Japanese Soul Cooking Ramen, Tonkatsu, Tempura, and More from the Streets and Kitchens of Tokyo and Beyond [A Cookbook]

by Ono, Tadashi; Salat, Harris

• ISBN13: 9781607743521
• ISBN10: 1607743523
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781607743538
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-11-05
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press
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Summary

A collection of more than 100 recipes that introduces Japanese comfort food to American home cooks, exploring new ingredients, techniques, and the surprising origins of popular dishes like gyoza and tempura. 

Move over, sushi. It’s time for gyoza, curry, tonkatsu, and furai. These icons of Japanese comfort food cooking are the hearty, flavor-packed, craveable dishes you’ll find in every kitchen and street corner hole-in-the-wall restaurant in Japan.

In Japanese Soul Cooking, Tadashi Ono and Harris Salat introduce you to this irresistible, homey style of cooking. As you explore the range of exciting, satisfying fare, you may recognize some familiar favorites, including ramen, soba, udon, and tempura. Other, lesser known Japanese classics, such as wafu pasta (spaghetti with bold, fragrant toppings like miso meat sauce), tatsuta-age (fried chicken marinated in garlic, ginger, and other Japanese seasonings), and savory omelets with crabmeat and shiitake mushrooms will instantly become standards in your kitchen as well. With foolproof instructions and step-by-step photographs, you’ll soon be knocking out chahan fried rice, mentaiko spaghetti, saikoro steak, and more for friends and family.

Ono and Salat’s fascinating exploration of the surprising origins and global influences behind popular dishes is accompanied by rich location photography that captures the energy and essence of this food in everyday life, bringing beloved Japanese comfort food to Western home cooks for the first time.

Author Biography

TADASHI ONO is a Japanese chef and author based in New York City. He has been featured in the New York Times, Gourmet, and Food & Wine.
 
HAARIS SALAT's stories about food and culture have appeared in the New York Times, Saveur, and Gourmet. In 2012, Salat opened the Japanese comfort food restaurant Ganso in Brooklyn (gansonyc.com). He is the author, with Takashi Yagihashi, of Takashi’s Noodles.
 
Together, Ono and Salat are the authors of Japanese Hot Pots and The Japanese Grill.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments  

Introduction 

 
1. Ramen

2. Gyoza

3. Curry

4. Tonkatsu

5. Furai & Korokke

6. Kara-Age

7. Tempura

8. Okonomiyaki

9. Donburi

10. Soba

11. Udon

12. Itame & Chahan

13. Yoshoku


Japanese Ingredients 

Tokyo Comfort Food Restaurants 
 
Measurement Conversion Charts  

About the Authors  

Index