Japanese Hot Pots: Comforting One-Pot Meals

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There's a resource section in the back of the book, but the nearest market listed is several hours' drive away for me. I found a recipe I could cook to the letter. The next recipe, I substituted abundantly, and it still turned out great the book has some recommended substitutions for some ingredients, as well. So this book would be great for someone who: It's a sad fact of life that "comfort food" doesn't always translate between cultures. After making the first recipe in this book, I found out my significant other dislikes anything made with dashi, the fish-and-kelp stock that forms the base for many traditional Japanese dishes as well as a few other complaints.

So, visions of quick and easy nabe nights were dashed for me. The book itself is a well-written and colorful introduction to down-home Japanese cooking. The type of cuisine is quite f It's a sad fact of life that "comfort food" doesn't always translate between cultures. The type of cuisine is quite flexible, but the authors could have more of an effort to offer suggestion based on American cooks' comfort zones.

Japanese Hot Pots: Family Style Comfort Foods by Tadashi Ono

I don't usually add cookbooks to goodreads but I've practically read this one cover to cover and I've made one of the recipes the tofu hot pot so it seems fair game. It has beautiful, helpful photographs, and it breaks down all of the ingredients you will need and how to use them very clearly with photographs of each ingredient.

The book is not just recipes, it talks about the cultural aspects: The hotpot I made was in fact delicious. I'm looking forward to trying another one. Oct 09, Rachel rated it really liked it Shelves: Beautifully photographed images of the ingredients and finished hot pots. I would definitely have to buy a donburi Japanese clay cooking pot before I could even begin to attempt making some of these dishes. Very interesting to learn about the history and details that go into making a Japanese Hot Pot and all the Beautifully photographed images of the ingredients and finished hot pots.

Very interesting to learn about the history and details that go into making a Japanese Hot Pot and all the different variations.


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Mar 02, Jen rated it it was amazing Shelves: Beautiful pictures, helpful descriptions of ingredients - the mushroom hot pot was so easy to make! Looking forward to trying more of the vegetarian or mostly - I used tuna for the broth, but there are instructions for mushroom stock dishes. I wish there was a good Asian grocery store closer, but it is a good excuse to make a trip to the International District.

Aug 10, Christina rated it it was amazing Shelves: This book is awesome! I made the anything goes hot pot last night and it was a huge hit. I love the fact that there are large pictures of almost every recipe, and the ingredient break downs in the beginning of the book are really interesting.

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This is definitely going to be my winter staple. Jun 03, Megan rated it liked it. This cookbook made Japanese food seem less daunting. I always thought that making dashi was a complicated process, but this made it seem simple.

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Can't wait until the weather cools down to try some of these! Mar 04, James rated it really liked it. Cover your dining table with separate plates of leafy vegetables, tofu, mushrooms, and beautifully marbled beef. As the ingredients are cooked in the boiling pot over a portable stove, each guest takes a turn searching for their favorites and carefully lifting them out with their chopsticks and onto their plate to enjoy.


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  • As the ingredients quickly get gobbled up, just keep tossing in more to cook. All you need to do is to prepare the vegetables ahead of time and have everyone cook the dinner together in a donabe or claypot over a portable stove. When you are pressed for time to cook up a meal for the family, this Pressure Cooker Japanese Curry will take the pressure off you!

    Simply add the ingredients into the instant pot, set the timer, and off you go. When you get all your other urgent things taken care of, you will have a wonderful stew-like curry waiting for you when you get back into the kitchen. One of my favorite miso soups, Tonjiru uses flavorful pork belly and in-season root vegetables like daikon and carrots in a dashi based soup stock. You can add some protein or vegetables to the rice porridge or keep it plain with simple toppings like nori, sesame seeds or scallions on the side.

    A classic winter comfort dish in Japan, Oden is a one pot dish with an assortment of fish balls, fish cakes, deep fried tofu, hard-boiled eggs, konnyaku and some vegetables simmered in soy sauce based dashi broth. A satisfying Japanese hot pot cooked in a savory dashi broth you can enjoy at home.

    You can enjoy it as an appetizer, side dish, or simply a meal on its own. Check out this link and browse more recipes!

    How To Make Hot Pot for One - Midnight Diner Series (Recipe) 白菜と豚肉の一人鍋の作り方 (レシピ)

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