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In 1948, the government renamed the Tango no Sekku (端午の節句) to Kodomo no Hi (こどもの日), children's day, to respect children's personalities and to celebrate their happiness. But Tango no Sekku event is held on the same day because it is a traditional festival to pray for the health and courage of boys.
Sukiyaki (すき焼き) is a traditional and popular Japanese hot pot (nabe) cooked with thinly sliced beef but you can also enjoy it with chicken. Especially the grilled chicken makes it tasty and delicious!
Difficulty: Very Easy
Time: 30min
Number of servings: 4
Ingredients
350g (12.5oz.) chicken thigh
200g (7oz.) Yaki-Dofu (grilled tofu)
300g (10.5oz.) Shirataki (translucent Konnyaku noodles)
4 shiitake mushrooms *you can also add Enoki, Shimeji, Maitake, etc...
4 long green onions
1 carrot
200g (7oz.) Shungiku (garland chrysanthemum) *Watercress can be a substitute
cooking oil
Warishita (Sukiyaki sauce seasonings)
* 100ml Kombu broth (or water)
* 100ml Sake
* 100ml Mirin (sweet Sake)
* 100ml soy sauce
* 4 tbsp. sugar
udon noodles if desired
fresh raw eggs if desired
Directions:
1. Lightly sprinkle the chicken with Sake, salt and pepper and leave for 5 minutes to remove the bad smell. Cut yaki-dofu into bite sized pieces. Boil shirataki 2-3 minutes in order to remove dirt. Remove stems and cut shiitake mushrooms in half. Chop long green onions into 7cm (2.5inches) pieces. Slice carrot with peeler as much as you want. Separate shungiku leaves and stalks, cut leaves into bite-sized pieces and cut stalks diagonally.
2. Heat cooking oil in the pot and cook the long onions and skin-side of chicken until crisp golden (long onion gives nice flavor). Chicken doesn’t have to be cooked thoroughly because it is going to be simmered later. Slice the chicken into bite-size pieces.
3. In the same pot, put vegetables, chicken, and Warishita (Sukiyaki sauce) and simmer on medium for about 10 min until everything is done.
4. If desired, dip sukiyaki into beaten fresh raw eggs to eat!
You can either cook Sukiyaki at the table or in the kitchen and eat at the table on a portable stove.
You can add udon if desired. It goes great with Sukiyaki!
The next day, you can simmer the leftover broth with beaten eggs and make rice bowls. yummy!!!
Please don't change the amount of the ingredients. They are necessary to make unbreakable cookies! hehe
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How to Make Stained Glass Cookies
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 60min
Number of servings: about 5 cameras and 5 glasses
Ingredients:
200g (1 cup) cake flour *all purpose is OK
100g (1/2 cup) unsalted butter *room temperature
60g (1/2 cup) powdered sugar (confectioner's sugar)
a pinch of salt
1/2 beaten egg *room temperature
a few drops of vanilla extract
candies of your choice
Directions:
1. Cream the butter with a whisk in a bowl. Sift in powdered sugar, add a pinch of salt, then mix well until smooth.
2. Add beaten egg little by little and mix well. Mix in vanilla extract if preferred.
3. Sift in flour then cut through with a spatula to mix and form it into one. Using a plastic wrap, spread out the dough into a flat sheet. Put in the fridge to set for 30 minutes.
4. Cut out the dough while cold. When the dough becomes warm and soft, put in the fridge. Cold dough is easy to handle.
5. Bake in the oven at 170C (340F) for 5 minutes. Cool the cookies so that you won't burn yourself and place the crushed candies. (placing whole candies are ok but if there are many different shapes in your cookies, crushed ones are better to fill in evenly) Then bake again in the oven at 170C (340F) for 10 more minutes. Leave to cool until candies are cold.
