Weeknight Dinner

Looking for a quick, easy, and delicious meal for a busy weeknight? Take a look at Nami’s collection. These are her 100 go-to recipes for weeknight meals. (Baked Chicken Katsu →)

A white plate containing Baked Chicken Katsu (Japanese Chicken Cutlets) and shredded cabbage salad.
A large gray plate containing garlic onion chicken, green leaf salad, and steamed rice.
Main

Garlic Onion Chicken 鶏肉のガーリックオニオンソース

4.7
(66)
Garlic Onion Chicken - Succulent pan-fried chicken smothered in a flavorful and robust garlic...
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Japanese Salted Chicken Wings (Teba Shio) on the Japanese plate.
Appetizer

Teba Shio (Salted Chicken Wings) 手羽先塩焼き

4.82
(127)
You can oven-broil these juicy and crispy Japanese Salted Chicken Wings (Teba Shio) at...
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Chashu fried rice served on white plates.
Main

Chashu Fried Rice チャーシューチャーハン

5
(3)
Chashu Fried Rice with savory pork belly and fluffy egg is such a luxurious...
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Eggplant & Unagi Over Rice in a Japanese blue and white bowl.
Main

Eggplant Unagi Donburi 茄子と鰻の丼ぶり

4.77
(26)
Hearty and savory rice bowl with unagi (eel) and eggplant! A really great rice...
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Creamy Mushroom and Bacon Pasta on a grey plate.
Main

Creamy Mushroom and Bacon Pasta

4.76
(87)
Creamy Mushroom and Bacon Pasta with a Japanese twist! A dash of soy sauce...
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Grilled mackerel (saba shioyaki) on a Japanese style plate, served with miso soup, rice and pickles.
Main

Grilled Mackerel (Saba Shioyaki) 鯖の塩焼き

4.73
(143)
Baked in the oven, this Grilled Mackerel or Saba Shioyaki is the simplest fish...
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A ceramic bowl containing Oroshi Soba, chilled buckwheat noodles with grated daikon and savory sauce.
Main

Oroshi Soba (Video) おろし蕎麦

4.86
(27)
Oroshi Soba is Japanese chilled buckwheat noodles served in a savory dashi-based sauce and...
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A white plate containing Miso Butter Salmon served with sautéed shiitake and shimeji mushrooms.
Main

Miso Butter Salmon 味噌バターサーモン

4.82
(195)
This tender and succulent Miso Butter Salmon is pan-fried in a delicious savory sauce and...
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A donburi bowl containing crispy tonkatsu over rice topped with tonkatsu sauce.
Main

Crispy Tonkatsu Donburi クリスピーとんかつ丼ぶり

4.62
(13)
Breaded pork loin deep-fried to perfection and place on a bed of steamed rice,...
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A bowl containing Miso Pork and Eggplant Stir-Fry over steamed rice.
Main

Miso Pork and Eggplant Stir-Fry 豚肉とナスの味噌炒め

4.87
(98)
Miso Pork and Eggplant Stir-Fry is a delicious and easy weeknight meal of tender...
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Kimchi Gyoza Nabe served in donabe (Japanese earthenware pot).
Soup + Stew

Kimchi Gyoza Nabe (Hot Pot) キムチ餃子鍋

4.83
(51)
Kimchi Gyoza Nabe is a Japanese hot pot with the savory deliciousness of succulent...
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A Japanese bowl containing avocado and negitoro (fatty tuna) on top of steamed rice.
Main

Avocado & Negitoro Donburi  アボカドネギトロ丼

4.6
(10)
Avocado & Negitoro Donburi is delicious Japanese tuna sashimi in a rice bowl that‘s...
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