we call it "curry roux". you can choose med hot or hot as well.
2 medium (400g=14.1oz.) onions
1 medium (150g=5.3oz.) potato
1/2 medium (100g=3.5oz.) carrot
2 (60g=2.1oz.) green peppers
1 (150g=5.3oz.) red bell pepper
2&1/2 tbsp. cooking oil
850ml water
((Hamburger Steaks))
250g (8.8oz.) ground beef and pork
2 tbsp. Panko (bread crumbs)
1 tbsp. milk
salt and pepper
((Saffron Rice)) *of course, the curry can be served with plain, unflavored steamed rice.
1 package Curry Partner Saffron Paste
6 servings (1020g=2.3lbs.) cooked rice
((Decoration))
3 sliced American cheese
3 nori sheets
12 raisins

Directions:
((Curry))
1. Mince the onions. Roughly dice the potato and carrot. Cut out 6 triangles from red bell pepper for teddy bear noses. Cut and save 6 strips of green pepper for teddy bear mouths. Roughly dice the rest of the peppers.
((Hamburger Steaks))
1. Put ground beef and pork, salt and pepper, Panko (bread crumbs), and milk in a bowl, and mix well by hand until all ingredients are combined and smooth.
2. Divide it into 12 patties. Heat 1 tbsp. cooking oil in a frying pan and lightly saute the teddy bear noses and mouths, and set aside. Then in the same frying pan, cook the hamburger steaks to desired doneness.
((Curry))
1. Heat 1&1/2 tbsp. cooking oil in a large stew pot. Add onions, potatoes, and carrots, and stir-fry them until slightly coated with oil.
2. Add 850ml water, bring to a boil, remove the foam, and turn the heat down to low and cook for about 15 minutes.
3. Turn off the heat, break up the curry roux into the pot, and mix well until completely melted. *make sure you stop the heat when you add the curry roux, otherwise it won't blend well.
4. Then add green and red peppers, and put on low heat and simmer for about 10 minutes until it thickens.
((Saffron Rice))
1. Place cooked rice in a bowl. Add Curry Partner Saffron Paste while the rice is still hot and slice through it using a rice paddle to separate the grains.
((Decoration))
1. Serve curry and a round piece of saffron rice and a round piece of sliced American cheese. Place hamburger steaks centered with round pieces of sliced American cheese to make the ears. Place raisins for eyes, red bell pepper for nose, and green pepper for mouth.
2. For the hat, make a circular cone shape with rice and wrap with 1/2 nor sheet. Then place a strip of sliced American cheese.

*for best results, don't use a lid while cooking.
*curry and rice is best eaten on the day it's made but if you have any leftover, store it in the fridge and finish it on the next day, but it is not recommended.
*if you have leftover curry roux, wrap in a plastic wrap and store it in the fridge and use within a week.

↓レシピ（日本語）
http://cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2012/10/blog-post_1821.html
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2nd Wedding Anniversary

10/10 was our 2nd wedding anniversary. It was a weekday, so we didn't go out that far, but we decided to eat out.

When I found my darling, he was with some cute flowers XD

We have been living together for more than 9 years but he hasn't changed at all. How sweet :)

I'm not a flower person, but I love to receive it on a special day! I feel like a princess. hehe

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Halloween Jack-O'-Lantern Ball Sushi - Video Recipe

Very easy and cute Halloween recipe idea even kids can help to make them!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qmO97CDToQ

Temari-Zushi (ball sushi) is a ball-shaped sushi made by shaping sushi rice and fish into a ball by hand using a plastic wrap.

Avocado sushi rice is pretty tasty and it goes great with smoked salmon. I hope you like it!



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Halloween Jack-O'-Lantern Ball Sushi

Difficulty: Easy
Time: 20min (w/o rice cooking time)
Number of servings: 14

Ingredients:
300g (10.5oz.) cooked Japanese rice (short-grain rice)
A
* 2&1/2 tbsp. rice vinegar
* 1 tbsp. sugar
* 1 tsp. salt
1/2 avocado
14-28 slices smoked salmon
1/2 nori sheet
14 pumpkin seeds
mayonnaise

Directions:
1. Chop avocado into small pieces.
2. Place cooked rice in a bowl. Add A while the rice is hot and slice through rice using rice paddle to separate the grains. Then add the chopped avocado and mix well.
3. Place a sheet of plastic wrap on your hand. Then place 1 or 2 slices of smoked salmon in the center. Measure a bite-size amount of sushi rice and place it on the salmon. Shape them into a ball, twisting the plastic wrap. Unwrap and make the rest.
4. Draw a spider web on a plate with mayonnaise. Place the sushi balls on the plate.
5. Cut out nori sheet for the eyes, nose, and mouth. (Cut freehand to make expressive faces.) Place them on sushi balls.
6. Attach pumpkin seeds to each sushi ball to finish.

