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361 recipes
Halved cherry tomatoes tossed with yuzu sesame dressing, ground sesame seeds and furikake, topped with chopped green onion.
Main ingredient: spices
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame, coffee
HB-10482 · Hand-built original
Udon noodles coated in a cream sauce spiced with gochujang and gochugaru, tossed with crispy bacon, garlic and green onion.
Main ingredient: noodles
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame
HB-10483 · Hand-built original
Ground beef simmered in a soy, sesame and brown sugar beef broth with ramen noodles, finished with green onions, peanuts and chili crunch.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-11169 · Hand-built original
Curry-seasoned chicken thighs pan-fried and simmered with onion, Japanese curry cubes, udon noodles and vegetables in chicken stock.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-10495 · Hand-built original
A hot pot of napa cabbage and pork belly layered into stacks, arranged in a ring around shimeji mushrooms and simmered in dashi.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: applesauce, roasted sweet potatoes, coleslaw, cornbread, braised cabbage
HB-10512 · Hand-built original
Salmon fillets marinated overnight in a cooked mirin, sake, sugar and miso mixture, then air-fried.
Main ingredient: salmon
Pairs well with: asparagus, lemon butter sauce, rice pilaf, cucumber salad, roasted potatoes
HB-10515 · Hand-built original
Salmon fillets marinated in a sweet-savory miso, sake and soy glaze, then broiled until charred at the edges and silky in the centre.
Main ingredient: salmon
Pairs well with: asparagus, lemon butter sauce, rice pilaf, cucumber salad, roasted potatoes
HB-12586 · Hand-built original
Delicately fried tofu in a hot savoury dashi broth with ginger — crisp outside, custardy inside.
Main ingredient: tofu
Pairs well with: steamed rice, spinach gomaae, pickles
HB-5588 · Hand-built original
Agedashi tofu: pressed medium-firm tofu is dusted in potato starch, deep-fried until crisp and light brown, and served in warm dashi tsuyu with grated daikon, ginger and green onions.
Main ingredient: tofu
Pairs well with: steamed rice, stir-fried vegetables, miso soup, edamame, pickled cucumber
HB-5945 · Hand-built original
Chicken cutlets pounded thin, dipped in a seasoned egg and flour batter, pressed into panko and air fried until golden, served with rice, katsu sauce and pickled ginger.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-10195 · Hand-built original
Chicken breast in a seasoned egg batter and panko crumb, air fried until crisp and golden.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-4703 · Hand-built original
Chicken thigh pieces marinated in soy sauce, sake, ginger and garlic, dredged in potato starch and air fried crisp, served with lemon and a sriracha Japanese mayo.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-10203 · Hand-built original
Rice paper wraps filled with nori and a sriracha mayo salmon mixture, double-wrapped and air fried until crisp, served with a soy, ginger and sesame dipping sauce.
Main ingredient: salmon
Pairs well with: asparagus, lemon butter sauce, rice pilaf, cucumber salad, roasted potatoes
HB-11206 · Hand-built original
Skin-on chicken thighs seared until golden and glazed in a reduced soy, mirin and sake sauce with garlic and ginger.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-10216 · Hand-built original
The cutlet bakes instead of frying — its panko is pre-toasted in a dry pan so it comes out of the oven already golden — and only then is it sliced and simmered briefly with onion and egg in dashi, the classic katsudon finish.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: miso soup, sunomono, pickled radish
HB-18536 · Hand-built original
Baked salmon sushi bowls of salmon flaked over brown rice with avocado, cucumber, green onion and nori, dressed with a honey, lemon and sriracha dressing.
Main ingredient: salmon
Pairs well with: asparagus, lemon butter sauce, rice pilaf, cucumber salad, roasted potatoes
HB-6063 · Hand-built original
Nori squares filled with vinegar-seasoned sushi rice and a salmon, soy and Kewpie mayo mixture, baked in a muffin tin and finished with sesame seeds and green onions.
Main ingredient: salmon
Pairs well with: asparagus, lemon butter sauce, rice pilaf, cucumber salad, roasted potatoes
HB-12307 · Hand-built original
A baked salmon and sushi rice dish served taco-style in nori squares, with crabstick, cream cheese, sriracha and Japanese mayonnaise, plus avocado and cucumber for folding in.
Main ingredient: salmon
Pairs well with: asparagus, lemon butter sauce, rice pilaf, cucumber salad, roasted potatoes
HB-6064 · Hand-built original
Trout fillets marinated in a homemade teriyaki sauce of brown sugar, honey, soy, and ginger, then baked and finished with the thickened marinade, spring onions, and toasted sesame seeds.
Main ingredient: trout
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame
HB-12745 · Hand-built original
True bara chirashi, in which everything is diced: soy-marinated sashimi cubes and cubes of a light surimi soufflé omelette over sushi rice, crowned with soy-cured quail egg yolks, roe, cucumber, radish and edible flowers.
Main ingredient: fish
Pairs well with: miso soup, seaweed salad, pickled ginger, tamagoyaki
HB-18518 · Hand-built original
Thinly sliced beef and broccoli florets in a soy and oyster sauce broth with garlic and ginger, over ramen noodles.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: edamame, pickled ginger, cucumber salad
HB-5553 · Hand-built original
Beef fillet seared hard and left rare inside, sliced thin and dressed with an onion ponzu salsa, spring onions, and golden garlic crisps.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-12807 · Hand-built original
Beef Tataki is a fusion japanese dish prepared from its core ingredients in a straightforward, home-style way. Serve it fresh and hot where appropriate.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-3324 · Hand-built original
Thin slices of beef and onion lacquered in teriyaki sauce, served sizzling over rice.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: steamed rice, spinach gomaae, miso soup
HB-5573 · Hand-built original
Thick udon in a clear dashi broth with sweet-salty simmered beef and spring onions.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: tempura, pickles, inari sushi
HB-5612 · Hand-built original
A bright, zesty Japanese steakhouse-style ginger dipping sauce of fresh ginger, onion, soy sauce, and rice vinegar, rested in the fridge so the flavours develop.
