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Teppanyaki

Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Difficulty: Medium
Serves: 2

Teppanyaki

Teppanyaki

Ingredients

300g beef
300g pork
300g lamb
1 green pepper
1 red pepper
6 spring onions
2 open brown mushrooms
100g snow peas
4 patty pans (baby squash)
100g baby corn
1 slender egg plant

Method

1. Cut the meat into thin slices.
2. Cut the pepper into slices long ways.
3. Cut the onion into pieces about 7cm in length.
4. Cut the patty pans in half.
5. Cut the baby corn in half or leave whole.
6. Cut the egg plant into strips.
7. Fry all of the ingredients in a flat pan. Searing the meat until cooked through.
8. Server neatly on a plate.

Result

Traditionally this dish is served in restaurants by a specialised Teppan Yaki chef who not only knows exactly how to cook the food, but also knows how to tantilise the ‘audience’ by his culinary chef ‘act’.

It is unlikely that you will be able to provide the show, but you can provide the food, and not only does it taste good, it is amazingly easy to prepare.

Serve with Japanese soy sauce.

I didn’t use the lamb by the way, that’s why you can’t see it in the picture. Don’t worry if you can’t get the exact ingredients as you can substitute as much as you want.

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Yakitori

Preparation Time: 20 mins (including 10 mins soaking)
Cooking Time: 10 mins
Difficulty: Easy
Serves: 2 – 4

Yakitori

Yakitori

Ingredients

1kg chicken breast
1/2 cup sake (or chinese rice wine)
1/2 cup soy sauce (preferably Japanese)
1/2 cup mirin (or vegetable stock)
2 tbsp sugar
2 green peppers

6 – 8 skewers

Method

1. Soak the skewers in water for 10 minutes.
2. Cut the chicken into cubes, cut the green pepper into square pieces, and thread on to the skewers.
3. Fry or grill the skewers until the chicken is golden brown and cooked through.
4. In a pan, combine the sake, soy sauce, mirin and sugar and heat until it boils then pour over the skewers making sure that they are coated.
5. Serve plain as a snack or as a main meal with rice or noodles.

Result

A great taste, I have made this twice during the time that I first made it and the addition to the site!

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