Category Archives: Japanese

Best tempura for shrimp or other seafood, vegetables

Easy and best crispy tempura for seafood or vegetables. Use peeled shrimp (~500g), just leave the tail on. First toss the shrimp in cornstarch (1/3 cup). Whisk the egg with salt (to your taste, ~1tsp), 1 cup of ice-cold water in a medium bowl, add the 1 cup flour and whisk it again, until light and fluffy batter. Dip each...
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Teriyaki chicken

You can use chicken breast or thighs, we prefer thighs. You can make this dish 2 ways: Cut the chicken into pieces (medium cubes) or cook a whole chicken breasts/ tights. I prefer to cut, this method is easier to cook and to be sure it’s cooked. Mirin and sake you can substitute to rice wine vinegar, just add some...
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Tempura Zucchini

I usually do an easy tempura with only 4 simple ingredients: flour, cold ice ( you can put ice cubes in) sparkling / soda water ( or normal cold water), and salt. It's better to use a cake/rice flour mixture for tempura, but I don't always have it, so it can work with All Purpose flour as well. Some...
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