Preferably refrigerate before you serve!

↓レシピ（日本語）
http://cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2012/10/blog-post_7311.html
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Curry and Rice Bread (Using a Bread Machine) - Video Recipe

This video will show you how to bake Curry and Rice Bread using a Home Bakery (Bread Machine or Bread Maker): Panasonic SD-BH104


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlCGxaih-LE

Adding a bowl of cooked rice makes the bread moist and gives it a slightly chewy texture. Yummy!!!



I hope you enjoy this idea :)

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Curry and Rice Bread

Difficulty: Very Easy
Time: 4 hours
Number of servings: 1 loaf (6 slices)
Calories per slice: 260cal

Necessary Equipment:
Panasonic SD-BH104
http://ctlg.panasonic.jp/product/info.do?pg=04&hb=SD-BH104

Ingredients:
210g (7.4oz.) bread flour (hard flour or strong flour)
2 tbsp. sugar
1 tbsp. powdered milk (dried milk)
1 tsp. salt
5g (0.18oz.) curry powder
1/2 tsp. black pepper
150g (5.3oz.) cold cooked white rice
20g (0.7oz.) butter
30g (1.0oz.) diced processed cheese
130ml water
3/4 tsp. dry yeast
* 40g (1.4oz.) diced potatoes
* 30g (1.0oz.) diced carrots
* 30g (1.0oz.) sliced bacon strips

Directions:
1. Not to make a mistake, measure all the ingredients in advance with a measuring cup and measuring spoon. If you make a mistake, you will waste 4 hours baking the bread. (Measuring cup and measuring spoon come with the bread machine.) Or, you want to remember where you are up to if anyone talked to you while placing the ingredients.
2. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Cook diced potatoes and carrots al dente, then drain well.
3. Remove the bread pan (twist the bread pan anti-clockwise and lift up to remove) and set the kneading blade. Make sure that they are clean before you use.
4. Place and pile up the bread flour, sugar, powdered milk, salt, curry powder, black pepper, cold cooked white rice, butter, and diced processed cheese in the middle of the bread pan. Then pour in the water around the pile. Wipe the outside of the pan to remove any flour or liquid.
5. Put the bread pan into the bread machine and turn slightly clockwise.
6. Close the lid.
7. Open the upper lid and place the dry yeast in the dry yeast dispenser. It will add the dry yeast automatically. Wipe if it's wet but avoid generating the static electricity.
8. Choose the "Gohan" baking option. Select the "Gohan" bread type. Select the "Raisin" mode with a note: extra ingredients can be added directly into the bread pan when the beep sounds. Start the machine.
9. When the machine beeps, add extra the ingredients: diced potatoes, diced carrots, and sliced bacon strips. The machine automatically starts after 3 minutes.
10. When it's done, press stop and remove the bread pan from the bread machine immediately. Leave to cool on a kitchen cloth for 2 minutes. Then remove the bread from the bread pan and allow to cool on a wire rack. Remove the blade if the blade got stuck in the bread.

Note: You can only place dry ingredients (e.g. dried fruit, nuts) in the raisin dispenser.

レシピ（日本語）
http://www.cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2012/10/blog-post_10.html
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Roast Beef and Mashed Potato Salad Roll-Ups - Video Recipe

Very easy, gorgeous, and delicious last-minute party recipe idea ;)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFTqrH4ZwwM

You can use any kind of basil sauce or dressing of your choice!!!



My darling said he can eat as many as he wants. hehehe

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Roast Beef and Mashed Potato Salad Roll-Ups

Difficulty: Very Easy
Time: 15min
Number of servings: 16 pieces

Ingredients:
8 thinly sliced roast beef
200g (7oz.) potato
A
* 2 tbsp. mayonnaise
* 2 tbsp. milk
* salt and cracked black pepper
60g (2.1oz.) mixed salad of your choice
basil sauce or dressing of your choice
cherry tomato wedges if you have

Directions:
1. Slice the potato into round slices. Place them on a microwavable dish, cover with plastic wrap, and microwave at 500w for 5 minutes.
2. Mash the potatoes with a fork, season with A, then toss the mixed salad of your choice.
3. Place a slice of roast beef so that the length of it is running flat and vertically towards you. Then place 1/8 of the mashed potato salad (2.) on the end of the roast beef close to you and start rolling. Repeat with the remaining roast beef and mashed potato salad.
4. Cut each roll into halves. Serve on a dish with cherry tomato wedges if you have. Drizzle them with basil sauce or dressing of your choice.

