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Home » Quick & Easy

Quick & Easy Japanese Recipes

Make delicious meals fast with these quick and easy Japanese recipes. Try simple favorites like ochazuke, stir-fried vegetables, pan-fried curry chicken, miso salmon, and yakisoba.

These recipes use basic ingredients, take 20 minutes or less, and are perfect for busy weeknights, lunches, or last-minute meals.

An oval shape plate containing Pan-Fried Curry Chicken garnished with lettuce.

Pan-Fried Curry Chicken (Video)

5 from 7 votes
A wooden bowl containing tomato egg vermicelli soup garnished with green onion.

Tomato Egg Vermicelli Soup (Video)

5 from 4 votes
A white scalloped plate containing stir-fried Butter Ponzu beef with komatsuna green and maitake mushrooms.

Butter Ponzu Beef (Video)

5 from 9 votes
Wooden soup bowls containing Spinach and Mushroom Miso Soup.

Spinach and Mushroom Miso Soup ほうれん草と椎茸の味噌汁

5 from 2 votes
An oval plate with scalloped edge containing Pork and Eggplant Stir Fry served with multigrain rice and miso soup.

Easy Pork and Eggplant Stir Fry (Video) 豚と茄子の炒め物

5 from 2 votes
Lacquerer miso soup bowls containing Kale Daikon Miso Soup.

Kale Daikon Miso Soup

5 from 1 vote
Delicious Chicken Yakisoba with tender, moist chicken thighs and crisp veggies in a sweet savory sauce plated on a beautiful white plate with blue scalloped edge.

Easy Chicken Yakisoba チキン焼きそば

5 from 1 vote
An oval plate containing Chicken Stir-fry with Garlic Chives served on the table along with tea pot and small plates.

Chicken Stir-fry with Garlic Chives (Video)

5 from 3 votes
A bowl containing ahi tuna and salmon poke along with edamame, avocado, sushi ginger, and radish over bed of steamed rice.

Poke Bowl Recipe

4.78 from 61 votes
Wooden bowls filled with Pork Tofu Soup, served alongside steamed rice and a chicken dish on the table.

Pork Tofu Soup (Video)

4 from 3 votes
A light wooden bowl containing Spicy Pork and Bean Sprout Miso Soup sprinkled with ground sesame seeds.

Spicy Pork and Bean Sprout Miso Soup (Video)

5 from 5 votes
A Japanese meal consisting of small dishes or bowls, each plating Teriyaki Salmon, steamed rice, miso soup, pickles, tamagoyaki, and green bean gomaae.

Teriyaki Salmon (Video) 鮭の照り焼き

4.82 from 376 votes
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.

Udon Noodle Soup (Kake Udon) (Video) かけうどん

4.67 from 93 votes
A bowl containing Chicken Teriyaki glazed with homemade teriyaki sauce on the bed of steamed rice.

Chicken Teriyaki (Video) チキン照り焼き

4.76 from 379 votes
Donburi rice bowls containing gyudon, simmered beef and onions over steamed rice.

Gyudon (Japanese Beef Rice Bowl) (Video) 牛丼

4.74 from 505 votes
A plate containing three tuna mayo onigiri and pickles, served with a wooden bowl of miso soup.

Tuna Mayo Onigiri ツナマヨおにぎり

5 from 3 votes
A large ceramic donburi rice bowl containing Sukiyaki Don, thinly sliced beef, tofu, and vegetables simmered in a savory dashi soy broth and served over steamed rice.

Sukiyaki Don すき焼き丼

5 from 4 votes
A round bowl containing Niku Miso, a savory Japanese ground pork dish seasoned with miso, mirin, and aromatics.

Easy Niku Miso (Video)

5 from 6 votes
A large blue and white bowl containing udon noodle soup topped with fish cake, bok choy, fish cakes, and jammy soft boiled eggs in a savory dashi broth.

Easy Udon Noodle Soup (Video)

5 from 2 votes
An oval scalloped plate containing shredded carrot and tuna salad garnished with parsley and lemon.

Carrot and Tuna Salad

5 from 2 votes
A donburi bowl containing mapo tofu over bed of steamed rice, served with a small bowl of miso soup and a glass of green tea.

Easy Mapo Tofu (Video)

5 from 5 votes
Chopsticks pulling noodles from a black bowl containing Soba Noodle Salad topped with sesame seeds and chopped cilantro and green onions.

Soba Noodle Salad (Video) 蕎麦サラダ

4.75 from 208 votes
A light-colored wooden tray containing a bowl of miso soup with soft tofu, wakame seaweed, and thinly sliced green onions, along with a bowl of steamed rice, a small plate of tamagoyaki, and a smalll side dish.

