Japanese Comfort Food: Delicious Everyday Home Cooking - Hardcover

by Saori Ichihara (Author)

Do you want to know how you can make perfect ramen? Yakisoba and donburi that's both easy and impressive? Katsu sandos for work from home lunches?

Recreate delicious classic Japanese dishes from the comfort of your home.

From crispy katsusando and moreish yakisoba, to snackable onigiri and reviving shoyu ramen, learn how to cook the comforting flavours of Japan from scratch.

Unearth 60 popular and warming Japanese recipes including:

Pantry: Stewed kombu, marinated eggs
Noodles: Shoyu ramen, summer noodles
Rice: Donburi, homemade sushi
Deep fried: Fried chicken, tempura veg
Fried & grilled: Fried pork in ginger sauce, teriyaki salmon
Stews & soups: Japanese hot pot, miso soup with fresh cabbage
Small plates: Bento box, Japanese omelette

With tips on key techniques, from making your own dashi to folding gyoza, and homemade yakitori, discover the simplicity of recreating your favourite Japanese dishes at home using easy-to-source ingredients.

Author Biography

Saori Ichihara (@saori705) was born and raised in Japan before moving to Sweden. She has worked as a chef at various restaurants in Japan and Sweden, and from 2017-2022 ran Ichi, a Nordic-Japanese restaurant in Stockholm. She now works as a freelance chef, cooking and consulting on different projects.