Under 5 Ingredients

Make satisfying dinners with our simple and easy 5-ingredients recipes. From Japanese-style wafu pasta to fried rice dishes, these easy recipes will be your new dinner staples. Salt, pepper, oil, water —and any optional ingredients – are freebies.

Plum jam in a white small bowl. Plum jam in a jar and plum wine in the back.
Plum jam in a white small bowl. Plum jam in a jar and plum wine in the back.
Homemade Ingredient

Plum Jam 梅ジャム

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Make the best of the Japanese plum season by making plum wine (Umeshu) and...
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Spinach with sesame miso sauce in a Japanese ceramic bowl.
Side Dish

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

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Freshly blanched spinach dressed in a nutty and savory sesame miso sauce, this flavorful...
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Unagi sauce in a glass bottle.
Homemade Ingredient

Homemade Eel Sauce (Unagi Sauce) ウナギのたれ

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Sweet and savory, this authentic Homemade Eel Sauce is perfect for Japanese grilled unagi...
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Katsuo Dashi (Bonito Stock) in a jar.
Homemade Ingredient

Katsuo Dashi (Bonito Stock) かつおだし

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Learn how to make Katsuo Dashi, Japanese soup stock made from dried bonito flakes....
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Tsukemono - Shoyuzuke (Japanese Soy Sauce Pickling) in a white bowl.
Side Dish

Tsukemono – Shoyuzuke (Soy Sauce Pickling) 醤油漬け

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Shoyuzuke or Soy Sauce Pickling is one of the easiest tsukemono (Japanese pickles) you...
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Carrot salad on a white plate with gray rim.
Salad

Easy Carrot Salad (Carottes Rapees) キャロットラペ

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This Easy Carrot Salad or Carottes Râpées is a delicious side dish that you can make...
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Carrot, radish, and garlic misozuke (miso pickles) in a white ceramic.
Side Dish

Tsukemono – Misozuke (Miso Pickling) 味噌漬け

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Misozuke or Japanese miso pickles are among the easiest tsukemono you can make at...
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Spinach and Bean Sprout Namul in blue flower pattern dishes
Side Dish

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

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Korean Spinach Namul and Bean Sprout Namul are popular meal-prep vegetable dishes in Japan...
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Japanese wooden bowls containing vegan miso soup with tofu and seaweed.
Soup + Stew

Vegan Miso Soup ヴィーガン味噌汁

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Made with kombu dashi, this authentic Japanese Vegan Miso Soup is filled with silken...
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Rich and smooth Nama Chocolate on a cake stand.
Dessert

Nama Chocolate (ROYCE’ Copycat Recipe) 生チョコレート

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Rich and silky Nama Chocolate made with fresh cream is a treat that you...
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Tsukemono in a Japanese ceramic.
Side Dish

Tsukemono – Shiozuke (Salt Pickling) 塩漬け

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Shiozuke is the simplest Japanese pickle - Tsukemono. All you need is salt, water,...
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