Use of this website is subject to mandatory arbitration and other terms and conditions, select this link to read those agreements.
Skip to content
Just One Cookbook
Browse Ad Free with JOC PLUS!
  • All Recipes
  • Quick & Easy
  • Dinner
  • Desserts
  • Pantry
  • Travel
  • About
  • Recipe Filter
  • Recipe Index
  • Readers’ Favorites
  • Course
    • Breakfast
    • Lunch
    • Dinner
    • Appetizers
    • Salads
    • Side Dishes
    • Soups & Stocks
    • Desserts
    • Drinks
    • Snacks
  • Ingredient
    • Beef
    • Chicken
    • Eggs
    • Noodles & Pasta
    • Pork
    • Rice
    • Fish & Seafood
    • Tofu
    • Vegetable
  • Topics
    • Quick & Easy
    • Under 30 Minutes
    • Weeknight
    • Bento
    • College Meals
    • Hot Pot
    • Izakaya Food
    • Pressure Cooker
    • Under 5 Ingredients
  • Dietary
    • Gluten-Free
    • Vegan
    • Vegan/Vegetarian Adaptable
    • Vegetarian
  • How-Tos
    • Cooking Tips
    • Ingredient Guides
    • Kitchen Guides
  • Login
  • About
  • Pantry
  • Cookbooks
  • Japan
  • Feature Articles
Home » Recipes » Side Dishes » Page 2

Side Dish Recipes

A rice bowl containing Sekihan (Red Bean Rice).

Sekihan (Red Bean Rice) (Video) 赤飯

4.84 from 43 votes
A Weck jar containing Japanese ginger sweet pickles (Myoga Amazuzuke).

Myoga Amazuzuke (Sweet Pickled Japanese Ginger)

4.58 from 7 votes
A bizenware containing kinpira gobo, a classic Japanese side dish.

Kinpira Gobo (Braised Burdock Root) (Video) きんぴらごぼう

4.72 from 109 votes
A black bowl containing Okara (Unohana) mixed with assorted vegetables, shiitake mushroom, seaweed, and konnyaku.

Okara (Unohana) – Simmered Soy Pulp & Vegetables おからの炒り煮・卯の花

4.56 from 29 votes
A bamboo strainer containing umeboshi (Japanese pickled plums).

How to Make Umeboshi 梅干の作り方

4.75 from 24 votes
A shell shaped bowl containing Asparagus with Miso Dressing (Karashi Sumisoae) garnished with salt pickled cherry blossom.

Asparagus with Miso Dressing (Karashi Sumisoae)　アスパラガスの辛子酢味噌和え

4.75 from 35 votes
A white plate containing gluten free Korean veggie pancake.

Gluten-Free Korean Veggie Pancake (Video)

4.84 from 50 votes
A bizenware ceramic containing Chikuwa Isobeage and flake salt.

Chikuwa Isobeage ちくわの磯辺揚げ

4.89 from 18 votes
An oval plate containing Japanese sweet rolled omelet.

Japanese Sweet Rolled Omelet (Tamagoyaki) – Midnight Diner Season 2 厚焼き玉子

4.53 from 105 votes
A ceramic rice bowl containing Mame Gohan (Green Pea Rice).

Mame Gohan (Green Pea Rice) 豆ご飯

4.86 from 21 votes
A bizenware containing Chrysanthemum Greens and Tofu Salad (Shungiku Shiraae).

Chrysanthemum Greens and Tofu Salad (Shungiku Shiraae) 春菊の白和え

4.75 from 16 votes
Sweet black soybeans garnished with a gold leaf in a Japanese blue and white bowl.

Instant Pot Kuromame 黒豆 (圧力鍋)

4.67 from 18 votes
A Kamadosan (Japanese donabe) containing Tai Meshi (Japanese Sea Bream Rice) garnished with julienned ginger.

How to Make Tai Meshi with Leftover Baked Sea Bream 鯛飯

4.65 from 14 votes
Blue and white Japanese bowls containing Green bean Gomaae.

Green Bean Gomaae (Sesame Dressing) インゲンの胡麻和え

4.68 from 68 votes
A red bowl containing Creamy Mashed Potatoes with Shio Koji.

Creamy Mashed Potatoes with Shio Koji マッシュドポテト塩麹入り

4.48 from 23 votes
A white ceramic plate containing Maple and Miso Glazed Roasted Carrots.

Maple and Miso Glazed Roasted Carrots にんじんメープル味噌味

4.59 from 41 votes
A white bowl containing Green Beans with Yuzu Vinaigrette.

Green Beans with Yuzu Vinaigrette インゲンの柚子和え

4.64 from 19 votes
Rice paddle scooping rice out of the kamadosan donabe containing perfectly cooked Japanese rice.

How To Cook Rice in a Donabe 土鍋ご飯の炊き方

4.87 from 29 votes
A Japanese rice bowl containing Myoga Shiso Rice (Mazegohan) served with pickled cucumber.

Myoga Shiso Rice (Mazegohan) ミョウガとしその混ぜご飯

5 from 7 votes
A flower shaped ceramic containing Pickled Cucumbers and Myoga.

Pickled Cucumbers and Myoga きゅうりとミョウガの浅漬け

4.41 from 5 votes
A rice bowl containing Ume and Shiso Rice served with mackerel and miso soup.

