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Home » Classic Japanese Food » Page 2

Classic Japanese Food

A bamboo basket containing homemade udon noodles.

Homemade Udon Noodles (Video) 手打ちうどん

4.69 from 191 votes
Ginger pork served with shredded cabbage on a white ceramic plate.

Ginger Pork (Shogayaki) (Video) 豚の生姜焼き

4.75 from 170 votes
A blue Japanese plate containing Saba Misoni (Mackerel Simmered in Miso) garnished with julienned ginger.

Saba Misoni (Mackerel Simmered in Miso) (Video) 鯖の味噌煮

4.67 from 51 votes
A rice bowl containing Sekihan (Red Bean Rice).

Sekihan (Red Bean Rice) (Video) 赤飯

4.84 from 43 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 white oval plate containing Nikujaga (Japanese Meat and Potato Stew).

Nikujaga (Japanese Meat and Potato Stew) (Video) 肉じゃが

4.70 from 181 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 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 Japanese meal set with shio koji salmon, miso soup, rice, and side dishes.

Shio Koji Salmon 塩麹サーモン

4.73 from 55 votes
A grey bowl containing buri daikon, a simmered yellowtail and daikon radish, garnished with julienned ginger.

Buri Daikon (Simmered Yellowtail and Daikon) ブリ大根

4.82 from 27 votes
A ceramic dish containing lily bulb tamagotoji.

Lily Bulb Tamagotoji 百合根の卵とじ

4.30 from 10 votes
A Japanese bowl containing Toshikoshi Soba Noodle Soup with fish cake and wakame seaweed.

Toshikoshi Soba (New Year’s Eve Soba Noodle Soup) 年越しそば

4.63 from 120 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 white Japanese ceramic plate containing Hamachi Kama (Grilled Yellowtail Collar) along with a wedge of lemon and yuzu-soy dipping sauce.

Hamachi Kama (Grilled Yellowtail Collar) カマ塩焼き

4.71 from 86 votes
A black bowl containing a bed of rice topped with sashimi grade salmon, ikura, and shredded nori.

Salmon Sashimi Bowl (Donburi) 鮭いくら丼

4.82 from 16 votes
Kitsune udon in a Japanese bowl.

Kitsune Udon (Video) きつねうどん

4.60 from 171 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
Shrimp and vegetable tempura on a plate along with the dipping sauce.

How to Make the Best Tempura 天ぷら

4.49 from 204 votes
A donburi bowl containing baked katsudon.

Baked Katsudon 揚げないカツ丼

4.82 from 75 votes
Kabocha Miso Soup served in a black bowl.

Kabocha Miso Soup かぼちゃの味噌汁

4.86 from 47 votes
Japanese tea is poured on top of steamed rice and flaky baked salmon in a rice bowl.

Ochazuke (Green Tea Over Rice) (Video) お茶漬け

4.80 from 106 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
An oval plate containing Futomaki (Thick Maki Sushi).

Futomaki 太巻き (Maki Sushi)

4.72 from 25 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 blue Japanese bowl containing Nishime, simmered vegetables and chicken.

Instant Pot Nishime 煮しめ (圧力鍋)

4.80 from 29 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
Tonjiru served in black bowls.

Instant Pot Tonjiru (Pork and Vegetable Miso Soup) 豚汁(圧力鍋)

4.64 from 49 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
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
Salmon kasuzuke served on a Japanese plate.

Salmon Kasuzuke 鮭の粕漬け

5 from 17 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
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 58 votes
Homemade instant miso soup served on the table.

Homemade Instant Miso Soup 即席味噌汁

4.93 from 26 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
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
Grilled mackerel (saba shioyaki) on a Japanese style plate, served with miso soup, rice and pickles.

Grilled Mackerel (Saba Shioyaki) 鯖の塩焼き

4.73 from 144 votes
Japanese wooden bowls containing vegan miso soup with tofu and seaweed.

Vegan Miso Soup ヴィーガン味噌汁

4.83 from 28 votes
Tsukemono in Japanese ceramic.

Tsukemono – Shiozuke (Salt Pickling) 塩漬け

4.77 from 13 votes
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