Japanese Foods Recipes

7 oz japanese buckwheat noodles 1 (up to 8) 1 tb grated fresh ginger 3 scallions -- thinly sliced 1/2 ts anchovy paste -- or to 1 taste 1/2 c soy sauce 1/2 c mirin or dry sherry 2 tb rice vinegar 1 pn sugar 1 pn salt 1/4 c finely julienned carrot 1 sheet nori

Bring a saucepan of water to a boil and cook the Buckwheat noodles a few minutes. Drain and refresh under cold running water. Hold noodles in a bowl with cold water until ready to serve. Mix ginger, scallion and anchovy paste and set aside. In a small saucepan bring soy sauce, Mirin and vinegar to taste, to a boil. Mix this warm liquid into ginger, scallion and anchovy paste and season to taste with sugar, salt and pepper. Transfer this to 4 small dipping bowls. Drain noodles and portion out into 4 small bowls; top each portion with some julienned carrot. Toast sheet of Nori over an electric burner or place in a hot cast iron or heavy skillet and cook until crisp and crumble it over the soba and carrot. Dip noodles in sauce, and enjoy.

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4 lg chicken breasts 1/2 c packed brown sugar 1/2 c water 1/2 c soy sauce 1/2 c cooking sherry 2 tb cooling oil 2 ts vinegar 1 ts ground ginger 1 clove garlic,minced 1 cn pineapple or 1 fresh -pineapple (pre; ferred)

Bone chicken breasts and cut in 12 pieces. Place on bottom of a flat dish. Mix sugar, water, soy sauce, cooking sherry, oil, vinegar, garlic and ginger in a bowl for marinade. Pour marinade over chicken. Let sit at least one hour. Drain and reserve marinade. Prepare fresh pineapple into spears or drain canned pineapple chunks and string in sticks. Grill chicken on medium coals for 25 to 30 minutes, turning and basting often with reserved marinade. You may bake chicken in oven on 400 degrees. Baste often until browned lightly, about 30 minutes or until tender. Grill pineapple about last 10 minutes, basting with marinade. Serve pineapple with chicken over rice or potatoes.

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1/2 c extra virgin olive oil 1/2 c canola oil 4 cloves garlic -- peeled and 1 crushed 4 tb balsamic vinegar 8 sprigs fresh thyme 8 sprigs fresh oregano 18 lg shiitake mushroom caps 6 generous handfuls of mixed 1 greens 1 salt and freshly ground 1 pepper

In a shallow bowl, mix together oils, garlic and 2 tablespoons of vinegar. Crush the herbs gently between fingers to release flavor, and add to marinade. Marinate for 1 hour. Heat grill to medium. Lightly salt and pepper mushrooms and grill them gill side down for 2 to 3 minutes more. Strain marinade and add the remaining vinegar. Season to taste. Add mixeed greens and mushrooms, toss lightly to coat and serve immediately.

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