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Easy Japanese Recipes for Everyday Home Cooking

Namiko Hirasawa Chen

Konnichiwa, I’m Nami!

Born and raised in Japan, I’m the founder and recipe creator behind Just One Cookbook, the largest English-language website for Japanese recipes. Since 2011, I’ve tested and shared 1,200 authentic, easy-to-follow recipes with step-by-step photos to help anyone cook delicious Japanese food at home.

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An assortment of traditional Japanese New Year foods, including colorful seafood, vegetables, and sweets arranged in lacquered boxes and bowls on a wooden table.
Recipe Roundups
Traditional Osechi Ryori Recipes for Your Japanese New Year Feast

Celebrate the Japanese New Year with classic osechi dishes like kuromame, red bean rice, and ozoni mochi soup.

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A bowl of snack mix featuring Chex cereal, pretzel sticks, rice crackers, and green wasabi peas sits on a wooden table next to a napkin and a chessboard, with warm natural lighting.

Furikake Chex Mix (Video)

Make this Hawaiian favorite, Furikake Chex Mix, for a holiday gift exchange, movie/game night, or potluck. A fun treat to keep you snacking!

Easy Weeknight Dinners

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  • A plate of crispy tofu topped with mixed sautéed mushrooms, julienned carrots, and green onions in a savory sauce, served on a scalloped white dish on a rustic wooden table with chopsticks and condiments nearby.
    Dinner
    Japanese Tofu Steak with Mushroom Ankake Sauce 豆腐ステーキ
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    30 minutes
  • Wooden miso soup bowls containing Tonjiru (Pork and Vegetable Soup).
    Soups & Stocks
    Tonjiru (Pork and Vegetable Miso Soup) (Video) 豚汁
    112
    40 minutes
  • A white ceramic bowl containing Instant Pot Short Ribs with daikon and carrots pressure cooked in a savory sauce.
    Dinner
    Instant Pot Short Ribs (Video) 牛バラ肉と大根煮
    116
    1 hour 10 minutes
  • Pressure cooker kakuni (Instant Pot Japanese Pork Belly) served over rice along with eggs and greens in donburi bowl.
    Dinner
    Pressure Cooker Pork Belly (Kakuni) 角煮 (圧力鍋)
    140
    1 hour 10 minutes
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Seasonal Ingredients

Japanese Cooking Guides & Tips

Slicing the block of the ribeye and filet mignon thinly.
Cutting Techniques
How to Slice Meat Thinly

Learn my simple hack for how to slice meat thinly at home for delicious pork or beef Japanese dishes like shabu shabu, okonomiyaki, and gyudon.

A Japanese meal set with grilled salmon in foil with lemon and vegetables, rice, miso soup with tofu, pickled greens, tamagoyaki, cabbage, watermelon, tomato, and soy sauce, all served on a wooden tray.
Discover Ichiju Sansai: The Japanese Formula for Balanced Meals (一汁三菜 )

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  • Japanese miso soup bowls containing tofu and wakame miso soup.
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    Homemade Miso Soup (Video) 味噌汁
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  • Donburi rice bowls containing gyudon, simmered beef and onions over steamed rice.
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    Gyudon (Japanese Beef Rice Bowl) (Video) 牛丼
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  • A Japanese meal consisting of small dishes or bowls, each plating Teriyaki Salmon, steamed rice, miso soup, pickles, tamagoyaki, and green bean gomaae.
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    Teriyaki Salmon (Video) 鮭の照り焼き
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  • A blue plate containing Japanese-style Tuna and Cabbage Pasta.
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    Dinner
    Miso Butter Pasta with Tuna and Cabbage キャベツとツナの和風パスタ
    157
    15 minutes
  • Japanese bowls containing Classic Udon Noodle Soup called Kake Udon or Su Udon, topped with sliced green onion, onsen tamago (poached egg), and fish cake slices.
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    Udon Noodle Soup (Kake Udon) (Video) かけうどん
    96
    15 minutes
  • A ceramic bowl containing Japanese Chicken Curry along with steamed rice and fukujinzuke pickles.
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    Japanese Chicken Curry (Video) チキンカレー
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  • A Japanese donburi bowl containing Oyakodon, chicken and egg rice bowl.
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    Oyakodon (Chicken and Egg Rice Bowl) (Video) 親子丼
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  • Beautiful Japanese plates containing karaage, Japanese fried chicken, garnished with lemon wedges and kewpie mayo dollop sprinkled with shichimi togarashi.
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    Karaage (Japanese Fried Chicken) (Video) 唐揚げ
    412
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  • A white rectangular plate containing yakitori, Japanese grilled chicken and scallion skewers, coated with savory yakitori sauce and served with shichimi togarashi on the side.
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    Yakitori Recipe 焼き鳥
    227
    1 hour
  • A white plate containing Baked Chicken Katsu (Japanese Chicken Cutlets) and shredded cabbage salad.
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    Baked Chicken Katsu 揚げないチキンカツ
    218
    1 hour
  • A bowl of Vegetarian Ramen topped with ajitama (soy marinated egg), spicy bean sprouts, corn, and a green veggie.
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    Vegetarian Ramen (Video) 豆乳味噌ラーメン
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  • A Japanese rice bowl containing Soy Glazed Eggplant Donburi topped with julienned shiso and toasted sesame seeds.
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    Soy-Glazed Eggplant Donburi 茄子の甘辛丼
    240
    20 minutes
  • Black and white round plates containing colorful vegetarian sushi rolls.
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    Vegetarian Sushi Rolls
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    1 hour 45 minutes
  • A taquoise bowl containing teriyaki tofu and broccoli over steamed rice.
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    Dinner
    Pan-Fried Teriyaki Tofu Bowl 照り焼き豆腐丼
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  • Kitsune udon in a Japanese bowl.
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    Lunch
    Kitsune Udon (Video) きつねうどん
    171
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A holiday box containing Chocolate Almond Toffee.

Chocolate Almond Toffee

This homemade Chocolate Almond Toffee is simply out of this world. The sweet buttery toffee is covered in rich chocolate and chopped walnut.

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A rustic bowl containing noodles with tonkotsu broth, topped with chashu, ramen eggs, menma, kikurage, ginger, and chopped green onion. On the table, a plate of crispy gyoza and a glass of mugicha are served together.
Nami’s Pick: Easy Tonkotsu Ramen Recipe 豚骨ラーメン

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