Recipes Stewed Chicken Wings with Shiokoji and Herbs in a Rice Cooker
Cooking stew in a rice cooker is very easy. All you need to do is to put the ingredients into the rice cooker and press ...
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Shio Koji How to make Shio-koji, What is Shio-koji and How to use?
What is Shio Koji (塩こうじ/塩麹/塩糀)?
Shio Koji (塩こうじ/塩麹/塩糀) is a Japanese fermented ingredient. It's made of salt, water and...
Recipes Pickled Cucumber with Shio Koji – recipe
When you first use Shio Koji, pickling vegetable is one of the easiest dishes and you can experience the deliciousness o...
Recipes Pickled Eggs with Shio Koji – recipe
Pickling boiled eggs with Shio Koji is one of the easiest recipes. You can also try with half-boiled eggs. The taste cha...
Recipes Sauteed Pork marinated with Shio Koji – recipe
Marinating with Shio Koji makes the pork tender. It can be cooked in the oven, sauteed on the frying pan or put on the g...
Recipes Sauteed Fish filets marinated with Shio Koji – recipe
This is one of my favourite recipes using Shio Koji. The appropriate amount of Shio Koji should be 10% of the weight of ...
Recipes Sauteed Chicken marinated with Shio Koji – recipe
Marinating with Shio Koji makes the chicken tender. It can be cooked in the oven, sauteed on the frying pan or put on th...
Miso (Soybean Paste) How to make Miso (Bean Paste): Homemaking Fermented soybean paste
You cannot miss Miso for your authentic Japanese cooking. Miso is one of the most frequently used ingredients for Japane...
Recipes Pickled Tofu with Shio Koji – recipe
Pickling Tofu with Shio Koji is super easy with 2 ingredients! The tofu marinated in Shio Koji is like cream cheese. It ...
Recipes Pickled Tofu with Miso (soybeans paste) – recipe
This is an easy recipe with only 3 ingredients. Pickling overnight is enough, but it will be like cheese after 3 days.
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Recipes Marinated Beef with Shio Koji – recipe
Shio Koji is a magic ingredient which changes cheap meat into beautiful steak. The longer you marinate, the tender the m...
Recipes Sauteed Salmon marinated with Shio Koji – recipe
A magic seasoning, Shio Koji goes well with salmon as well as other types of fish. It can remove the fishy smell and add...
Recipes Pickled Radishes with Shio Koji – recipe
When you first use Shio Koji, pickling vegetable is one of the easiest dishes and you can experience the deliciousness o...
Miso (Soybean Paste) Miso (Soybean Paste) Making: Ratio of ingredients affects the Taste! Mathematics of Homemade Miso
I am planning to make Miso (soybean paste) at home this weekend. Miso making takes more than two days, so it is better t...
Sake & Shochu What is the difference between Sake and Shochu?
This is one of the most frequent questions when I was working in Japanese restaurants in Hong Kong. Sake is more popular...
Recipes Salad Dressing with leftover Shio Koji juice – recipe
After picking vegetables, there is some leftover Shio Koji juice. It includes the juice which came from the vegetables, ...
Recipes Cabbage Coleslaw Salad with Shio Koji – Easy and Quick Recipe
This is an easy and quick recipe for coleslaw salad with Shio Koji. It's handy when you want to add one more side dish o...
Recipes Roasted Chicken Legs marinated with Shio Koji – recipe
Shio Koji is a great seasoning which can tenderise meat. When you cook the chicken in the oven, you can just use Shio Ko...