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Shiso Garlic Rice with Basil

Lori — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:28:50 +0000

Here is the fourth and final dish I made using the gift of basil I received last week. It looks like an innocent little rice dish. But don’t be fooled, this is not for the faint of heart. This rice dish has the strong tastes of shiso, garlic, and basil. If you like all three [...]

Shiso Garlic Rice with Basil

Turkey Mushroom Rice

Lori — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:48:26 +0000

The picture above is a dish from Gazen, an izakaya in Honolulu. I don’t remember the specific name of the dish but it’s basically a chicken mushroom rice bowl, similar to fried rice. This is one of those dishes that is served in a hot stone pot and mixed with a raw egg table side. [...]

Turkey Mushroom Rice

Unagi Don

Lori — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:59:30 +0000

Here is a very quick yet delicious dinner…unagi over brown rice. At certain Japanese restaurants unagi don can cost an arm and a leg. However, made at home this can be a very affordable meal. For those unfamiliar, unagi is bbq or grilled freshwater eel from Japan. Wait – before you say ewwww, you got [...]

Unagi Don

Edamame Rice

Lori — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:57:58 +0000

Are you getting tired of your plain brown (or white) rice looking up at you from your bowl? Try this delicious alternative! INGREDIENTS 4 cups brown rice 1 package frozen shelled edamame soybeans 1 bottle (1.7 oz) furikake 1 bottle (7 to 8 oz) nametake mushrooms DIRECTIONS Cook the brown rice and edamame according to [...]

Edamame Rice

Smoked Salmon and Brown Rice

Lori — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:56:51 +0000

Okay, so that salmon furikake on my chazuke the other night was all right. But it left me wanting salmon that I can actually bite into. Luckily I had a jar of smoked salmon from a craft fair this past Christmas. Apparently there is a local fisherman from Hawaii who goes salmon fishing in Alaska [...]

Smoked Salmon and Brown Rice

Salmon Brown Rice Chazuke

Lori — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:58:35 +0000

I got home for dinner really late last night. With no time to cook a full meal, it was chazuke for dinner. Chazuke or Ochazuke is a Japanese dish. It’s sort of like a really mild tasting soup. Usually it’s made with Japanese white rice, green tea, and some kind of salty topping. My healthier [...]

Salmon Brown Rice Chazuke