Ume Shiso Rice (Mazegohan) 梅しそ混ぜご飯

4.80 from 15 votes
A white Japanese ceramic bowl containing Simmered Fried Tofu and Greens.

Simmered Fried Tofu and Greens 油揚げと青菜の煮浸し

4.91 from 10 votes
4 Mason jars, each filled with a different soy sauce pickles.

4 Easy Soy Sauce Pickles ４種類の簡単醤油漬け

4.61 from 23 votes
Japanese rice porridge served in a bowl with salmon, green onion, pickled plums, and shredded seaweed.

Japanese Rice Porridge (Okayu) お粥

4.71 from 62 votes
Plum rice balls on a light green plate served with nori seaweed.

Plum Rice Ball – Midnight Diner Season 2 小梅のおにぎり

4.66 from 32 votes
A black plate containing pickled daikon with shio koji.

Pickled Daikon with Shio Koji 大根の塩麹漬け

4.84 from 6 votes
A beautiful Japanese bowl containing simmered Japanese turnips sitting on the thick minced chicken sauce.

Japanese Turnips with Soboro Ankake Sauce かぶのそぼろあんかけ

4.14 from 15 votes
Green bean shiraae in a Japanese ceramic.

Green Bean Shiraae (Mashed Tofu Salad) いんげんの白和え

4.90 from 46 votes
Daikon and carrot pickled in sweet vinegar, served in Japanese ceramic bowls.

Tsukemono – Amazuzuke (Sweet Vinegar Pickling) 甘酢漬け

4.60 from 30 votes
Spinach ohitashi in white ceramic plates.

Spinach Ohitashi (Japanese Spinach Salad) ほうれん草のお浸し

4.63 from 62 votes
All-Purpose Miso Meat Sauce (Niku Miso) over steamed rice.

All-Purpose Miso Meat Sauce (Niku Miso) 肉味噌

4.88 from 86 votes
Tamagoyaki and grated daikon on a white plate.

Tamagoyaki (Japanese Rolled Omelette) 玉子焼き

4.63 from 285 votes
Simmered koyadofu with snow peas in a black ceramic bowl.

Simmered Koyadofu (Video) 高野豆腐の煮物

4.84 from 6 votes
Baby Sardine Tsukudani (Jako Tsukudani) on a white ceramic plate.

Baby Sardine Tsukudani じゃこの佃煮

4.75 from 4 votes
A white plate containing blanched broccoli tossed with sesame seeds.

Broccoli Blanched with Sesame Oil ブロッコリーの塩ごま油茹で

4.60 from 52 votes
Rice bowls containing perfectly cooked short grain brown rice.

How to Cook Brown Rice in an Instant Pot 玄米の炊き方

5 from 18 votes
Kasuzuke (sake lees pickling) on a dark Japanese plate.

Tsukemono – Kasuzuke (Sake Lees Pickling) 粕漬け

4.87 from 15 votes
Spinach with sesame miso sauce in a Japanese ceramic bowl.

Spinach with Sesame Miso Sauce ほうれん草の胡麻味噌和え

4.79 from 32 votes
Thin slices of Chashu on the cutting board.

Chashu チャーシュー

4.73 from 242 votes
Simmered kombu in a small dish next to a bowl of steamed rice.

Kombu Tsukudani (Simmered Kombu) 昆布の佃煮

4.85 from 60 votes
Tsukemono - Shoyuzuke (Japanese Soy Sauce Pickling) in a Japanese bowl.

Tsukemono – Shoyuzuke (Soy Sauce Pickling) 醤油漬け

4.73 from 18 votes
Japanese meal set with daikon leaves furikake and pickles in a small plate.

Daikon Leaves Furikake 大根の葉ふりかけ

4.78 from 22 votes
Bamboo rice in a bizen Japanese rice bowl and in a donabe (Japanese clay pot).

Bamboo Rice (Takenoko Gohan) (Video) たけのこご飯

4.73 from 11 votes
Carrot, radish, and garlic misozuke (miso pickles) in a brown ceramic.

Tsukemono – Misozuke (Miso Pickling) 味噌漬け

4.67 from 12 votes
Spinach and Bean Sprout Namul in blue flower pattern dishes

Spinach Namul and Bean Sprout Namul ほうれん草ともやしのナムル

4.50 from 14 votes
Tsukemono in Japanese ceramic.

Tsukemono – Shiozuke (Salt Pickling) 塩漬け

4.77 from 13 votes
Black ceramic bowls containing Japanese Mixed Rice (Takikomi Gohan).

Instant Pot Takikomi Gohan (Video) 炊き込みご飯(圧力鍋)

4.88 from 32 votes
A black plate containing Pickled Lotus Root (Su Renkon), garnished with chopped red chili pepper.

Pickled Lotus Root (Su Renkon) 酢れんこん

4.80 from 10 votes
  • Go to Previous Page
  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Go to page 4
  • Go to Next Page

As Seen On

BuzzFeed
Bon Appetit
The Washington Post
The New Yorker
The Japan Times
Saveur
Parade
ABC News

Subscribe

5 Secrets to Japanese Cooking:
Simple Meals & Authentic Flavors!

Sign up to receive our FREE email series on Japanese cooking tips and weekly newsletter.

Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.

Loading

©2011 - 2025 Just One Cookbook. All rights reserved. Design by LH.
  • About
  • Accessibility
  • Permissions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms
  • Contact