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Local dishes include: Tebasaki: chicken wings marinated in a sweet sauce with sesame seeds, basically a type of yakitori. [1] [2] Kishimen: flat udon noodles with a slippery texture, dipped in a light soy sauce soup and a sliced leek or other flavouring added. [1] It can be eaten cold or hot.
Foreign food, in particular Chinese food in the form of noodles in soup called ramen and fried dumplings, gyoza, and other food such as curry and hamburger steaks are commonly found in Japan. Historically, the Japanese shunned meat , but with the modernization of Japan in the 1860s, meat-based dishes such as tonkatsu became more common.
Later, similar to takikomi gohan, kamameshi came to refer to a type of Japanese pilaf cooked with various types of meat, seafood, and vegetables, and flavored with soy sauce, sake, or mirin. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] By cooking the rice and various ingredients in an iron pot, the rice gets slightly burned at the bottom which adds a desirable flavor to the rice.
Champon - a ramen-like dish of noodles, seafood and vegetables cooked in the same pot. Castella - a sweet, rectangular sponge cake, introduced to Nagasaki by the Portuguese in the 16th Century. Now popular throughout Japan. Chicken namban - fried battered chicken dipped in a vinegary sauce and served with tartar sauce.
Doria (ドリア, doria) is a type of rice gratin popular in Japan. [1] Cooked white rice is topped with sautéed meat, such as chicken or shrimp, and vegetables, then topped with a béchamel sauce and cheese, and baked as a casserole. [2] Doria is an example of yōshoku, Western food tailored to Japanese tastes.
1 ½ cup Japanese rice, cooked to fluffiness Three umeboshi salted Japanese plums (available at Asian food stores; for smaller umeboshi, use one for each rice ball) Two sheets of dried nori seaweed
Mix cornstarch, broth, honey, vinegar, soy and pepper. Cook chicken in nonstick skillet until browned. Add cornstarch mixture, carrots and water chestnuts. Cook and stir until mixture boils and ...
In the 20th century there has been a shift in dietary habits, with an increasing number of people choosing wheat-based products (such as bread and noodles) over rice. [58] Japanese rice is short-grained and becomes sticky when cooked. Most rice is sold as hakumai (白米, "white rice"), with the outer portion of the grains (糠, nuka) polished ...