Thursday, June 13, 2013

Katsudon made with leftovers.

Katsudon Bento


Sauté onions then add a cup dashi stock soy sauce, mirin and sugar. 


Add left over tonkatsu and then beaten eggs. 




The katsudon should still be a bit runny. Mine was a little over cooked. 


Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Tonkatsu

Tonkatsu dinner with stir fried vegetables. 

Oyster mushrooms and napa cabbage miso shiru. 


The stir fry. 



Just stir frying some vegetables in my refrigerator. Flavored with some salt and dashi stock and soy sauce. 

Miso soup with oyster mushroom and napa and green onion. 


Getting the tonkatsu ready. 


Trimming the fat. Light scoring of the pork cutlet and seasoned with salt and white pepper. 


Coat with flour. 


Dip in egg batter then panko. 



Deep fry at 180 until golden brown turning  over a couple times during cooking. 


I had enough left to make a bento for my next meal. 



Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Puttanesca

Quick and easy with everything from my pantry.


This is easy to make and oh so easy. 

All you need. 
2 Cloves of garlic
1 Tsp Red chile flakes
1 Tin of anchovies
1 Can of diced tomatoes
2 Tbl cappers 
Basil leafs

Start by sautéing anchovies with the oil in the tin. Add diced garlic and chile flakes. Break up the anchovies. Add rinsed cappers and drained olives. 



Add tomatoes. 


Let simmer while preparing the spaghetti noodles. Half a 1 pound box is enough for these proportions. Combine once noodles are finished. Top with diced basil leafs. 


Enough lift over for lunch the next day. Taste even better, I eat it at room temperature. 

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Pad ba Mee ish

Today I tried my hand at some pad ba mee. 


Start with meat prep. 


Started with bite sized chicken pieces and tossed in potato starch.


Vegi prep. 




Blanching vegetables for just under a minute.



Cooking noodles. Boiling / frying. 

I forgot about the egg and chicken. I browned the chicken in a pan with garlic ginger and red chile flakes. Add vegetables, salt, shrimp paste, fish sauce, oyster sauce, soy sauce, pepper. Add noodles. Add eggs towards the end. 




Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Stir Fry Veggies.

A simple stir fry for lunch along with miso shiru and rice. Putting aside enough for dinner.