↓レシピ（日本語）
http://recipe.tabelatte.jp/recipe/13841.html
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Quick Edamame Keema Curry - Video Recipe

Today I will show you how to make a quick curry rice (curry and rice / kare-raisu) using a frying pan.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfzL8SoqMdE

This will be a perfect recipe to save time and enjoy dinner with your family on a busy day.



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Quick Edamame Keema Curry

Difficulty: Very Easy
Time: 15min
Number of servings: 4
Calories per serving: 736Kcal

Ingredients:
1/2 box = 103.5g (4.2oz.) House Java Curry Sauce Mix (Med Hot) *we call it "curry roux". you can choose either med hot or hot.
200g (7oz.) ground pork
1 medium (200g=7oz.) onion
100g (3.5oz.) shelled edamame or deshell 250g (8.8oz.) frozen unshelled edamame
400g (14oz.) diced tomato can
200ml water
1 tsp. House Tokusen Nama Ninniku (grated garlic in tube)
1 tsp. House Tokusen Nama Shoga (grated ginger in tube)
4 servings cooked rice
shelled edamame for topping *if preferred

Directions:
1. Roughly dice the onion.
2. Heat a non-stick pan over medium heat. Add ground pork, onions, garlic and ginger.
3. When the meat starts to change color, add diced tomato can and water.
4. Bring to a boil, and remove the foam. Turn off the heat, break up the curry roux into the pot, and mix well until completely melted. *make sure you stop the heat when you add the curry roux, otherwise it won't blend well.
5. Then put on low heat and simmer for about 5 minutes.
6. Add shelled edamame and let boil for a few seconds.
7. Serve the curry on a hot bed of rice and sprinkle with edamame to finish.

*curry and rice is best eaten on the day it's made but if you have any leftover, store it in the fridge and finish it on the next day, but it is not recommended.
*if you have leftover curry roux, wrap in a plastic wrap and store it in the fridge and use within a week.

↓レシピ（日本語）
http://cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2012/09/blog-post_29.html
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This is the 14th hula dancing video :D

This song is about the loving home and family of Annie Kahalepouli Bastel Shaw Farden and Charles Kekua Farden in Lahaina, Maui.

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Green Smoothie (Enzyme-Rich Drink) - Video Recipe

Green Smoothie is a very popular smoothie in Japan these days. In this video, I will show you my Green Smoothie that I found very easy-to-make with low budget.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAx3Z0qPZtk

I used to add leafy greens in my every day smoothie, but I recently realized that was WRONG.

Here are the tips for making Green Smoothie.
- use 6 fruit against 4 vegetable (but if you don't like vegetables, you can start from adding 1 leaf)
- do NOT use starchy foods because they can cause flatulence when you intake them with fruits: milk, soy milk, yogurt, carrot, broccoli stem, cabbage, eggplant, corn, pumpkin, bean, potato, etc…
- drink 40min-1hr before breakfast (you can get the most out of your drink)
- drink right after you made it (while the enzyme is active)
- best to drink 1 liter of green smoothie per day BUT what I think important is to drink it every day, so just start off from drinking a cup of green smoothie.

So now, I drink this Green Smoothie every day 40min-1hr before breakfast.
Then I drink this collagen smoothie with my breakfast, if you know. hehe
Soy Banana Collagen Smoothie (Recipe) 豆乳バナナコラーゲンスムージー (レシピ)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnMWD8DGOhQ

What is good about Green Smoothie is that you can alkalize your body. At the same time, you can intake more food items every day for a well-balanced diet.



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Green Smoothie

Difficulty: Very Easy
Time: 5min
Number of servings: 500ml

Ingredients:
1/2 frozen banana*
2 pieces frozen pineapple*
1 orange
1 kiwi
1/2 apple
1/4 lemon
2 leaves green leaf lettuce (spinach, kale, whatever you like!)
100ml water

Directions:
1. Place everything in a blender / mixer and process until smooth.
2. Pour into a glass, drink as soon as possible while fresh.

*I personally prefer to freeze bananas when they are at desired taste. Also, I freeze pineapple because fresh pineapple is quite perishable.

↓レシピ（日本語）
http://cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2012/09/blog-post_26.html
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