Main ingredient: rice
HB-12828 · Hand-built original
Diced hibachi chicken and browned mushrooms tossed in homemade garlic butter with soy sauce, finished with fresh lemon juice and sesame seeds.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-12829 · Hand-built original
Slow-simmered birria of chuck roast in a blended guajillo, ancho and arbol chile broth, shredded and served over ramen noodles with red onion, cilantro and Oaxaca cheese.
Main ingredient: noodles
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame, crusty bread
HB-9344 · Hand-built original
Tender pork belly and ramen noodles in a soy broth, finished with dark, nutty black garlic oil and pickled ginger.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: gyoza, pickled ginger, seaweed salad
HB-5564 · Hand-built original
Yellowtail pieces and thick daikon rounds simmered gently in a soy, sake, mirin and sugar broth with ginger, under a drop lid. Julienned ginger garnishes the fish, and the flavour deepens if the dish cools in its broth before reheating.
Main ingredient: salmon
Pairs well with: asparagus, lemon butter sauce, rice pilaf, cucumber salad, roasted potatoes
HB-6263 · Hand-built original
Thin pork loin slices seared, then glazed in a caramel sauce of soy sauce and sake, served over bowls of Japanese short-grain rice. Shredded Tokyo negi, black pepper and pickled red ginger garnish the butadon.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: applesauce, roasted sweet potatoes, coleslaw, cornbread, braised cabbage
HB-6270 · Hand-built original
Nagasaki's honey sponge: fine, bouncy and moist, baked low in a wooden or lined tin.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: green tea, coffee, fruit
HB-5619 · Hand-built original
Green beans are charred in a hot pan, steamed until tender and tossed in a ground sesame dressing with soy and sugar, served over microwave rice with crispy fried eggs.
Main ingredient: rice
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame
HB-6365 · Hand-built original
Ramen noodles and sliced chashu pork are divided among bowls with beansprouts, bamboo shoots, mushrooms and choi sum, then hot toridashi stock with ginger, garlic and shiitakes is ladled over and each bowl is finished with egg halves and spring onions.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: applesauce, roasted sweet potatoes, coleslaw, cornbread, braised cabbage
HB-6366 · Hand-built original
Silky steamed egg custards in lidded cups: dashi custard pours over sake-marinated chicken, shimeji, kamaboko and ginkgo nuts, then steams gently until a skewer brings out clear liquid.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-6367 · Hand-built original
Silky steamed egg custard hiding prawns, chicken and shiitake, eaten warm with a spoon.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: steamed rice, pickles, miso soup
HB-5591 · Hand-built original
A silky steamed Japanese egg custard made with clam dashi, filled with clam meat, shiitake mushrooms and wakame and garnished with fresh herb leaves.
Main ingredient: overnight
HB-13064 · Hand-built original
A shortcut ramen broth of chicken stock, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, ginger and five spice carries ramen noodles, sesame-fried sliced pork or chicken, spinach, sweetcorn and halved boiled eggs under nori and spring onions.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-6369 · Hand-built original
Ramen noodles tossed in a heavy cream sauce built on a honey, hoisin, sweet chili, soy and oyster sauce mixture, topped with sliced seared chicken thighs, Parmesan, scallion and sesame seeds.
Main ingredient: noodles
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame
HB-9359 · Hand-built original
A Japanese stir fry of starch-dusted chicken pieces seared until nearly cooked, then tossed with bok choy stems and leaves, ginger and a soy, mirin and oyster sauce thickened with a starch slurry.
Main ingredient: chicken breast
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame
HB-6421 · Hand-built original
Japanese shoyu ramen topped with rolled chicken chashu that is seared, then braised in soy, sake and mirin, served with soft eggs and nori.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-6424 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-0498 · Hand-built original
Twice-fried chicken pieces marinated in soy sauce, sake, garlic and ginger and coated in potato starch, served with a sriracha mayonnaise dipping sauce and lemon.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-10253 · Hand-built original
Panko-fried chicken breasts served over rice with a Japanese curry of carrots, onion and potatoes made from curry cubes.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-10255 · Hand-built original
Crispy golden chicken, a rich, mild Japanese curry sauce and fluffy rice. It's easy to see why chicken katsu curry is a takeaway favourite. The best part? It's surprisingly simple to make at home. For this recipe you will need a blender to make the sauce super smooth.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-2785 · Hand-built original
Crisp panko chicken cutlets sliced over ramen noodles in a mild curry broth with carrots and onion.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: pickled radish, cucumber salad, miso soup
HB-5556 · Hand-built original
Ramen in a milky chicken paitan broth pressure-cooked from carcasses and chicken feet, topped with salt chicken rolls, bok choy and egg.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-6445 · Hand-built original
Shoyu chicken ramen with a ginger, garlic and scallion chicken stock seasoned with soy sauce and mirin, plus sliced shiitake mushrooms. Bowls are topped with caramelised soy-glazed chicken, soft eggs, steamed greens, scallions and radish or bean sprouts.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-10258 · Hand-built original
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