Easy Miso Soup (Video)

5 from 3 votes
A black round plate containing metaiko pasta - Japanese spaghetti with spicy salted cod roe topped with julienned shiso and shredded nori seaweed.

Easy Mentaiko Pasta (Video)

4.34 from 3 votes
A round plate containing Japanese chicken curry over steamed rice, garnished with fukujinzuke pickles.

Easy Japanese Curry (Video)

4.75 from 4 votes
A Japanese ceramic bowl containing Oyakodon, a chicken and egg rice bowl dish garnish with green onion.

Easy Oyakodon (Chicken and Egg Bowl) (Video)

4.88 from 8 votes
An olive colored oval plate containing Yaki Udon, Japanese stir-fried udon noodles with chicken and vegetables.

Easy Yaki Udon (Video)

5 from 3 votes
An oval plate containing Napolitan (Japanese Ketchup Spaghetti).

Easy Napolitan (Japanese Ketchup Spaghetti) (Video)

5 from 1 vote
A white ramen bowl containing Korean ramen (ramyeon), topped with soft-cooked egg, kimchi, and green onions.

10 Minute Meal – Instant Ramen Recipe (Video)

4.67 from 3 votes
A glass plate containing cold natto udon topped with kimchi, onsen tamago, blanched okra, fresh cucumber, and grated nagaimo.

Cold Natto Udon

5 from 2 votes
A glass bowl containing cold somen noodles with dipping sauce.

Japanese Cold Somen Noodles そうめん

4.79 from 38 votes
A large salad bowl containing Asian Cabbage Salad.

Asian Cabbage Salad with 3-Ingredient Miso Dressing

4.72 from 35 votes
White ceramic bowls containing Bacon and Corn Miso Soup.

Bacon and Corn Miso Soup ベーコンとコーンの味噌汁

5 from 4 votes
An oval fluted plate containing Stir-Fried Bitter Melon and Eggplant topped with julienned ginger.

Stir-Fried Bitter Melon and Eggplant with Miso

5 from 1 vote
Miso soup bowls containing Natto and Okra Miso Soup topped with sesame seeds.

Natto Miso Soup with Okra 納豆とオクラの味噌汁

5 from 5 votes
A plate containing Onsen Tamago (Japanese hot spring egg) made with a microwave.

2-Minute Microwave Onsen Tamago

5 from 7 votes
A round ceramic plate containing napa cabbage stir-fry with shiitake mushrooms and bacon seasoned lightly with soy sauce.

Napa Cabbage Stir-Fry 白菜の炒め物

4.70 from 30 votes
A bowl containing steamed rice, raw egg, sprinkled katsuobushi, and a drizzle of soy sauce.

Tamago Kake Gohan (TKG) 卵かけご飯

4.88 from 16 votes
White ceramic bowls containing Cabbage and Onsen Tamago Miso Soup topped with green onions and shichimi togarashi.

Cabbage and Onsen Tamago Miso Soup

4.67 from 9 votes
A donburi bowl containing a Japanese grilled rice ball in a flavorful dashi broth, topped with green onions and furikake rice seasoning.

Yaki Onigiri Chazuke (Grilled Rice Ball Soup) 焼きおにぎり茶漬け

5 from 6 votes
Wooden miso soup bowls containing Kakitamajiru, Japanese egg drop soup.

Easy Japanese Egg Drop Soup (Kakitamajiru) かきたま汁

4.79 from 57 votes
A white ceramic bowl containing Miso Soup with enoki mushrooms, tofu, and Japanese long green onion, topped with ground sesame seeds.

Miso Soup with Enoki Mushrooms and Ground Sesame エノキのごま味噌汁

5 from 6 votes
Japanese miso soup bowls containing tofu and wakame miso soup.

Homemade Miso Soup (Video) 味噌汁

4.85 from 584 votes
A white plate containing Broiled Miso Salmon served over ginger rice.

Miso Salmon (Video) 味噌サーモン

4.76 from 614 votes
A Japanese donburi bowl containing Yakiniku Don, where pan-grilled well-marbled beef is coated with Japanese BBQ sauce and served over a bed of steamed rice.

Yakiniku Don (Japanese Grilled Beef Bowl) 焼肉丼

5 from 3 votes
A white plate containing Stir-Fried Garlic Chives and Egg Over Rice.

Niratama Donburi (Garlic Chives and Egg Over Rice) (Video) ニラ玉

4.82 from 32 votes
A white bowl containing Ahi Tuna Poke.

Tuna Poke (Video) アヒポケ

4.80 from 10 votes
A white bowl containing Shiso Pesto Pasta garnished with shaved Parmesan cheese and shiso leaves.

Shiso Pesto Pasta (Video) 大葉ジェノベーゼパスタ

4.67 from 9 votes
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