Okay, I lied a little… this nabemono (Japanese hot pot) was made on Girl’s Day (Hina-matsuri), but that’s really the only thing about it that makes it a “Girl’s Day nabemono”. It was still very delicious!
I used chicken thighs, maitake (hen-of-the-woods mushroom), egg dumplings, pollack dumplings, taro, konnyaku (devil’s tongue jelly), gobo (burdock root), negi (Welsh onion) and hakusai (Napa cabbage). For the broth, I used 3/4c mirin, 3/4c of shoyu and an unmeasured amount of sake 
This made a ton of food and only took about 45 minutes from start to finish. いただきます！
posted by tangentbot at 7:12 pm on March 4th, 2010
Categories: food, food porn, japan. tags: food porn, japan, Japanese food, nabemono, 鍋物、Hinamatsuri.
I made this with elements of red (carrots and my homemade aka miso) and white (taro and shiro miso) in observence of the traditional colors of the Japanese New Year 正月 (shogatsu) . I didn’t actually make any traditional Japanese Near Year foods (お節料理), but I may still – I have some burdock for gobo kinpira :3 . Anyways, click on the image to make it a little bigger (and check out my dirty stove – oh yes! ).
posted by tangentbot at 11:04 pm on January 1st, 2010
Categories: fermented food, food, food porn, japan. tags: aka miso, food, food porn, japan, nabemono, New Year, shiro miso, shogatsu, 正月.
This is typically my breakfast, but I was hungry for breakfast when I got home from work today.
Salt-broiled salmon with pickled ginger, steamed broccoli stalks tossed with goma dare and toasted sesame seeds, shiro miso with tofu and scallion and brown rice – simple and delicious!
posted by tangentbot at 4:00 am on March 25th, 2009
Categories: food, food porn, japan. tags: breakfast, dinner, food porn, Japanese food, ohitashi, salmon shio-yaki, shiro miso.
Okay, so this is incredibly tasty and easy to make. I make it so often that I forget what an essential part of my meals this is. Simply put, salmon shio-yaki (lit. salmon salt grilled) is a fillet of salmon with the skin liberally salted and broiled on high heat. This makes a very tender, versatile meal that keeps well for bentos or onigiri. I’m using fresh wild sockeye salmon here, but you can use any fish you want. I’ve used saba, halibut, cod, sanma, smelt… it’s all delicious.
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posted by tangentbot at 10:18 am on February 11th, 2009
Categories: food, food porn, japan. tags: broiled fish, Japanese food, salt broiled, shio yaki, sockeye salmon.
You know what this means. Also, here’s how to make your own homemade sauerkraut. Let’s just bask for a moment on its humble beginnings. A first glance at a local farmer’s market. The embarrassing heft of this sweet, oversized vegetable. The delicate kneading of salt into once firm cabbage flesh. Okay, that’s enough. If you asked me for some, let me know in the comments or send me an email. I already bought jars for it!
PROTIP: It’s AWESOME mixed up in hot brown rice. OMNOMNOM!
posted by tangentbot at 8:12 am on December 16th, 2008
Categories: fermented food, food porn. tags: cabbage, fermented food, food porn, sauerkraut.
