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Nakami Soup (Pork Guts Soup) [Cooking Recipe]
“Nakami” means guts or giblets of a pig, and “jiru (shiru)” means soup. This soup is very common in Okinawa and is offered at special cerebr...Read More

Marinated Urizun Beans (Okinawan Beans) [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients ・1 pack of Urizun beans ・1 tbs Ume paste ・3g Bonito flakes How to cook 1. Wash the Urizun beans. 2. Boil water in a pot a...Read More

Handama Salad (Serving size 4) [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients ・2 bunchs of Handama (An Okinawan local vegetable with purple & green leaves) ・2 leaves of regular lettuce ・20g Baby leaf l...Read More

Kuubuirichii (sauteed kelp) [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients (Serves 8) 70g Dried kelp 150g pork mincemeat 250g cut yam cake 1/2 Kasutera Kamaboko (steamed minced fish) 3~4 cup of table spoon Okinawa Soba dashi (concentrated type...

Soki Soup (Pork Sparerib soup) [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients (Serves 4) 800g pork spareribs ½ radish, cut into small pieces 1 carrot, cut into small pieces 1 pack kelp 2 packs dashi 2 liters’ water Soy sauce to taste Salt to tast...

Daikon radish with marinated chicken [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients 6 oz shredded green papaya 12 oz or 1 chicken thigh, cut into bite sizes 5 tablespoons soy sauce 2 tablespoons mirin (sweet sake) 1 tablespoon grated ginger 1 tablespoo...

Fried green papaya [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients 6 oz shredded green papaya 3 oz sliced pork, cut into bite size 1/2 packet bonito flakes 3 tbs water Pinch of dashi powder, if you have any 1/2 tsp salt 1 tbs sesame oi...

Seasoned cod roe spaghetti [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients 2 bundles of spaghetti or any shape pasta, boiled and cooked 7 oz / 200g minced chicken 3-4 oz mentaiko, seasoned cod roe 1 tbsp butter 1 tbs cooking sake 1/2 cup fresh...

Tofu chicken nuggets [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients 7 oz / 200g tofu 7 oz / 200g minced chicken 4 tbs mayonnaise 3 tbs flour 1 tbs cooking sake 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp nutmeg Vegetable oil Directions 1. Drain any excessive ...

Inamuruchi [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients (for 4 people) ・300g Pork (Boned rib meat or belly) ・6 pieces dried mushrooms (shiitake) ・100g Kasutera Kamaboko (yellow boiled fish paste) ・200g Inamuruchi konjac (cut...

Custard Daifuku Mochi – custard rice cake (mochi) [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients To make 8 to 10 daifuku mochi Mochi 3.5 oz /100g sticky rice flour (shiratamako 白玉粉 or mochiko もち粉) 2/3 cup or 160ml water 1 to 2 oz sugar (adjust according to your pre...

Custard Daifuku Mochi – custard rice cake filling [Cooking Recipe]
So we are going to make custard daifuku mochi! But as it is quite a lot to do, I need to separate the recipe into two. In the first week, we can make the filling then I will introd...

Urizun tossed with ume [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients ・1 pack urizun (winged beans, legume) ・1/2 tbs Yamaume bushi (plum paste) Directions Wash urizuns and cut about 1 cm off from both ends. Boil urizuns 2 to 3 minutes. Co...

White stew [Cooking Recipe]
White stew is a very popular dish in Japan, especially in winter. You might have seen packaged white stew roux blocks on the shelf next to the curry roux section at Japanese superm...

Koregusu [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients (for 360ml Bottle) Hot shima peppers 360 ml bottle of awamori Plastic gloves Directions Wash the hot peppers gently and remove green parts. Spread the peppers on an eve...

Saba no tatsutaage – Deep-fried marinated mackerel [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients 2 fillets of mackerel 2 tbs soy sauce 1 tbs sweet sake (みりんmirin) 1 tsp grated ginger 1 tsp grated garlic 5 tbs potato starch (片栗粉katakuriko) 1 plastic bag Vegetable oi...

Shima hot pepper ahijo [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients ・1 Shima hot pepper (togarashi) ・6 shrimps ・6 mushrooms ・1/3 shimeji mushroom ・6 of broccoli florets ・1/2 cup olive oil ・1tbs garlic paste ・1/2 tbs chicke...

Maguro no shio-koji yaki – Tuna fried with salt fermented rice malt (shio-koji) [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients 2 fillets of tuna 2 tbs shio-koji 1 tbs vegetable or sesame oil 1 plastic bag Directions Place tuna in a plastic bag with shio-koji. Marinate the tuna at least 20 min...

Hirayachi – Okinawan vegetable crepes [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients (For 4 people) ・1 cup flour ・1.5 cups water ・1 egg ・1/3 bundle garlic chives (Nira) ・½ can of tuna ・1 tbs dried bonito powder ・Salt to taste Directions Wash the garlic ...

Yakitori – Barbecued chicken on skewer [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients 1 packet chicken breasts or thighs for yakitori 1/2 cup soy sauce 4 tbs sweet sake mirin みりん 2 tbs cooking sake 料理酒 1 tbs sugar Directions Mix ingredients for sauce in ...

Somen Champuru [Cooking Recipe]
Somen champuru was standard emergency food on Okinawa during typhoons. Until recently, severe weather often caused power outages that lasted a day or two. In order to be ready, Oki...

Shiromizakana no Misoyaki – White fish in miso [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients 2 white fish fillets Pinch of salt 1/2 tbs vegetable oil 2 tbs miso paste* 2 tbs sweet sake Mirin みりん* 1 tbs cooking sake 料理酒* 1 tbs sugar* 2 tbs water* Directions Spri...

Chilled somen noodles [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients (for 4 people) 8 bundles somen noodles Mentsuyu for seasoning Topping Sliced ham 2 eggs 4 crab sticks 1/2 cucumber Directions Boil somen noodles 1 to 2 minutes. Drain t...