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How to Cook Fried Rice

By eHow Food & Drink Editor

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Fried rice is a great dish to make with leftovers. You can use just about any kind of meat or vegetable in this recipe. The key to the true takeout flavor is to cook the rice the day before you use it for the fried rice. Allow yourself about 30 ... more »

How to Create Your Own Blended Teas

By Patricia Resnick

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Tea has been a popular beverage for thousands of years. Most of the tea drunk in the West is black tea, but other types are becoming more popular. Most of the tea we drink, black or green, is blended to make sure that the taste will be ... more »

How to Make Natto (Fermented Soy Beans)

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Natto is a traditional Japanese food of fermented soy beans, most often enjoyed for breakfast. Typically eaten on rice, it was a vital source of nutrition in feudal Japan. It's powerful smell and strong, distinctive consistency very often make it ... more »

How to Make Sushi Pizza

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Love sushi... and Pizza? Here is a great little recipes that it does wonders to impress your friends at parties... more »

How to Make Tobiko With Quail Egg

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This delicious, fun-to-eat sushi combines the salty pops of tobiko (flying fish roe) with smooth, buttery egg yolk. Put the whole piece in your mouth and break the yolk against the roof of your mouth to get the full experience... more »

How to Stop the Burn from Spicy Food

By demonkilleresmi

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So are you like most people who like spicy food but not what comes as a after effect? You know what i mean, the burning tongue and watering eyes. Well here is a way to stop it... more »

How to Make Ginger Wasabi Garlic Sauce

By Walkaboutangel

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Do you like sushi, egg rolls, steak, fish, chicken, dim sum, lumpia, fried shrimp? Try any of them with this Ginger Wasabi Garlic Sauce. It is a great condiment for a thousand dishes.... more »

How to Make Spam Musubi

By favefive

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A tasty way to use Spam or luncheon meat is to make a Spam Musubi, a popular dish in Hawaii. Musubi means "tied together", and makes use of nori or dry seaweed... more »

How to Prepare Japanese Sashimi

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Ever wondered how to prepare Japanese sashimi at home? Well, here's how to make the best sashimi you will ever have!.. more »

How to Buy Japanese Food Ingredients

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While Japanese food is popular, many people find making it at home intimidating. Shopping for the ingredients may scare some away because of the strange names and packaging. However, there is no need to fret. Read on to learn how to buy Japanese ... more »

How to Eat Authentic Japanese Cuisine

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Authentic Japanese food include sushi, miso soup and tempura and features rice, tofu and seafood as staples. The recipes are divided into two primary regional variations. Kanto uses strong flavoring and Kansai is mildly seasoned. Follow these ... more »

How to Make Japanese Curry Rice

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If you have ever been to Japan, this is a favorite with all foreigners. Cheap, tasty, and not too strange (as far as Japanese food goes).. more »

How to Make Japanese Rice Balls

By DawnChesbro

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One of the quintessential box lunch foods, onigiri, Japanese rice balls, are fun and super easy to make. Here, onigiri are a main dish to take on a picnic party to view the blooming cherry trees, but don’t feel like you need a party to make these ... more »

How to Make Teriyaki Chicken

By eHow Food & Drink Editor

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Teriyaki chicken is a simple way to add a little spice and flavor to dinner. Best of all, you don't have to buy teriyaki sauce when you can make it at home from common ingredients. Teriyaki sauce is easy to make and it can be used to transform ... more »

How to Prepare a Bento Box

By Katrak

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So you want to make your own Japanese-styled bento lunch...come on in and find out how!.. more »

How to Roll Your Own Sushi

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Maki rolls are probably the most popular among those new to sushi. It is fitting that budding home sushi cooks can easily make these rolls at home. Impress your friends and family at dinner parties with an exquisite array of sushi rolls. The ... more »

How to Appreciate Sushi

By Eli Zwillenberg

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Want to expand your culinary experience but afraid of raw fish? Never tried anything outside of your native cuisine and eager to learn about different cultures? Want to make a good impression with your next date but that stuff on the wooden ... more »

How to Buy Fish for Sushi

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Purchasing the freshest fish possible should be your goal when planning to make sushi... more »

How to Make Miso Soup

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This vegetarian soup is great for warming you up on cold winter days; although it's light, it's satisfying and nourishing. Makes four large or six smaller servings... more »

How to Make Sushi Rice

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Sushi rice, called shari or sushi meshi, is the most important ingredient in good sushi... more »

How to Make Very Easy Sushi

By Mamasan

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This recipe is simplified to make it easy for anyone to make and enjoy sushi. Sushi does not have to contain raw fish! This recipe is very Westernized, to please most tastes. The fish is either smoked or well cooked, so you don't have to take ... more »

How to Cook Japanese Rice

By eHow Food & Drink Editor

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Rice is a staple in many cultures. In Japan, rice is the most important food. For example the word rice in Japanese is "gohan" which also means "meal," while breakfast is "Asa (morning)-gohan. As in many cultures, rice is offered with every ... more »

How to Make Inside-Out Maki Rolls

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Inside-out rolls are known as Uramaki. They are similar to maki rolls but a little more challenging to make since the rice is on the outside of the nori. You can impress others at dinner parties by serving these along with your maki rolls... more »

How to Make Nigiri Sushi

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Making nigiri sushi (raw fish on molded rice, not a roll) requires some tricky hand maneuvers. Keep practicing and, by your fourth piece, you'll feel much more confident... more »

How to Make Sashimi

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Sashimi refers to plain slices of raw fish, usually served with a bowl of rice as an accompaniment... more »

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