Shishito Tempura Recipe

                                          Shishito Tempura

Ingredients:
* 10 shishito peppers
* salad oil
* a little flour
* a little salt

Coating:
* 1 egg
* 3 tablespoons flour

Cooking Procedure:
* Wash the shishito peppers. Wipe them with a wet paper towel. Cut off the calyxes of the shishito peppers.
* To make the coating, mix the egg in a bowl. Add the flour and stir.
* Dust the shishito peppers lightly with a little flour before applying the coating. With chopsticks, dip the shishito peppers into the coating and twirl them around to coat them.
* Fill a wok over half full with salad oil and heat until 170°C. Drop the coated peppers into the wok and deep fry, turning them with chopsticks or tongs. Cook until they are a light gold color. Drain them.
Shishito Tempura
* Sprinkle salt over them. Insert a stick into each shishito pepper and serve.

Sake Steamed Shrimp Recipe

                                 Sake Steamed Shrimp

Ingredients:

* 10 raw shrimps
* 60 ml sake
* a little salt

Cooking Procedure:

* Wash shrimps. Put the shrimps into a pan or a frying pan. Add the sake and salt. Cover and boil for 7 min. on medium heat.
Sake Steamed Shrimp
* Serve the cooked shrimps on a plate or platter.

Broiled Tofu Bites on a Skewer Recipe

                                 Broiled Tofu Bites on a Skewer

Ingredients:

* 100 g hard tofu
* 1 teaspoon salad oil

Sauce:

* 1 tablespoon white or red miso
* 2 tablespoons sugar
* 1 tablespoon sweet sake for seasoning (mirin)

Cooking Procedure:

1. Wrap the tofu in a paper towel. Put on it in a tray. Place a folded kitchen towel under one side of the tray and lean the tray on it. Let sit for about 15 minutes.
2. Mix the miso, sugar and sweet sake for seasoning (mirin) in a dish. Warm it in a microwave.
3. Cut the tofu into bite-size pieces.
4. Insert a stick into each piece.
5. Heat the salad oil in a frying pan. Pan-broil both sides of the tofu pieces until they turn brown. Remove from the pan.
6. Broiled Tofu Bites on a Skewer
7. Pour the miso sauce over the broiled tofu pieces.

Yakitori (Broiled Chicken) Bites Recipe

                               Yakitori (Broiled Chicken) Bites

Ingredients:

* 150 g chicken
* 30 cm. leek (white part)

Cooking Procedure:

* Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces. Cut the leek into 3.5 cm. long sections.
* Grate ginger. Mix soy sauce, sugar and grated ginger.
* Marinate the chicken in mixture (Step 2) for about 1 hour.
* Brown the chicken and leeks over a low flame for 15 minutes. Remove from the pan.
Yakitori (Broiled Chicken) Bites
* To form one bite, insert a stick through one leek section and one chicken piece.

Tofu and Cream Cheese Canapé Recipe

                                  Tofu and Cream Cheese Canapé

Ingredients:

* 1/4 block of tofu
* 40 g cream cheese
* 400 ml water
* a little salt
* a little pepper
* 4 crackers
* something green (e.g., parsley, basil)

Cooking Procedure:

• Put the 400 ml of water and the tofu in a pan. Boil for 7 minutes. Drain the tofu in a colander and let it cool.
• Mash the tofu with a spoon or a rubber spatula. Add the cream cheese, salt and pepper, and mix.
• Tofu and Cream Cheese Canapé
• Place a suitable amount of the mixture (Step 2) on each cracker. Decorate with something green.

Pan-Broiled Scallops Bites Recipe

                              Pan-Broiled Scallops Bites

Ingredients:

* 4 scallops
* 1 teaspoon soy sauce
* 1/2 tablespoon butter

Cooking Procedure:

* Heat the butter in a frying pan. Add the scallops and pan-broil on each side on medium heat (about 5 minutes). Add soy sauce and pan-broil for another 3 minutes on one side only. Pan-Broiled Scallops Bites
* Insert a stick into each scallop.

Beef Steak with Cheese Bites Recipe

                                   Beef Steak with Cheese Bites

Ingredients:

* 60 g lump of beef
* 1 teaspoon soy sauce
* a little salt
* a little pepper
* a little salad oil
* suitable amount mozzarella cheese

Cooking Procedure:

* Sprinkle salt and pepper on both sides of the meat. Pan-broil the meat. Add soy sauce and pan-broil for another few minutes.
Beef Steak with Cheese Bites.
* Slice the meat into 1 cm. cubes. Place a suitable amount cheese on the meat. Insert a stick into each cube.

Raw Tuna and Japanese Radish Bites Recipe

                                  Raw Tuna and Japanese Radish Bites

Ingredients:

* 30 g raw tuna
* 30 g Japanese radish
* 1 teaspoon soy sauce

Cooking Procedure:

* Slice the Japanese radish very thinly. Cut into quarters.
* Slice the tuna into 4 cubes.
* Marinate each side of the tuna in soy sauce for about 20 minutes.Raw Tuna and Japanese Radish Bites.
* Place one tuna cube on each Japanese radish quarter. Insert a stick.

Shrimp and Japanese Radish Bites Recipe

                                 Shrimp and Japanese Radish Bites

Ingredients:

* 4 shrimps
* 30 g Japanese radish
* 240 ml water
* 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce
* 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
* a little salt
* a little pepper

Cooking Procedure:

* Hull shell and devein shrimps. Boil the water in a pan. Add salt and the shrimps. Boil for 3 minutes. Drain the shrimps in a colander and let them cool.
* Mix mayonnaise, soy sauce and pepper. Add the shrimps and mix.
* Slice the Japanese radish very thinly. Cut into quarters.
Shrimp and Japanese Radish Bites.
* Place one shrimp on each quarter. Insert a stick.