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Glossy Chicken Teriyaki
Teriyaki chicken needs a thin shiny glaze and a well-cooked juicy center, not a thick sugary shell.
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Choose your starting point
Choose the component you want to practice: a gentle dashi, a reduced teriyaki glaze, a crisp crumb coating or a dumpling that steams before its base crisps again. The rice and noodle formats in this collection are specified individually. Japanese short-grain rice for onigiri and cooked yakisoba noodles are not interchangeable simply because both arrive in a packet.
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Miso Soup with Tofu & Wakame
Miso soup is most useful as a small fragrant bowl with a clean broth and tender additions.
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Crisp Pork Tonkatsu
Tonkatsu should have an airy golden panko crust around an evenly cooked pork chop.
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Cabbage Okonomiyaki
This cabbage-rich okonomiyaki is a thick savory pancake, not a flour pancake with a little cabbage scattered into it.
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Pan-Fried Pork Gyoza
A successful gyoza has a crisp base, a tender upper wrapper and a juicy filling that stays inside the seam.
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Light Vegetable & Shrimp Tempura
Tempura is a thin fragile coating that should reveal the shape of the ingredient beneath it.
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Weeknight Yakisoba
Yakisoba is a fast wheat-noodle stir-fry whose appeal comes from savory sauce, tender vegetables and a few lightly browned noodle edges.
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Chicken & Egg Oyakodon
Oyakodon is a rice bowl in which seasoned chicken and onion are held together by soft ribbons of egg.
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Simple Salted Onigiri
Onigiri depend on the right rice and a light shaping touch.
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Japanese Chicken Curry
Japanese curry should have a smooth sauce that coats tender vegetables without tasting floury or scorched.