Japanese
Chicken Katsu with Katsu Sauce
A panko crust, fried in avocado oil, with a homemade tonkatsu sauce and a pile of raw cabbage. The sauce is part of the recipe.
45 minutes
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Recipes for a real week
Amounts you can scale, notes from a careful kitchen, and a short word of Scripture at the table. Sheet-pan suppers, roasted vegetables, and the Instant Pot are filed with the rest.
5 recipes
Japanese
Chicken Katsu Curry
Japanese curry, sweet from onions and apple, with the cutlet set on rice. A butter roux, not a boxed block.
About 1 hour 15 minutes
Japanese
Teriyaki Sauce
Soy, mirin, sake, and sugar, simmered until a spoon comes out glossy. This is the tare. It is not a bottled glaze.
15 minutes
Japanese
Japanese Beef Teriyaki
Thin beef, seared hot, then tossed with the tare for one minute so it shines and does not stew.
30 minutes
Japanese
Chicken Teriyaki
The Pacific Northwest shop plate. Boneless thighs, no skin, sliced over a mound of rice, with a sweet garlic-and-ginger sauce ladled on.
45 minutes, plus marinating